Dakota County, MN

FIPS 27037 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, Dakota County had an annual average of 189,387 jobs across 11,950 establishments, paying $13.8 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

189,387

+0.7% YoY

Establishments

11,950

Total Wages

$13.8B

Avg Annual Pay

$72,792

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 Dakota County, MN, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
722 NAICS 722 14,565 732 $500 $379.0M
611 NAICS 611 14,292 323 $1,356 $873.4M
621 NAICS 621 8,835 614 $1,515 $695.8M
623 NAICS 623 8,021 230 $1,348 $345.9M
541 NAICS 541 7,686 1,294 $2,099 $838.5M
561 NAICS 561 7,032 563 $1,475 $343.0M
238 NAICS 238 6,663 744 $1,707 $591.3M
524 NAICS 524 6,440 305 $2,519 $773.5M
455 NAICS 455 6,332 71 $586 $192.9M
423 NAICS 423 6,313 432 $1,871 $614.2M
921 NAICS 921 5,195 35 $2,977 $370.0M
484 NAICS 484 4,868 216 $1,450 $367.0M
551 NAICS 551 4,485 94 $3,095 $721.9M
445 NAICS 445 3,965 140 $615 $126.8M
441 NAICS 441 3,858 147 $1,250 $250.7M
513 NAICS 513 3,824 72 $2,481 $493.4M
311 NAICS 311 3,179 42 $1,186 $196.0M
334 NAICS 334 3,092 26 $2,073 $333.4M
332 NAICS 332 2,998 96 $1,589 $247.6M
713 NAICS 713 2,742 148 $442 $63.0M
491 NAICS 491 2,586 19 $1,578 $212.2M
812 NAICS 812 2,490 342 $765 $99.0M
522 NAICS 522 2,458 152 $1,913 $244.5M
813 NAICS 813 2,390 172 $763 $94.9M
811 NAICS 811 2,258 274 $1,209 $141.9M
424 NAICS 424 2,248 174 $1,571 $183.6M
444 NAICS 444 2,167 78 $823 $92.8M
237 NAICS 237 2,163 52 $3,673 $393.2M
488 NAICS 488 2,138 100 $3,358 $212.3M
492 NAICS 492 2,091 26 $1,224 $133.1M
459 NAICS 459 2,079 218 $727 $78.6M
485 NAICS 485 2,053 42 $936 $88.0M
457 NAICS 457 1,752 118 $677 $61.7M
458 NAICS 458 1,727 140 $558 $50.1M
236 NAICS 236 1,716 298 $2,035 $181.5M
531 NAICS 531 1,472 452 $1,178 $90.2M
326 NAICS 326 1,386 18 $1,626 $117.1M
456 NAICS 456 1,308 138 $867 $59.0M
339 NAICS 339 1,266 58 $1,435 $94.5M
721 NAICS 721 994 50 $651 $33.7M
111 NAICS 111 946 30 $838 $41.2M
449 NAICS 449 833 105 $884 $38.3M
312 NAICS 312 824 9 $1,577 $67.6M
622 NAICS 622 787 1 $1,544 $63.1M
337 NAICS 337 761 32 $1,577 $62.4M
562 NAICS 562 747 52 $1,612 $62.6M
333 NAICS 333 713 36 $1,557 $57.7M
327 NAICS 327 708 28 $1,810 $66.7M
532 NAICS 532 705 71 $1,663 $61.0M
323 NAICS 323 677 30 $1,335 $47.0M
325 NAICS 325 634 24 $1,588 $52.4M
493 NAICS 493 626 30 $1,412 $46.0M
322 NAICS 322 585 7 $1,671 $50.8M
221 NAICS 221 555 14 $2,981 $86.0M
922 NAICS 922 486 6 $1,921 $44.9M
336 NAICS 336 414 14 $1,505 $32.4M
712 NAICS 712 412 3 $1,096 $21.9M
425 NAICS 425 364 106 $2,219 $42.0M
512 NAICS 512 330 18 $536 $9.2M
517 NAICS 517 312 30 $1,691 $27.4M
814 NAICS 814 302 418 $471 $7.4M
321 NAICS 321 295 8 $1,269 $19.5M
519 NAICS 519 273 41 $1,963 $17.5M
925 NAICS 925 267 4 $1,455 $20.2M
518 NAICS 518 258 31 $2,049 $27.5M
335 NAICS 335 213 14 $1,567 $17.4M
926 NAICS 926 174 8 $1,931 $16.2M
212 NAICS 212 99 7 $2,322 $12.0M
486 NAICS 486 93 6 $2,864 $13.9M
923 NAICS 923 91 17 $1,582 $7.5M
624 NAICS 624 63 1 $1,025 $3.3M
314 NAICS 314 61 7 $737 $2.3M
516 NAICS 516 57 13 $1,226 $3.7M
928 NAICS 928 49 3 $1,621 $4.2M
924 NAICS 924 38 6 $2,237 $3.2M
315 NAICS 315 30 4 $895 $1.4M
533 NAICS 533 24 4 $1,373 $1.7M

By Ownership (2024)

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

Federal Government

3,211

jobs · $96,398 avg pay

State Government

1,634

jobs · $73,577 avg pay

Local Government

18,047

jobs · $68,189 avg pay

Private

166,495

jobs · $72,828 avg pay

MN Unemployment

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

4.5%

April 2026

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