DeSoto County, MS

FIPS 28033 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, DeSoto County had an annual average of 72,665 jobs across 3,754 establishments, paying $3.3 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

72,665

+2.2% YoY

Establishments

3,754

Total Wages

$3.3B

Avg Annual Pay

$45,687

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 DeSoto County, MS, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
493 NAICS 493 11,858 90 $960 $592.2M
722 NAICS 722 8,402 407 $417 $182.1M
611 NAICS 611 4,992 44 $914 $227.9M
561 NAICS 561 4,603 252 $661 $158.1M
455 NAICS 455 3,444 52 $596 $106.8M
621 NAICS 621 3,159 284 $1,283 $210.8M
423 NAICS 423 2,678 121 $1,144 $159.3M
622 NAICS 622 2,445 5 $1,232 $156.7M
921 NAICS 921 2,266 8 $2,249 $130.1M
238 NAICS 238 1,703 190 $1,230 $109.0M
484 NAICS 484 1,565 134 $1,159 $94.4M
445 NAICS 445 1,443 78 $613 $46.0M
441 NAICS 441 1,365 85 $1,158 $82.2M
541 NAICS 541 1,230 235 $967 $61.8M
444 NAICS 444 1,179 41 $744 $45.6M
458 NAICS 458 1,096 105 $387 $22.0M
721 NAICS 721 903 63 $438 $20.6M
459 NAICS 459 869 118 $482 $21.8M
811 NAICS 811 848 126 $1,185 $52.3M
456 NAICS 456 845 80 $735 $32.3M
424 NAICS 424 827 27 $1,229 $52.8M
624 NAICS 624 811 70 $701 $23.6M
522 NAICS 522 713 112 $1,295 $48.0M
623 NAICS 623 640 15 $817 $27.2M
457 NAICS 457 544 120 $553 $15.6M
332 NAICS 332 542 20 $1,540 $43.4M
488 NAICS 488 537 40 $1,051 $29.4M
311 NAICS 311 456 7 $1,381 $32.7M
812 NAICS 812 425 88 $537 $11.9M
236 NAICS 236 417 58 $1,277 $27.7M
237 NAICS 237 413 31 $1,532 $32.9M
449 NAICS 449 409 53 $840 $17.9M
325 NAICS 325 401 13 $1,192 $24.8M
531 NAICS 531 380 114 $1,002 $19.8M
551 NAICS 551 353 19 $1,330 $24.4M
562 NAICS 562 343 19 $1,343 $24.0M
524 NAICS 524 296 81 $1,344 $20.7M
221 NAICS 221 269 14 $3,938 $29.5M
327 NAICS 327 268 10 $1,654 $23.0M
326 NAICS 326 244 7 $1,175 $14.9M
333 NAICS 333 228 8 $1,660 $19.6M
322 NAICS 322 222 6 $1,339 $15.4M
711 NAICS 711 217 1 $333 $3.8M
491 NAICS 491 183 7 $1,269 $12.1M
532 NAICS 532 182 31 $1,302 $12.3M
339 NAICS 339 175 14 $1,157 $10.6M
517 NAICS 517 124 9 $1,237 $8.0M
337 NAICS 337 101 5 $762 $4.0M
321 NAICS 321 99 4 $943 $4.9M
923 NAICS 923 88 4 $1,781 $4.5M
813 NAICS 813 83 21 $1,082 $4.7M
513 NAICS 513 72 9 $1,514 $5.7M
519 NAICS 519 63 5 $648 $2.1M
111 NAICS 111 58 8 $645 $1.9M
336 NAICS 336 52 5 $1,136 $3.1M
323 NAICS 323 47 7 $917 $2.2M
425 NAICS 425 37 12 $1,402 $2.7M
115 NAICS 115 30 6 $1,287 $2.0M
486 NAICS 486 27 3 $2,558 $3.5M
926 NAICS 926 23 5 $1,301 $1.4M
922 NAICS 922 16 4 $2,088 $1.4M
814 NAICS 814 8 15 $356 $0.1M
924 NAICS 924 3 2 $1,104 $0.1M

By Ownership (2024)

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

Federal Government

304

jobs · $94,397 avg pay

State Government

179

jobs · $42,935 avg pay

Local Government

7,031

jobs · $49,088 avg pay

Private

65,151

jobs · $45,099 avg pay

MS Unemployment

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

3.8%

April 2026

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