Essex County, NY

FIPS 36031 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, Essex County had an annual average of 14,768 jobs across 1,334 establishments, paying $0.9 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

14,768

+3.2% YoY

Establishments

1,334

Total Wages

$0.9B

Avg Annual Pay

$58,600

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 Essex County, NY, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
721 NAICS 721 1,352 66 $805 $56.6M
611 NAICS 611 1,308 31 $1,096 $72.5M
722 NAICS 722 1,183 121 $579 $35.6M
921 NAICS 921 1,105 20 $949 $54.5M
623 NAICS 623 723 9 $967 $36.3M
922 NAICS 922 593 9 $3,206 $86.2M
237 NAICS 237 451 8 $3,089 $72.4M
621 NAICS 621 409 49 $1,025 $21.8M
445 NAICS 445 387 34 $575 $11.6M
713 NAICS 713 349 34 $792 $14.4M
455 NAICS 455 337 14 $586 $10.3M
813 NAICS 813 336 55 $932 $16.3M
238 NAICS 238 305 74 $1,105 $17.5M
541 NAICS 541 293 88 $1,716 $26.2M
236 NAICS 236 274 70 $1,041 $14.8M
459 NAICS 459 227 30 $593 $7.0M
444 NAICS 444 224 20 $887 $10.3M
457 NAICS 457 223 30 $810 $9.4M
924 NAICS 924 218 11 $1,863 $21.1M
561 NAICS 561 218 46 $934 $10.6M
441 NAICS 441 178 15 $911 $8.5M
926 NAICS 926 124 7 $2,510 $16.1M
522 NAICS 522 120 17 $1,236 $7.7M
456 NAICS 456 116 12 $915 $5.5M
531 NAICS 531 110 34 $721 $4.1M
424 NAICS 424 91 8 $1,280 $6.1M
712 NAICS 712 90 12 $780 $3.6M
551 NAICS 551 84 4 $981 $4.3M
312 NAICS 312 77 6 $581 $2.3M
811 NAICS 811 74 21 $903 $3.5M
212 NAICS 212 72 5 $1,510 $5.7M
491 NAICS 491 69 28 $1,202 $4.3M
111 NAICS 111 64 12 $834 $2.8M
311 NAICS 311 55 6 $549 $1.6M
513 NAICS 513 53 6 $1,010 $2.8M
562 NAICS 562 48 8 $1,038 $2.6M
999 NAICS 999 46 62 $756 $1.8M
524 NAICS 524 45 13 $1,233 $2.9M
484 NAICS 484 35 11 $1,121 $2.0M
812 NAICS 812 34 14 $404 $0.7M
221 NAICS 221 30 5 $3,146 $4.9M
517 NAICS 517 28 7 $1,465 $2.1M
814 NAICS 814 28 19 $705 $1.0M
711 NAICS 711 26 9 $813 $1.1M
519 NAICS 519 25 9 $286 $0.4M
112 NAICS 112 24 10 $530 $0.7M
423 NAICS 423 23 6 $2,677 $3.2M
113 NAICS 113 18 12 $743 $0.7M
115 NAICS 115 11 5 $1,286 $0.7M
425 NAICS 425 6 4 $792 $0.2M

By Ownership (2024)

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

Federal Government

258

jobs · $89,546 avg pay

State Government

1,685

jobs · $86,636 avg pay

Local Government

2,168

jobs · $52,806 avg pay

Private

10,657

jobs · $54,597 avg pay

NY Unemployment

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

4.6%

April 2026

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