Charlottesville City, VA

FIPS 51540 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, Charlottesville City had an annual average of 36,641 jobs across 2,586 establishments, paying $2.6 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

36,641

-0.2% YoY

Establishments

2,586

Total Wages

$2.6B

Avg Annual Pay

$71,983

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 Charlottesville City, VA, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
622 NAICS 622 5,570 1 $1,439 $416.8M
722 NAICS 722 4,703 259 $537 $131.4M
541 NAICS 541 2,791 414 $2,106 $301.9M
621 NAICS 621 2,212 122 $3,103 $353.9M
611 NAICS 611 1,903 43 $1,842 $118.2M
624 NAICS 624 1,285 247 $1,142 $58.8M
813 NAICS 813 1,171 68 $1,484 $90.4M
445 NAICS 445 906 46 $634 $29.9M
721 NAICS 721 900 31 $1,241 $32.5M
524 NAICS 524 731 26 $1,682 $63.9M
713 NAICS 713 708 26 $578 $13.4M
238 NAICS 238 595 59 $1,210 $37.5M
921 NAICS 921 577 13 $2,313 $37.3M
236 NAICS 236 568 38 $1,486 $43.8M
551 NAICS 551 546 26 $2,485 $70.5M
513 NAICS 513 510 33 $2,980 $79.0M
812 NAICS 812 503 78 $689 $18.0M
922 NAICS 922 481 23 $2,411 $41.7M
531 NAICS 531 475 106 $1,399 $34.5M
459 NAICS 459 444 67 $478 $11.1M
458 NAICS 458 424 40 $488 $10.8M
424 NAICS 424 399 27 $1,063 $22.1M
523 NAICS 523 354 60 $5,784 $106.6M
423 NAICS 423 347 32 $2,245 $40.5M
485 NAICS 485 266 8 $1,050 $13.9M
312 NAICS 312 264 4 $608 $8.4M
926 NAICS 926 253 11 $1,734 $19.7M
456 NAICS 456 237 26 $848 $10.5M
711 NAICS 711 232 32 $1,413 $17.0M
491 NAICS 491 222 3 $1,518 $17.5M
237 NAICS 237 221 8 $2,092 $22.7M
441 NAICS 441 212 13 $1,116 $12.3M
449 NAICS 449 210 20 $899 $9.8M
522 NAICS 522 200 38 $1,723 $18.0M
811 NAICS 811 181 29 $1,123 $10.6M
925 NAICS 925 162 4 $1,231 $10.4M
334 NAICS 334 158 7 $1,783 $14.6M
814 NAICS 814 142 148 $951 $7.0M
923 NAICS 923 129 8 $1,787 $9.3M
999 NAICS 999 127 42 $1,303 $8.6M
337 NAICS 337 124 9 $1,225 $7.9M
519 NAICS 519 124 1 $649 $4.2M
311 NAICS 311 124 15 $607 $3.9M
924 NAICS 924 115 5 $2,572 $7.1M
457 NAICS 457 115 19 $720 $4.3M
444 NAICS 444 111 9 $896 $5.2M
455 NAICS 455 109 6 $417 $2.4M
339 NAICS 339 73 8 $1,386 $5.3M
525 NAICS 525 59 12 $5,203 $16.0M
323 NAICS 323 44 7 $979 $2.3M
623 NAICS 623 43 2 $983 $2.2M
561 NAICS 561 33 1 $1,135 $1.9M
221 NAICS 221 29 2 $1,315 $2.0M
425 NAICS 425 29 14 $3,391 $5.2M
484 NAICS 484 23 5 $400 $0.5M
712 NAICS 712 21 5 $1,984 $1.1M
512 NAICS 512 16 9 $639 $0.5M
488 NAICS 488 12 3 $1,334 $0.9M
928 NAICS 928 5 2 $2,838 $0.6M
562 NAICS 562 2 1 $710 $0.1M

By Ownership (2024)

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

Federal Government

431

jobs · $92,242 avg pay

State Government

6,117

jobs · $74,144 avg pay

Local Government

3,033

jobs · $61,617 avg pay

Private

27,060

jobs · $72,334 avg pay

VA Unemployment

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

3.8%

April 2026

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