Douglas County, CO

FIPS 08035 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, Douglas County had an annual average of 147,460 jobs across 16,132 establishments, paying $12.5 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

147,460

+3.2% YoY

Establishments

16,132

Total Wages

$12.5B

Avg Annual Pay

$84,979

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 Douglas County, CO, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
541 NAICS 541 18,471 4,426 $2,741 $2,631.7M
722 NAICS 722 13,645 630 $573 $406.2M
611 NAICS 611 12,619 356 $1,093 $688.0M
621 NAICS 621 8,614 1,066 $1,576 $705.5M
238 NAICS 238 6,778 750 $1,497 $527.7M
523 NAICS 523 5,452 393 $3,144 $891.5M
561 NAICS 561 5,404 836 $1,241 $348.8M
455 NAICS 455 5,120 46 $705 $187.8M
423 NAICS 423 4,670 820 $2,430 $590.1M
551 NAICS 551 3,908 424 $3,616 $734.7M
713 NAICS 713 3,875 155 $569 $113.8M
522 NAICS 522 3,687 363 $4,519 $489.1M
921 NAICS 921 3,420 14 $2,733 $259.3M
622 NAICS 622 3,274 17 $1,474 $250.9M
524 NAICS 524 2,990 402 $2,021 $314.2M
517 NAICS 517 2,871 81 $3,050 $455.3M
623 NAICS 623 2,826 37 $853 $125.3M
445 NAICS 445 2,595 90 $748 $101.0M
812 NAICS 812 2,549 482 $971 $100.3M
624 NAICS 624 2,392 236 $673 $83.6M
236 NAICS 236 2,298 338 $2,244 $268.2M
458 NAICS 458 2,132 172 $488 $54.1M
237 NAICS 237 2,083 61 $1,964 $212.2M
531 NAICS 531 2,014 863 $1,658 $173.7M
459 NAICS 459 1,940 194 $655 $66.1M
441 NAICS 441 1,856 88 $1,459 $140.7M
811 NAICS 811 1,555 270 $1,361 $110.0M
444 NAICS 444 1,548 50 $1,020 $82.1M
492 NAICS 492 1,387 34 $930 $67.1M
424 NAICS 424 1,136 350 $2,711 $160.1M
518 NAICS 518 1,001 116 $3,072 $160.0M
721 NAICS 721 995 45 $719 $37.2M
449 NAICS 449 966 91 $1,099 $55.2M
456 NAICS 456 945 108 $816 $40.1M
513 NAICS 513 781 194 $3,162 $128.4M
493 NAICS 493 723 10 $912 $34.3M
813 NAICS 813 642 142 $1,539 $51.4M
221 NAICS 221 579 21 $2,424 $61.3M
457 NAICS 457 559 65 $636 $18.5M
922 NAICS 922 433 11 $2,953 $37.3M
484 NAICS 484 409 82 $1,183 $25.1M
532 NAICS 532 395 39 $1,648 $33.8M
519 NAICS 519 367 9 $5,225 $25.6M
327 NAICS 327 349 12 $1,323 $24.0M
339 NAICS 339 336 25 $2,748 $48.0M
488 NAICS 488 335 57 $1,851 $32.3M
491 NAICS 491 334 7 $1,493 $25.9M
562 NAICS 562 324 46 $1,027 $17.3M
425 NAICS 425 294 140 $2,578 $39.3M
814 NAICS 814 242 287 $823 $10.3M
512 NAICS 512 234 46 $959 $11.6M
336 NAICS 336 212 9 $2,307 $25.5M
924 NAICS 924 198 8 $2,514 $17.6M
711 NAICS 711 188 97 $1,252 $12.2M
311 NAICS 311 176 21 $684 $6.3M
332 NAICS 332 142 15 $1,335 $9.8M
337 NAICS 337 129 8 $1,317 $8.9M
111 NAICS 111 129 10 $1,089 $7.3M
333 NAICS 333 124 11 $1,653 $10.6M
312 NAICS 312 115 13 $542 $3.3M
926 NAICS 926 108 12 $2,570 $14.4M
213 NAICS 213 105 36 $3,450 $18.9M
928 NAICS 928 104 2 $2,302 $12.4M
115 NAICS 115 94 33 $777 $3.8M
525 NAICS 525 83 15 $4,632 $19.9M
323 NAICS 323 81 26 $1,279 $5.4M
334 NAICS 334 80 16 $3,124 $13.0M
481 NAICS 481 66 12 $2,620 $8.9M
712 NAICS 712 58 5 $2,602 $5.6M
485 NAICS 485 45 12 $1,239 $2.9M
516 NAICS 516 39 38 $2,129 $4.3M
321 NAICS 321 35 4 $1,121 $2.0M
112 NAICS 112 31 8 $1,091 $1.8M
999 NAICS 999 25 62 $1,549 $2.0M
923 NAICS 923 23 7 $2,999 $2.2M
335 NAICS 335 16 3 $1,189 $1.0M
533 NAICS 533 9 10 $2,776 $1.3M

By Ownership (2024)

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

Federal Government

732

jobs · $106,922 avg pay

State Government

403

jobs · $78,752 avg pay

Local Government

14,305

jobs · $61,626 avg pay

Private

132,020

jobs · $87,406 avg pay

CO Unemployment

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

3.9%

April 2026

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