Chesapeake City, VA

FIPS 51550 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, Chesapeake City had an annual average of 104,663 jobs across 6,888 establishments, paying $6.2 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

104,663

+0.1% YoY

Establishments

6,888

Total Wages

$6.2B

Avg Annual Pay

$58,825

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 Chesapeake City, VA, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
722 NAICS 722 9,289 478 $445 $215.1M
611 NAICS 611 8,091 99 $1,078 $425.5M
541 NAICS 541 7,694 665 $2,314 $676.7M
621 NAICS 621 7,680 589 $1,304 $507.5M
561 NAICS 561 6,098 367 $978 $263.3M
238 NAICS 238 5,639 472 $1,298 $380.6M
455 NAICS 455 3,719 69 $1,058 $110.7M
423 NAICS 423 2,765 200 $1,765 $253.7M
551 NAICS 551 2,565 57 $1,995 $266.0M
237 NAICS 237 2,477 64 $1,771 $219.4M
922 NAICS 922 2,379 25 $1,465 $171.5M
441 NAICS 441 2,280 86 $1,189 $141.0M
492 NAICS 492 2,200 21 $530 $60.7M
524 NAICS 524 2,167 124 $1,834 $206.6M
622 NAICS 622 2,096 2 $2,155 $140.3M
624 NAICS 624 2,065 717 $1,084 $71.5M
336 NAICS 336 2,035 30 $1,325 $140.2M
445 NAICS 445 1,968 76 $539 $55.2M
484 NAICS 484 1,864 133 $1,197 $116.0M
236 NAICS 236 1,760 194 $1,722 $157.6M
811 NAICS 811 1,568 204 $1,305 $101.7M
713 NAICS 713 1,554 54 $791 $31.5M
812 NAICS 812 1,330 238 $646 $44.7M
493 NAICS 493 1,281 32 $1,201 $80.0M
444 NAICS 444 1,158 45 $654 $39.4M
459 NAICS 459 1,106 112 $523 $30.1M
522 NAICS 522 1,076 102 $1,554 $86.9M
562 NAICS 562 1,008 33 $1,316 $67.9M
531 NAICS 531 1,002 329 $1,083 $56.5M
458 NAICS 458 993 78 $1,023 $52.8M
921 NAICS 921 845 7 $2,057 $54.3M
926 NAICS 926 834 12 $1,674 $56.8M
333 NAICS 333 784 15 $1,645 $67.1M
424 NAICS 424 783 58 $1,347 $54.8M
449 NAICS 449 734 60 $750 $28.7M
457 NAICS 457 686 79 $746 $26.6M
488 NAICS 488 674 60 $1,533 $53.8M
456 NAICS 456 674 67 $744 $26.0M
721 NAICS 721 669 52 $534 $18.6M
518 NAICS 518 591 10 $1,063 $32.7M
332 NAICS 332 498 28 $1,288 $33.4M
327 NAICS 327 356 14 $1,482 $27.4M
425 NAICS 425 332 48 $1,823 $31.5M
623 NAICS 623 317 1 $1,098 $18.1M
813 NAICS 813 314 52 $835 $13.6M
323 NAICS 323 294 11 $1,058 $16.2M
512 NAICS 512 276 6 $543 $7.8M
999 NAICS 999 222 106 $886 $10.3M
221 NAICS 221 217 13 $1,952 $19.2M
517 NAICS 517 203 18 $1,694 $17.9M
928 NAICS 928 196 2 $1,951 $19.8M
491 NAICS 491 180 7 $1,329 $12.5M
924 NAICS 924 155 5 $1,467 $10.1M
311 NAICS 311 152 11 $1,049 $8.3M
339 NAICS 339 139 18 $1,581 $11.4M
925 NAICS 925 110 2 $1,340 $7.7M
814 NAICS 814 103 142 $701 $3.8M
334 NAICS 334 98 16 $2,258 $11.4M
337 NAICS 337 91 8 $931 $4.4M
111 NAICS 111 80 8 $518 $2.1M
322 NAICS 322 78 4 $1,587 $6.5M
923 NAICS 923 75 4 $1,204 $4.7M
325 NAICS 325 53 7 $1,412 $3.9M
485 NAICS 485 44 6 $788 $1.8M
927 NAICS 927 13 1 $2,797 $1.9M
712 NAICS 712 1 1 $554 $0.0M

By Ownership (2024)

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

Federal Government

1,353

jobs · $78,542 avg pay

State Government

1,682

jobs · $56,777 avg pay

Local Government

12,783

jobs · $61,190 avg pay

Private

88,845

jobs · $58,224 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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