Douglas County, WI

FIPS 55031 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, Douglas County had an annual average of 16,039 jobs across 1,215 establishments, paying $0.8 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

16,039

+0.1% YoY

Establishments

1,215

Total Wages

$0.8B

Avg Annual Pay

$52,810

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, WI, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
722 NAICS 722 1,841 129 $351 $33.6M
484 NAICS 484 886 29 $1,342 $61.8M
921 NAICS 921 747 24 $1,078 $41.9M
238 NAICS 238 657 67 $1,413 $48.3M
624 NAICS 624 586 160 $595 $18.1M
621 NAICS 621 561 50 $1,913 $40.5M
445 NAICS 445 412 18 $522 $11.2M
457 NAICS 457 395 27 $644 $13.2M
333 NAICS 333 346 8 $1,513 $27.2M
721 NAICS 721 344 20 $432 $7.7M
541 NAICS 541 319 80 $1,390 $23.1M
423 NAICS 423 310 28 $1,565 $25.2M
444 NAICS 444 289 12 $889 $13.3M
561 NAICS 561 277 37 $729 $10.5M
522 NAICS 522 258 24 $1,372 $18.4M
424 NAICS 424 255 15 $1,103 $14.6M
236 NAICS 236 252 35 $1,994 $26.1M
551 NAICS 551 252 13 $1,876 $24.6M
441 NAICS 441 227 17 $1,149 $13.6M
811 NAICS 811 223 42 $945 $11.0M
713 NAICS 713 213 20 $485 $5.4M
339 NAICS 339 212 6 $1,013 $11.2M
812 NAICS 812 190 26 $593 $5.9M
459 NAICS 459 163 28 $432 $3.7M
332 NAICS 332 152 8 $1,050 $8.3M
813 NAICS 813 149 14 $237 $1.8M
492 NAICS 492 137 5 $715 $5.1M
321 NAICS 321 137 8 $1,063 $7.6M
221 NAICS 221 114 5 $1,927 $11.4M
531 NAICS 531 110 26 $706 $4.0M
488 NAICS 488 96 9 $1,767 $8.8M
456 NAICS 456 82 9 $769 $3.3M
491 NAICS 491 82 9 $1,167 $5.0M
237 NAICS 237 71 10 $1,734 $6.4M
524 NAICS 524 68 19 $1,425 $5.0M
449 NAICS 449 67 8 $869 $3.0M
327 NAICS 327 67 4 $1,678 $5.8M
611 NAICS 611 59 10 $348 $1.1M
922 NAICS 922 45 4 $1,517 $3.5M
517 NAICS 517 33 5 $1,349 $2.3M
532 NAICS 532 33 7 $791 $1.3M
562 NAICS 562 29 7 $1,048 $1.6M
814 NAICS 814 15 9 $403 $0.3M
923 NAICS 923 11 1 $1,600 $0.9M
523 NAICS 523 8 4 $2,410 $1.0M
926 NAICS 926 6 2 $920 $0.3M

By Ownership (2024)

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

Federal Government

170

jobs · $77,940 avg pay

State Government

645

jobs · $60,521 avg pay

Local Government

1,932

jobs · $51,054 avg pay

Private

13,292

jobs · $52,369 avg pay

WI Unemployment

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

3.5%

April 2026

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