Cortland County, NY

FIPS 36023 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, Cortland County had an annual average of 16,912 jobs across 1,115 establishments, paying $0.9 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

16,912

-0.5% YoY

Establishments

1,115

Total Wages

$0.9B

Avg Annual Pay

$55,776

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 Cortland County, NY, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
722 NAICS 722 1,926 108 $476 $47.6M
611 NAICS 611 1,499 26 $1,093 $82.3M
921 NAICS 921 940 18 $1,058 $51.7M
621 NAICS 621 666 61 $1,650 $57.1M
624 NAICS 624 578 28 $818 $24.6M
541 NAICS 541 576 65 $1,287 $38.6M
455 NAICS 455 556 15 $599 $17.3M
713 NAICS 713 436 18 $375 $8.5M
813 NAICS 813 404 36 $577 $12.1M
332 NAICS 332 373 13 $1,118 $21.7M
721 NAICS 721 358 14 $417 $7.8M
811 NAICS 811 329 43 $1,346 $23.0M
445 NAICS 445 322 25 $585 $9.8M
444 NAICS 444 310 17 $735 $11.9M
441 NAICS 441 285 27 $1,001 $14.8M
112 NAICS 112 248 24 $899 $11.6M
524 NAICS 524 236 17 $1,478 $18.2M
311 NAICS 311 215 8 $1,138 $12.7M
561 NAICS 561 193 48 $1,063 $10.6M
238 NAICS 238 182 49 $1,268 $12.0M
531 NAICS 531 171 28 $893 $7.9M
457 NAICS 457 164 18 $695 $5.9M
522 NAICS 522 150 18 $1,278 $10.0M
236 NAICS 236 130 33 $1,250 $8.5M
456 NAICS 456 121 11 $817 $5.1M
485 NAICS 485 100 6 $760 $3.3M
237 NAICS 237 98 9 $1,924 $9.8M
459 NAICS 459 79 17 $530 $2.2M
551 NAICS 551 78 5 $1,570 $6.3M
922 NAICS 922 75 5 $3,338 $13.0M
491 NAICS 491 71 10 $1,259 $4.7M
484 NAICS 484 67 12 $1,101 $3.8M
458 NAICS 458 62 9 $388 $1.2M
999 NAICS 999 60 60 $751 $2.4M
924 NAICS 924 44 3 $1,725 $3.9M
519 NAICS 519 35 5 $310 $0.6M
513 NAICS 513 33 7 $1,201 $2.1M
449 NAICS 449 32 7 $923 $1.5M
523 NAICS 523 21 8 $1,258 $1.4M
562 NAICS 562 19 3 $901 $0.9M
312 NAICS 312 17 4 $328 $0.3M
212 NAICS 212 12 4 $1,186 $0.7M
926 NAICS 926 10 2 $1,290 $0.7M
488 NAICS 488 6 5 $1,179 $0.4M

By Ownership (2024)

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

Federal Government

125

jobs · $74,045 avg pay

State Government

1,443

jobs · $94,261 avg pay

Local Government

2,442

jobs · $55,551 avg pay

Private

12,902

jobs · $51,341 avg pay

NY Unemployment

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

4.6%

April 2026

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