Chaffee County, CO

FIPS 08015 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, Chaffee County had an annual average of 9,228 jobs across 1,244 establishments, paying $0.5 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

9,228

+0.3% YoY

Establishments

1,244

Total Wages

$0.5B

Avg Annual Pay

$52,727

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 Chaffee County, CO, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
722 NAICS 722 1,083 90 $584 $32.9M
622 NAICS 622 717 1 $1,607 $59.9M
611 NAICS 611 706 32 $783 $28.1M
713 NAICS 713 553 40 $540 $15.5M
921 NAICS 921 531 4 $1,076 $29.7M
721 NAICS 721 498 43 $731 $18.9M
541 NAICS 541 405 194 $1,864 $39.2M
922 NAICS 922 388 7 $1,620 $32.6M
238 NAICS 238 284 101 $1,120 $16.6M
445 NAICS 445 274 22 $692 $9.9M
455 NAICS 455 249 6 $738 $9.5M
444 NAICS 444 209 15 $930 $10.1M
621 NAICS 621 201 63 $1,204 $12.6M
459 NAICS 459 194 46 $559 $5.6M
561 NAICS 561 177 39 $1,804 $10.4M
522 NAICS 522 168 18 $1,333 $11.7M
457 NAICS 457 157 16 $671 $5.5M
424 NAICS 424 147 15 $890 $6.8M
441 NAICS 441 136 14 $1,071 $7.6M
531 NAICS 531 120 88 $991 $6.0M
924 NAICS 924 119 4 $1,557 $7.4M
312 NAICS 312 110 8 $640 $3.7M
811 NAICS 811 84 32 $897 $3.9M
813 NAICS 813 80 18 $1,029 $4.3M
321 NAICS 321 78 4 $1,313 $5.3M
456 NAICS 456 78 5 $624 $2.5M
458 NAICS 458 63 10 $528 $1.7M
221 NAICS 221 62 6 $2,498 $7.8M
513 NAICS 513 58 8 $1,153 $3.5M
449 NAICS 449 56 12 $807 $2.3M
532 NAICS 532 40 6 $642 $1.3M
524 NAICS 524 38 18 $913 $1.8M
111 NAICS 111 38 5 $662 $1.3M
812 NAICS 812 35 15 $734 $1.3M
519 NAICS 519 35 2 $517 $0.9M
551 NAICS 551 31 13 $1,999 $3.3M
491 NAICS 491 29 4 $1,466 $2.2M
339 NAICS 339 24 6 $759 $0.9M
237 NAICS 237 23 1 $1,365 $1.6M
562 NAICS 562 19 5 $1,339 $1.3M
814 NAICS 814 12 12 $665 $0.4M
711 NAICS 711 10 6 $573 $0.3M
332 NAICS 332 9 7 $813 $0.4M
311 NAICS 311 9 3 $930 $0.4M
523 NAICS 523 9 6 $1,259 $0.6M
923 NAICS 923 8 3 $1,200 $0.5M
484 NAICS 484 4 4 $1,524 $0.3M
926 NAICS 926 4 4 $2,182 $0.4M
999 NAICS 999 3 4 $1,487 $0.3M

By Ownership (2024)

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

Federal Government

81

jobs · $80,060 avg pay

State Government

436

jobs · $79,986 avg pay

Local Government

1,949

jobs · $61,333 avg pay

Private

6,762

jobs · $48,146 avg pay

CO Unemployment

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

3.9%

April 2026

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