DeKalb County, IL

FIPS 17037 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, DeKalb County had an annual average of 27,477 jobs across 1,917 establishments, paying $1.5 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

27,477

-0.7% YoY

Establishments

1,917

Total Wages

$1.5B

Avg Annual Pay

$56,202

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 DeKalb County, IL, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
611 NAICS 611 3,938 42 $970 $194.5M
722 NAICS 722 2,706 190 $408 $57.5M
455 NAICS 455 2,493 25 $749 $97.0M
621 NAICS 621 1,395 108 $1,621 $117.6M
921 NAICS 921 1,176 28 $1,186 $72.5M
624 NAICS 624 1,107 51 $654 $37.6M
484 NAICS 484 1,105 59 $1,722 $98.9M
238 NAICS 238 1,102 176 $1,460 $83.6M
424 NAICS 424 966 27 $1,408 $70.7M
561 NAICS 561 852 97 $901 $39.9M
541 NAICS 541 754 149 $1,141 $44.8M
445 NAICS 445 753 36 $545 $21.4M
332 NAICS 332 572 30 $1,480 $44.0M
441 NAICS 441 523 21 $1,141 $31.0M
311 NAICS 311 505 13 $1,154 $30.3M
423 NAICS 423 499 43 $1,292 $33.5M
334 NAICS 334 455 5 $1,024 $24.2M
811 NAICS 811 447 71 $954 $22.2M
333 NAICS 333 443 20 $1,328 $30.6M
522 NAICS 522 435 32 $1,440 $32.6M
813 NAICS 813 398 38 $483 $10.0M
444 NAICS 444 389 15 $626 $12.7M
456 NAICS 456 369 24 $967 $18.6M
812 NAICS 812 368 66 $564 $10.8M
457 NAICS 457 336 40 $519 $9.0M
713 NAICS 713 279 31 $345 $5.0M
459 NAICS 459 254 43 $537 $7.1M
111 NAICS 111 222 30 $1,311 $15.2M
531 NAICS 531 189 42 $887 $8.7M
721 NAICS 721 157 14 $489 $4.0M
491 NAICS 491 157 15 $1,231 $10.0M
922 NAICS 922 147 8 $1,648 $2.5M
519 NAICS 519 146 14 $522 $3.8M
112 NAICS 112 124 15 $890 $5.8M
312 NAICS 312 118 4 $762 $4.7M
551 NAICS 551 116 6 $1,207 $7.2M
449 NAICS 449 112 9 $654 $3.8M
524 NAICS 524 108 37 $1,210 $6.8M
327 NAICS 327 103 7 $1,883 $10.1M
458 NAICS 458 87 12 $442 $2.0M
321 NAICS 321 82 5 $1,404 $6.0M
339 NAICS 339 79 8 $915 $3.7M
512 NAICS 512 64 5 $887 $2.9M
562 NAICS 562 64 7 $1,629 $5.4M
517 NAICS 517 48 9 $1,692 $4.3M
323 NAICS 323 41 8 $844 $1.8M
523 NAICS 523 29 12 $3,401 $5.1M
814 NAICS 814 29 22 $534 $0.8M
212 NAICS 212 28 4 $1,849 $2.6M
115 NAICS 115 25 8 $1,212 $1.6M
924 NAICS 924 24 2 $1,680 $2.1M
488 NAICS 488 22 10 $1,093 $1.3M
337 NAICS 337 17 4 $1,044 $0.9M
926 NAICS 926 13 3 $1,623 $1.1M
928 NAICS 928 5 1 $1,658 $0.4M
999 NAICS 999 2 3 $448 $0.0M

By Ownership (2024)

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

Federal Government

200

jobs · $68,877 avg pay

Private

27,277

jobs · $56,107 avg pay

IL Unemployment

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

5.1%

April 2026

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