Delaware County, PA

FIPS 42045 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, Delaware County had an annual average of 218,537 jobs across 14,425 establishments, paying $16.0 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

218,537

-0.2% YoY

Establishments

14,425

Total Wages

$16.0B

Avg Annual Pay

$73,172

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 Delaware County, PA, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
722 NAICS 722 16,499 1,100 $484 $415.5M
621 NAICS 621 16,216 1,170 $1,395 $1,176.2M
624 NAICS 624 13,159 896 $715 $489.4M
623 NAICS 623 12,567 203 $913 $596.7M
611 NAICS 611 12,233 274 $1,258 $800.1M
561 NAICS 561 10,071 778 $1,035 $542.0M
541 NAICS 541 9,462 1,746 $2,233 $1,098.6M
238 NAICS 238 8,371 926 $1,716 $746.8M
445 NAICS 445 7,532 348 $577 $225.9M
551 NAICS 551 7,177 189 $4,406 $1,644.4M
622 NAICS 622 5,055 13 $1,499 $394.2M
921 NAICS 921 4,492 61 $2,629 $329.1M
455 NAICS 455 4,028 119 $548 $114.7M
524 NAICS 524 4,014 336 $2,482 $518.2M
812 NAICS 812 4,013 578 $654 $136.5M
336 NAICS 336 4,001 17 $2,483 $516.6M
492 NAICS 492 3,775 54 $914 $179.5M
423 NAICS 423 3,768 297 $1,937 $379.4M
713 NAICS 713 3,320 152 $633 $109.2M
236 NAICS 236 3,170 434 $1,702 $280.5M
522 NAICS 522 2,872 274 $2,140 $319.7M
441 NAICS 441 2,533 113 $1,388 $182.8M
813 NAICS 813 2,522 216 $923 $121.1M
811 NAICS 811 2,210 420 $1,185 $136.2M
531 NAICS 531 2,136 470 $1,926 $213.9M
456 NAICS 456 2,049 198 $939 $100.1M
488 NAICS 488 1,965 87 $3,880 $172.3M
332 NAICS 332 1,772 66 $1,625 $149.7M
444 NAICS 444 1,681 70 $788 $68.9M
459 NAICS 459 1,590 231 $620 $51.2M
457 NAICS 457 1,548 125 $678 $54.6M
424 NAICS 424 1,443 126 $1,808 $135.6M
458 NAICS 458 1,278 160 $493 $32.8M
721 NAICS 721 1,243 45 $651 $42.0M
922 NAICS 922 1,239 27 $2,842 $90.3M
485 NAICS 485 1,203 37 $841 $51.2M
484 NAICS 484 1,162 118 $1,112 $67.2M
311 NAICS 311 1,138 44 $1,176 $69.6M
449 NAICS 449 1,109 158 $927 $53.5M
325 NAICS 325 997 28 $2,715 $140.8M
562 NAICS 562 948 58 $1,544 $76.1M
221 NAICS 221 864 33 $3,454 $125.7M
491 NAICS 491 802 40 $1,351 $56.3M
425 NAICS 425 801 176 $2,119 $88.3M
322 NAICS 322 792 4 $2,170 $89.4M
339 NAICS 339 780 36 $1,469 $59.6M
513 NAICS 513 761 103 $3,708 $146.8M
493 NAICS 493 698 25 $1,332 $48.4M
326 NAICS 326 685 12 $2,040 $72.6M
237 NAICS 237 627 36 $2,224 $72.5M
517 NAICS 517 590 22 $2,714 $83.3M
711 NAICS 711 505 66 $1,785 $46.9M
926 NAICS 926 418 10 $2,223 $46.8M
323 NAICS 323 418 38 $1,024 $22.2M
334 NAICS 334 404 19 $1,698 $35.6M
333 NAICS 333 329 18 $1,557 $26.7M
814 NAICS 814 306 275 $830 $13.2M
512 NAICS 512 293 25 $1,099 $16.7M
712 NAICS 712 254 11 $880 $11.6M
327 NAICS 327 244 12 $1,772 $22.4M
312 NAICS 312 241 10 $1,239 $15.5M
519 NAICS 519 236 22 $498 $6.1M
481 NAICS 481 150 8 $1,288 $10.0M
928 NAICS 928 150 8 $2,091 $16.3M
337 NAICS 337 146 14 $1,364 $10.3M
335 NAICS 335 134 10 $2,235 $15.6M
321 NAICS 321 114 4 $1,633 $9.7M
331 NAICS 331 98 6 $1,162 $5.9M
518 NAICS 518 89 23 $2,780 $12.9M
314 NAICS 314 82 11 $1,723 $7.4M
486 NAICS 486 68 4 $3,151 $11.1M
516 NAICS 516 65 18 $2,403 $8.1M
923 NAICS 923 62 2 $2,090 $6.8M
924 NAICS 924 18 2 $1,772 $1.7M

By Ownership (2024)

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

Federal Government

1,917

jobs · $108,389 avg pay

State Government

2,128

jobs · $78,377 avg pay

Local Government

19,653

jobs · $67,498 avg pay

Private

194,839

jobs · $73,341 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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