Cleveland County, NC

FIPS 37045 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, Cleveland County had an annual average of 36,696 jobs across 2,287 establishments, paying $2.0 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

36,696

+0.9% YoY

Establishments

2,287

Total Wages

$2.0B

Avg Annual Pay

$53,754

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 Cleveland County, NC, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
925 NAICS 925 — 1 — —
611 NAICS 611 3,367 54 $1,000 $157.4M
722 NAICS 722 2,802 176 $457 $55.6M
622 NAICS 622 1,940 12 $1,578 $159.2M
621 NAICS 621 1,890 139 $2,661 $131.2M
921 NAICS 921 1,759 14 $994 $90.9M
561 NAICS 561 1,621 149 $1,055 $59.2M
238 NAICS 238 1,436 159 $1,272 $95.0M
455 NAICS 455 1,392 54 $832 $60.2M
333 NAICS 333 1,267 12 $1,343 $88.5M
336 NAICS 336 1,030 8 $1,424 $76.3M
445 NAICS 445 932 42 $514 $19.7M
624 NAICS 624 911 86 $463 $22.0M
541 NAICS 541 757 181 $1,493 $57.3M
423 NAICS 423 692 73 $1,243 $44.7M
713 NAICS 713 654 13 $717 $24.4M
335 NAICS 335 600 7 $1,197 $37.3M
331 NAICS 331 585 5 $1,395 $42.4M
313 NAICS 313 579 8 $848 $25.5M
441 NAICS 441 507 60 $915 $24.1M
236 NAICS 236 490 58 $1,344 $34.2M
332 NAICS 332 471 16 $1,178 $28.9M
237 NAICS 237 462 18 $1,431 $34.4M
484 NAICS 484 386 53 $1,200 $24.1M
325 NAICS 325 371 8 $1,602 $30.9M
444 NAICS 444 366 28 $649 $12.3M
811 NAICS 811 356 77 $953 $15.4M
456 NAICS 456 304 36 $709 $11.2M
424 NAICS 424 288 24 $944 $14.1M
337 NAICS 337 270 11 $986 $13.8M
459 NAICS 459 263 47 $803 $11.0M
457 NAICS 457 250 60 $453 $5.9M
522 NAICS 522 247 42 $1,485 $13.6M
562 NAICS 562 218 10 $1,381 $15.7M
531 NAICS 531 193 77 $952 $9.5M
721 NAICS 721 178 16 $449 $4.2M
926 NAICS 926 176 7 $1,312 $11.9M
321 NAICS 321 166 9 $889 $7.7M
326 NAICS 326 147 3 $1,432 $11.0M
812 NAICS 812 145 39 $621 $4.7M
491 NAICS 491 143 11 $1,204 $8.9M
922 NAICS 922 140 4 $1,297 $9.4M
524 NAICS 524 138 40 $1,478 $10.6M
458 NAICS 458 134 30 $421 $2.9M
532 NAICS 532 125 13 $1,206 $7.8M
314 NAICS 314 122 7 $1,243 $7.9M
311 NAICS 311 116 7 $930 $5.6M
111 NAICS 111 101 15 $623 $3.3M
813 NAICS 813 91 16 $990 $4.7M
449 NAICS 449 90 21 $859 $4.0M
485 NAICS 485 66 6 $459 $1.6M
551 NAICS 551 64 7 $2,392 $8.0M
323 NAICS 323 58 8 $888 $2.7M
923 NAICS 923 50 3 $1,556 $3.1M
221 NAICS 221 49 1 $1,111 $2.8M
814 NAICS 814 47 50 $417 $1.0M
339 NAICS 339 45 10 $684 $1.6M
523 NAICS 523 35 20 $2,593 $4.7M
712 NAICS 712 32 1 $1,242 $2.1M
513 NAICS 513 31 12 $1,105 $1.8M
112 NAICS 112 18 6 $564 $0.5M
115 NAICS 115 16 6 $768 $0.6M
488 NAICS 488 11 4 $928 $0.5M
924 NAICS 924 3 2 $1,171 $0.2M
928 NAICS 928 2 1 $1,414 $0.1M
999 NAICS 999 2 7 $1,647 $0.2M

By Ownership (2024)

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

Federal Government

172

jobs · $64,328 avg pay

State Government

749

jobs · $53,879 avg pay

Local Government

6,170

jobs · $63,964 avg pay

Private

29,605

jobs · $51,561 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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