Daviess County, KY

FIPS 21059 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, Daviess County had an annual average of 47,217 jobs across 3,566 establishments, paying $2.5 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

47,217

+2.3% YoY

Establishments

3,566

Total Wages

$2.5B

Avg Annual Pay

$53,566

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 Daviess County, KY, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
722 NAICS 722 4,544 202 $403 $95.3M
561 NAICS 561 2,456 196 $693 $88.6M
621 NAICS 621 2,320 252 $1,839 $164.6M
311 NAICS 311 2,026 21 $1,147 $120.8M
312 NAICS 312 1,836 5 $1,533 $146.4M
624 NAICS 624 1,762 459 $1,200 $53.4M
455 NAICS 455 1,674 39 $554 $48.2M
522 NAICS 522 1,591 100 $1,344 $111.2M
238 NAICS 238 1,466 218 $1,085 $82.7M
541 NAICS 541 1,108 325 $1,361 $78.4M
423 NAICS 423 907 84 $1,565 $73.8M
445 NAICS 445 809 45 $582 $24.5M
424 NAICS 424 782 57 $1,476 $60.1M
459 NAICS 459 703 98 $573 $21.0M
484 NAICS 484 694 49 $1,222 $44.1M
444 NAICS 444 671 34 $786 $27.4M
236 NAICS 236 637 82 $1,146 $38.0M
441 NAICS 441 600 56 $1,008 $31.4M
811 NAICS 811 562 96 $1,014 $29.7M
332 NAICS 332 522 26 $1,286 $34.9M
611 NAICS 611 519 33 $689 $18.6M
486 NAICS 486 482 5 $2,513 $63.1M
531 NAICS 531 440 101 $737 $16.9M
325 NAICS 325 404 6 $1,672 $35.1M
456 NAICS 456 384 43 $783 $15.6M
524 NAICS 524 348 86 $1,443 $26.1M
922 NAICS 922 344 16 $1,989 $17.5M
713 NAICS 713 317 19 $363 $6.0M
493 NAICS 493 309 5 $926 $14.9M
492 NAICS 492 293 6 $912 $13.9M
812 NAICS 812 292 58 $680 $10.3M
457 NAICS 457 271 65 $515 $7.2M
458 NAICS 458 267 41 $408 $5.7M
449 NAICS 449 228 30 $782 $9.3M
221 NAICS 221 227 8 $2,393 $28.2M
326 NAICS 326 219 10 $1,275 $14.5M
721 NAICS 721 212 20 $392 $4.3M
333 NAICS 333 187 19 $1,228 $12.0M
327 NAICS 327 177 8 $1,384 $12.7M
491 NAICS 491 163 6 $1,167 $9.9M
813 NAICS 813 162 35 $519 $4.4M
488 NAICS 488 141 12 $2,408 $9.4M
513 NAICS 513 124 12 $1,007 $6.5M
562 NAICS 562 121 21 $1,141 $7.2M
814 NAICS 814 106 117 $367 $2.0M
517 NAICS 517 100 9 $1,477 $7.6M
111 NAICS 111 88 28 $953 $4.4M
237 NAICS 237 87 16 $1,128 $5.1M
551 NAICS 551 74 12 $2,721 $10.5M
926 NAICS 926 73 12 $1,271 $4.6M
923 NAICS 923 68 11 $1,478 $4.6M
323 NAICS 323 53 5 $842 $2.3M
512 NAICS 512 42 8 $443 $1.0M
921 NAICS 921 29 5 $1,817 $1.7M
425 NAICS 425 22 15 $2,665 $3.0M
924 NAICS 924 16 2 $1,260 $1.1M
999 NAICS 999 10 9 $746 $0.4M
928 NAICS 928 5 1 $1,298 $0.3M

By Ownership (2024)

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

Federal Government

276

jobs · $68,842 avg pay

State Government

749

jobs · $48,645 avg pay

Local Government

4,297

jobs · $50,985 avg pay

Private

41,895

jobs · $53,818 avg pay

KY Unemployment

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

4.3%

April 2026

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