Cowlitz County, WA

FIPS 53015 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, Cowlitz County had an annual average of 41,234 jobs across 2,712 establishments, paying $2.8 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

41,234

+0.3% YoY

Establishments

2,712

Total Wages

$2.8B

Avg Annual Pay

$67,601

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 Cowlitz County, WA, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
722 NAICS 722 2,994 203 $504 $78.5M
238 NAICS 238 2,488 266 $1,726 $223.2M
322 NAICS 322 2,328 12 $2,003 $242.4M
621 NAICS 621 1,885 113 $1,330 $130.4M
921 NAICS 921 1,585 12 $1,536 $126.5M
624 NAICS 624 1,570 109 $1,150 $49.6M
311 NAICS 311 1,527 14 $1,064 $84.5M
455 NAICS 455 1,407 15 $663 $48.5M
541 NAICS 541 1,251 286 $1,825 $118.7M
561 NAICS 561 1,184 143 $752 $46.3M
445 NAICS 445 899 39 $715 $33.4M
321 NAICS 321 898 14 $1,470 $68.7M
423 NAICS 423 822 78 $1,557 $66.5M
441 NAICS 441 795 41 $1,260 $52.1M
488 NAICS 488 715 23 $4,266 $146.2M
444 NAICS 444 666 38 $776 $26.8M
522 NAICS 522 646 42 $1,541 $51.7M
611 NAICS 611 614 36 $1,154 $32.1M
333 NAICS 333 546 14 $1,530 $43.4M
236 NAICS 236 519 115 $1,270 $34.3M
811 NAICS 811 461 80 $1,247 $29.9M
457 NAICS 457 455 48 $572 $13.5M
221 NAICS 221 421 13 $2,811 $55.7M
113 NAICS 113 399 26 $1,682 $34.9M
459 NAICS 459 396 63 $590 $12.1M
524 NAICS 524 366 47 $1,640 $31.2M
424 NAICS 424 363 35 $1,583 $29.9M
562 NAICS 562 362 11 $1,552 $29.2M
327 NAICS 327 353 9 $1,642 $30.2M
325 NAICS 325 318 11 $2,374 $39.2M
484 NAICS 484 318 40 $1,358 $22.5M
531 NAICS 531 315 78 $836 $13.7M
332 NAICS 332 304 21 $1,276 $20.1M
813 NAICS 813 278 52 $650 $9.4M
721 NAICS 721 259 29 $463 $6.2M
812 NAICS 812 244 64 $581 $7.1M
111 NAICS 111 242 28 $868 $10.9M
237 NAICS 237 228 19 $1,783 $21.2M
924 NAICS 924 217 9 $1,919 $16.9M
713 NAICS 713 213 20 $468 $5.2M
922 NAICS 922 206 10 $2,317 $19.4M
492 NAICS 492 179 7 $1,046 $9.7M
456 NAICS 456 175 20 $828 $7.5M
923 NAICS 923 166 7 $1,878 $12.4M
339 NAICS 339 164 11 $860 $7.3M
926 NAICS 926 132 7 $1,661 $10.0M
491 NAICS 491 131 10 $1,307 $8.9M
449 NAICS 449 127 20 $971 $6.4M
532 NAICS 532 125 16 $1,040 $6.7M
337 NAICS 337 125 5 $1,219 $7.9M
493 NAICS 493 111 4 $2,204 $12.7M
115 NAICS 115 99 12 $934 $4.8M
517 NAICS 517 95 9 $1,222 $6.0M
925 NAICS 925 79 4 $1,455 $4.5M
458 NAICS 458 68 16 $482 $1.7M
551 NAICS 551 60 4 $1,424 $4.5M
513 NAICS 513 47 18 $3,228 $7.9M
516 NAICS 516 45 4 $974 $2.3M
323 NAICS 323 39 6 $834 $1.7M
425 NAICS 425 34 20 $2,754 $4.9M
814 NAICS 814 24 17 $631 $0.8M
312 NAICS 312 18 3 $513 $0.5M
711 NAICS 711 18 5 $444 $0.4M
712 NAICS 712 17 5 $999 $0.7M
334 NAICS 334 9 6 $1,967 $0.9M

By Ownership (2024)

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

Federal Government

223

jobs · $81,638 avg pay

State Government

991

jobs · $68,252 avg pay

Local Government

5,339

jobs · $68,677 avg pay

Private

34,681

jobs · $67,325 avg pay

WA Unemployment

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

5.2%

April 2026

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