Dauphin County, PA

FIPS 42043 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, Dauphin County had an annual average of 190,295 jobs across 7,552 establishments, paying $12.9 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

190,295

+1.3% YoY

Establishments

7,552

Total Wages

$12.9B

Avg Annual Pay

$68,012

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 Dauphin County, PA, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
622 NAICS 622 16,127 22 $1,850 $1,551.1M
611 NAICS 611 11,496 211 $1,240 $709.6M
921 NAICS 921 10,630 73 $2,600 $744.4M
621 NAICS 621 10,043 560 $1,488 $776.9M
624 NAICS 624 9,703 497 $759 $383.1M
722 NAICS 722 9,518 573 $453 $224.0M
561 NAICS 561 8,992 402 $826 $386.4M
541 NAICS 541 8,144 837 $1,950 $825.7M
713 NAICS 713 5,479 78 $490 $139.7M
492 NAICS 492 4,915 31 $1,002 $256.1M
493 NAICS 493 4,322 43 $1,124 $252.6M
551 NAICS 551 4,304 114 $3,281 $734.2M
926 NAICS 926 4,157 21 $1,669 $275.6M
923 NAICS 923 4,142 17 $2,017 $302.2M
423 NAICS 423 3,986 201 $1,629 $337.6M
311 NAICS 311 3,968 37 $1,005 $207.3M
238 NAICS 238 3,857 276 $1,618 $324.5M
623 NAICS 623 3,605 142 $865 $162.2M
813 NAICS 813 3,392 326 $1,173 $206.8M
721 NAICS 721 2,990 94 $689 $107.1M
445 NAICS 445 2,915 127 $484 $73.4M
524 NAICS 524 2,692 148 $2,825 $293.5M
424 NAICS 424 2,583 62 $1,573 $211.2M
484 NAICS 484 2,560 100 $1,484 $197.6M
922 NAICS 922 2,433 15 $2,327 $212.1M
522 NAICS 522 2,405 165 $1,983 $226.4M
455 NAICS 455 2,393 58 $569 $70.8M
441 NAICS 441 1,943 100 $1,187 $119.9M
491 NAICS 491 1,765 22 $1,337 $122.7M
236 NAICS 236 1,732 159 $1,544 $139.1M
812 NAICS 812 1,481 266 $608 $46.8M
459 NAICS 459 1,422 131 $579 $42.9M
457 NAICS 457 1,326 109 $723 $49.8M
811 NAICS 811 1,217 163 $1,219 $77.1M
331 NAICS 331 1,155 7 $1,950 $117.1M
458 NAICS 458 1,041 116 $433 $23.4M
531 NAICS 531 1,022 204 $1,346 $71.6M
485 NAICS 485 993 30 $559 $28.9M
444 NAICS 444 992 48 $729 $37.6M
456 NAICS 456 936 96 $821 $40.0M
449 NAICS 449 779 81 $1,030 $41.7M
532 NAICS 532 766 50 $1,249 $49.7M
332 NAICS 332 761 25 $1,411 $55.8M
339 NAICS 339 701 17 $1,221 $44.5M
333 NAICS 333 598 17 $1,374 $42.7M
488 NAICS 488 584 28 $2,296 $42.4M
312 NAICS 312 528 18 $822 $22.6M
711 NAICS 711 465 52 $1,229 $29.7M
237 NAICS 237 463 18 $1,937 $46.6M
517 NAICS 517 419 26 $2,135 $46.5M
327 NAICS 327 383 12 $1,653 $32.9M
336 NAICS 336 375 6 $1,767 $34.4M
712 NAICS 712 373 18 $453 $8.8M
516 NAICS 516 339 14 $1,248 $22.0M
513 NAICS 513 327 43 $1,937 $32.9M
562 NAICS 562 325 21 $1,852 $31.3M
425 NAICS 425 323 66 $2,207 $37.0M
221 NAICS 221 290 13 $2,442 $36.8M
323 NAICS 323 271 21 $1,011 $14.2M
321 NAICS 321 160 10 $1,142 $9.5M
519 NAICS 519 150 16 $719 $5.6M
518 NAICS 518 145 18 $1,538 $11.6M
928 NAICS 928 118 4 $1,444 $8.9M
512 NAICS 512 86 12 $400 $1.8M
111 NAICS 111 76 14 $539 $2.1M
325 NAICS 325 52 5 $888 $2.4M
814 NAICS 814 48 52 $685 $1.7M
924 NAICS 924 38 2 $1,956 $3.8M
337 NAICS 337 28 8 $762 $1.1M
533 NAICS 533 17 3 $3,607 $3.3M

By Ownership (2024)

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

Federal Government

2,636

jobs · $81,109 avg pay

State Government

24,079

jobs · $73,470 avg pay

Local Government

11,413

jobs · $65,061 avg pay

Private

152,167

jobs · $67,143 avg pay

PA Unemployment

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

4.2%

April 2026

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