Catawba County, NC

FIPS 37035 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, Catawba County had an annual average of 89,388 jobs across 5,207 establishments, paying $5.0 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

89,388

-0.8% YoY

Establishments

5,207

Total Wages

$5.0B

Avg Annual Pay

$55,761

Industry Breakdown (2024 annual averages, by NAICS sector)

Employment, establishments, and pay by 2-digit NAICS industry sector. Each industry name links to its national profile. Sectors with all cells suppressed by BLS won't appear.

Industry breakdown of employment and wages for Catawba County, NC, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
337 NAICS 337 7,831 101 $988 $402.4M
722 NAICS 722 7,229 380 $413 $155.4M
621 NAICS 621 5,464 360 $1,885 $410.1M
561 NAICS 561 4,609 308 $1,092 $177.7M
611 NAICS 611 4,128 86 $1,028 $212.1M
335 NAICS 335 3,145 13 $1,549 $253.3M
326 NAICS 326 3,011 37 $1,084 $169.7M
921 NAICS 921 2,720 12 $2,157 $147.0M
423 NAICS 423 2,688 217 $1,603 $224.2M
541 NAICS 541 2,598 515 $1,561 $210.1M
455 NAICS 455 2,310 70 $542 $65.1M
484 NAICS 484 2,194 135 $1,228 $140.1M
238 NAICS 238 2,163 298 $1,299 $146.1M
441 NAICS 441 2,114 127 $1,156 $127.1M
424 NAICS 424 2,085 90 $1,282 $139.1M
322 NAICS 322 2,046 22 $1,417 $150.8M
623 NAICS 623 1,952 40 $783 $79.5M
622 NAICS 622 1,791 8 $1,374 $127.9M
493 NAICS 493 1,751 20 $939 $85.5M
445 NAICS 445 1,563 70 $1,011 $41.4M
551 NAICS 551 1,458 38 $2,024 $153.4M
311 NAICS 311 1,396 15 $1,080 $78.4M
713 NAICS 713 1,147 43 $386 $23.0M
811 NAICS 811 927 170 $990 $47.5M
459 NAICS 459 848 127 $504 $22.2M
332 NAICS 332 789 40 $1,236 $50.7M
812 NAICS 812 771 111 $629 $25.2M
236 NAICS 236 753 150 $1,572 $61.5M
458 NAICS 458 738 76 $417 $16.0M
492 NAICS 492 737 18 $929 $35.6M
313 NAICS 313 727 26 $984 $37.2M
444 NAICS 444 726 43 $754 $28.5M
449 NAICS 449 675 57 $809 $28.4M
456 NAICS 456 616 64 $796 $25.5M
457 NAICS 457 600 97 $588 $18.3M
327 NAICS 327 576 11 $1,404 $42.0M
237 NAICS 237 558 23 $1,422 $41.2M
522 NAICS 522 531 84 $1,296 $35.8M
524 NAICS 524 523 116 $1,254 $34.1M
488 NAICS 488 496 16 $1,089 $28.1M
331 NAICS 331 484 6 $1,343 $33.8M
333 NAICS 333 416 26 $1,677 $36.3M
325 NAICS 325 414 11 $1,285 $27.7M
721 NAICS 721 396 26 $414 $8.5M
334 NAICS 334 372 13 $1,988 $38.4M
339 NAICS 339 358 20 $967 $18.0M
922 NAICS 922 320 7 $1,786 $20.7M
531 NAICS 531 314 192 $965 $15.8M
315 NAICS 315 305 13 $719 $11.4M
923 NAICS 923 256 6 $1,784 $18.4M
491 NAICS 491 243 9 $1,344 $17.0M
562 NAICS 562 213 16 $1,328 $14.7M
323 NAICS 323 212 24 $1,002 $11.0M
926 NAICS 926 188 12 $2,095 $12.4M
711 NAICS 711 177 29 $687 $6.3M
321 NAICS 321 171 14 $1,329 $11.8M
517 NAICS 517 166 6 $1,683 $14.6M
813 NAICS 813 137 41 $704 $5.0M
814 NAICS 814 87 73 $541 $2.5M
712 NAICS 712 80 6 $481 $2.0M
314 NAICS 314 78 8 $1,187 $4.8M
111 NAICS 111 76 14 $800 $3.1M
513 NAICS 513 73 31 $2,864 $10.9M
485 NAICS 485 51 1 $729 $1.9M
512 NAICS 512 47 6 $368 $0.9M
516 NAICS 516 46 9 $995 $2.4M
925 NAICS 925 14 1 $1,209 $0.9M
999 NAICS 999 12 12 $799 $0.5M
112 NAICS 112 10 5 $564 $0.3M
928 NAICS 928 5 1 $1,549 $0.4M
924 NAICS 924 2 1 $1,187 $0.1M

By Ownership (2024)

Four QCEW ownership classes — Federal, State, Local, and Private.

Federal Government

301

jobs · $74,796 avg pay

State Government

1,139

jobs · $51,404 avg pay

Local Government

8,266

jobs · $60,290 avg pay

Private

79,682

jobs · $55,281 avg pay

NC Unemployment

The statewide unemployment rate (BLS LAUS, seasonally adjusted) gives county data its broader economic backdrop.

3.7%

April 2026

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