Clay County, MO

FIPS 29047 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, Clay County had an annual average of 111,855 jobs across 6,664 establishments, paying $7.1 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

111,855

+1.3% YoY

Establishments

6,664

Total Wages

$7.1B

Avg Annual Pay

$63,093

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 Clay County, MO, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
336 NAICS 336 10,329 15 $1,928 $1,035.4M
722 NAICS 722 9,150 458 $474 $225.6M
611 NAICS 611 7,562 157 $1,078 $411.4M
561 NAICS 561 6,277 308 $1,195 $283.4M
541 NAICS 541 5,955 723 $2,171 $671.0M
621 NAICS 621 5,259 475 $1,715 $467.0M
622 NAICS 622 4,570 2 $1,320 $313.7M
713 NAICS 713 3,367 78 $659 $93.2M
238 NAICS 238 3,323 374 $1,412 $244.0M
455 NAICS 455 3,280 58 $581 $99.1M
423 NAICS 423 3,073 183 $1,738 $277.7M
484 NAICS 484 2,918 113 $1,375 $208.6M
424 NAICS 424 2,892 97 $1,313 $197.4M
624 NAICS 624 2,781 807 $871 $82.5M
445 NAICS 445 2,120 53 $510 $56.3M
441 NAICS 441 1,981 92 $1,274 $131.2M
493 NAICS 493 1,878 48 $1,150 $83.8M
444 NAICS 444 1,604 63 $830 $69.2M
811 NAICS 811 1,461 197 $1,130 $84.6M
721 NAICS 721 1,440 51 $931 $54.2M
459 NAICS 459 1,385 120 $581 $41.9M
922 NAICS 922 1,372 28 $2,291 $110.4M
551 NAICS 551 1,060 39 $2,211 $121.8M
812 NAICS 812 1,058 164 $790 $37.5M
237 NAICS 237 1,022 23 $1,995 $101.2M
522 NAICS 522 1,014 132 $1,441 $76.0M
531 NAICS 531 993 277 $1,180 $60.9M
236 NAICS 236 971 150 $1,652 $83.4M
488 NAICS 488 942 52 $1,432 $69.3M
532 NAICS 532 872 60 $1,230 $55.8M
457 NAICS 457 858 75 $678 $30.3M
325 NAICS 325 846 32 $1,469 $64.6M
456 NAICS 456 845 77 $749 $32.9M
332 NAICS 332 810 31 $1,366 $57.6M
524 NAICS 524 807 191 $2,472 $64.6M
326 NAICS 326 763 18 $1,211 $48.1M
311 NAICS 311 727 20 $1,448 $54.7M
921 NAICS 921 682 24 $2,178 $49.5M
322 NAICS 322 642 10 $1,631 $54.4M
523 NAICS 523 591 91 $2,860 $87.8M
813 NAICS 813 531 54 $1,432 $15.3M
923 NAICS 923 481 13 $2,484 $25.5M
449 NAICS 449 464 48 $905 $21.8M
491 NAICS 491 450 10 $1,448 $33.9M
485 NAICS 485 444 12 $726 $14.1M
458 NAICS 458 383 50 $684 $13.6M
425 NAICS 425 376 61 $1,626 $31.8M
333 NAICS 333 256 12 $1,287 $17.1M
221 NAICS 221 248 17 $2,381 $23.1M
562 NAICS 562 225 19 $1,675 $19.5M
339 NAICS 339 194 21 $1,030 $10.4M
519 NAICS 519 189 10 $513 $5.0M
926 NAICS 926 187 11 $2,354 $20.9M
312 NAICS 312 172 10 $704 $6.3M
337 NAICS 337 166 10 $1,061 $9.1M
335 NAICS 335 157 5 $1,376 $11.2M
517 NAICS 517 140 16 $1,527 $11.1M
212 NAICS 212 108 4 $1,789 $10.0M
327 NAICS 327 106 7 $1,261 $7.0M
518 NAICS 518 102 15 $1,799 $9.5M
928 NAICS 928 92 2 $2,292 $11.0M
513 NAICS 513 90 28 $1,474 $6.9M
512 NAICS 512 90 13 $614 $2.9M
925 NAICS 925 86 6 $2,387 $8.5M
481 NAICS 481 79 6 $2,253 $9.3M
321 NAICS 321 68 6 $891 $3.2M
814 NAICS 814 45 43 $464 $1.1M
315 NAICS 315 16 4 $673 $0.6M
712 NAICS 712 16 2 $1,896 $0.6M
924 NAICS 924 14 3 $2,378 $1.4M

By Ownership (2024)

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

Federal Government

1,523

jobs · $106,053 avg pay

State Government

608

jobs · $44,640 avg pay

Local Government

14,106

jobs · $59,165 avg pay

Private

95,618

jobs · $63,106 avg pay

MO Unemployment

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

3.8%

April 2026

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