Elkhart County, IN

FIPS 18039 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, Elkhart County had an annual average of 127,099 jobs across 5,294 establishments, paying $7.9 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

127,099

-3.2% YoY

Establishments

5,294

Total Wages

$7.9B

Avg Annual Pay

$62,117

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 Elkhart County, IN, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
336 NAICS 336 32,785 191 $1,328 $2,263.7M
722 NAICS 722 6,307 351 $403 $132.2M
611 NAICS 611 6,298 56 $929 $294.5M
423 NAICS 423 5,837 318 $1,344 $408.0M
332 NAICS 332 5,492 141 $1,164 $332.5M
326 NAICS 326 4,299 82 $1,094 $244.6M
337 NAICS 337 4,287 76 $1,111 $247.6M
621 NAICS 621 3,628 265 $1,482 $279.3M
561 NAICS 561 3,627 222 $716 $135.1M
321 NAICS 321 3,587 82 $1,287 $240.1M
622 NAICS 622 3,567 5 $1,268 $235.2M
238 NAICS 238 2,910 356 $1,415 $214.1M
455 NAICS 455 2,598 60 $539 $72.8M
551 NAICS 551 2,588 42 $4,331 $582.8M
921 NAICS 921 2,483 17 $1,139 $146.9M
541 NAICS 541 2,210 393 $1,557 $179.0M
623 NAICS 623 2,206 30 $830 $95.2M
811 NAICS 811 1,744 227 $1,105 $100.2M
445 NAICS 445 1,739 71 $497 $45.0M
624 NAICS 624 1,694 75 $646 $56.9M
333 NAICS 333 1,676 59 $1,245 $108.5M
441 NAICS 441 1,592 134 $1,044 $86.4M
311 NAICS 311 1,557 28 $1,157 $93.7M
325 NAICS 325 1,553 24 $1,231 $99.4M
522 NAICS 522 1,233 90 $1,291 $82.7M
444 NAICS 444 1,199 60 $857 $53.4M
484 NAICS 484 1,194 156 $1,234 $76.6M
236 NAICS 236 1,136 177 $1,304 $77.0M
339 NAICS 339 953 32 $1,032 $51.1M
331 NAICS 331 938 22 $1,685 $82.1M
424 NAICS 424 913 80 $1,337 $63.5M
327 NAICS 327 876 24 $1,037 $47.2M
459 NAICS 459 769 120 $570 $22.8M
457 NAICS 457 720 103 $592 $22.1M
322 NAICS 322 706 14 $1,242 $45.6M
531 NAICS 531 557 153 $1,078 $30.9M
335 NAICS 335 555 17 $1,331 $38.4M
721 NAICS 721 536 46 $441 $12.3M
532 NAICS 532 506 38 $1,089 $28.7M
334 NAICS 334 478 16 $1,261 $31.3M
812 NAICS 812 465 94 $670 $16.2M
449 NAICS 449 424 56 $887 $19.6M
456 NAICS 456 414 52 $761 $16.4M
524 NAICS 524 404 72 $1,449 $30.4M
713 NAICS 713 372 32 $409 $7.9M
562 NAICS 562 351 27 $1,411 $25.7M
314 NAICS 314 330 14 $732 $12.6M
323 NAICS 323 329 21 $1,171 $20.0M
813 NAICS 813 323 50 $806 $13.6M
112 NAICS 112 300 20 $970 $15.1M
458 NAICS 458 293 42 $504 $7.7M
517 NAICS 517 261 10 $1,441 $19.6M
488 NAICS 488 258 29 $1,313 $17.6M
425 NAICS 425 255 42 $1,484 $19.7M
491 NAICS 491 212 8 $1,294 $14.3M
519 NAICS 519 198 10 $708 $7.3M
221 NAICS 221 192 8 $2,601 $26.0M
237 NAICS 237 158 16 $1,262 $10.4M
513 NAICS 513 145 19 $1,015 $7.7M
923 NAICS 923 129 5 $1,644 $7.4M
111 NAICS 111 106 21 $679 $3.8M
313 NAICS 313 94 4 $1,078 $5.2M
926 NAICS 926 86 7 $1,308 $4.7M
711 NAICS 711 55 14 $459 $1.3M
485 NAICS 485 46 1 $519 $1.2M
712 NAICS 712 41 5 $727 $1.5M
115 NAICS 115 38 12 $1,140 $2.3M
512 NAICS 512 32 8 $457 $0.8M
315 NAICS 315 21 4 $582 $0.6M
814 NAICS 814 12 16 $759 $0.5M
928 NAICS 928 10 2 $1,326 $0.7M
924 NAICS 924 6 1 $204 $0.1M
922 NAICS 922 2 1 $326 $0.0M

By Ownership (2024)

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

Federal Government

253

jobs · $68,756 avg pay

State Government

216

jobs · $52,223 avg pay

Local Government

8,287

jobs · $51,114 avg pay

Private

118,343

jobs · $62,891 avg pay

IN Unemployment

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

3.2%

April 2026

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