Etowah County, AL

FIPS 01055 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, Etowah County had an annual average of 33,009 jobs across 2,439 establishments, paying $1.5 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

33,009

+1.1% YoY

Establishments

2,439

Total Wages

$1.5B

Avg Annual Pay

$46,565

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 Etowah County, AL, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
722 NAICS 722 3,410 193 $502 $69.3M
621 NAICS 621 3,000 249 $2,122 $211.0M
622 NAICS 622 2,197 6 $1,096 $125.2M
311 NAICS 311 1,812 13 $898 $84.6M
561 NAICS 561 1,698 102 $769 $67.9M
623 NAICS 623 1,228 42 $697 $44.5M
455 NAICS 455 1,204 48 $503 $31.5M
445 NAICS 445 870 31 $718 $24.6M
238 NAICS 238 791 113 $996 $41.0M
441 NAICS 441 763 56 $1,012 $40.1M
332 NAICS 332 742 38 $1,008 $38.9M
611 NAICS 611 696 18 $936 $28.9M
336 NAICS 336 695 9 $953 $34.4M
624 NAICS 624 625 161 $1,214 $16.3M
522 NAICS 522 609 66 $1,130 $35.8M
541 NAICS 541 603 178 $1,092 $34.3M
423 NAICS 423 511 61 $1,308 $34.8M
459 NAICS 459 473 54 $482 $11.8M
484 NAICS 484 436 44 $1,155 $26.2M
424 NAICS 424 390 26 $1,137 $23.0M
811 NAICS 811 379 80 $1,070 $21.1M
444 NAICS 444 373 23 $735 $14.3M
457 NAICS 457 354 83 $499 $9.2M
456 NAICS 456 339 47 $746 $13.2M
713 NAICS 713 334 24 $314 $5.4M
812 NAICS 812 286 40 $864 $12.8M
524 NAICS 524 270 70 $1,444 $20.2M
458 NAICS 458 259 36 $337 $4.5M
333 NAICS 333 200 18 $1,389 $14.4M
923 NAICS 923 197 7 $1,766 $11.6M
449 NAICS 449 192 26 $855 $8.5M
236 NAICS 236 184 36 $903 $8.6M
721 NAICS 721 167 20 $474 $4.1M
491 NAICS 491 167 8 $1,371 $11.9M
493 NAICS 493 161 12 $1,055 $8.8M
331 NAICS 331 159 4 $1,269 $10.5M
531 NAICS 531 142 61 $736 $5.4M
562 NAICS 562 126 11 $1,129 $7.4M
221 NAICS 221 126 8 $2,275 $14.9M
237 NAICS 237 102 9 $2,548 $13.6M
922 NAICS 922 98 5 $2,442 $6.5M
551 NAICS 551 89 15 $2,053 $9.5M
926 NAICS 926 87 6 $1,817 $6.0M
517 NAICS 517 63 7 $1,495 $4.9M
813 NAICS 813 61 17 $645 $2.1M
523 NAICS 523 57 18 $2,596 $7.6M
488 NAICS 488 55 12 $1,213 $3.5M
425 NAICS 425 49 16 $1,150 $2.9M
337 NAICS 337 42 5 $728 $1.6M
327 NAICS 327 26 3 $1,098 $1.5M
323 NAICS 323 24 7 $440 $0.5M
513 NAICS 513 17 12 $1,800 $1.6M
516 NAICS 516 15 8 $790 $0.6M
928 NAICS 928 14 1 $944 $0.7M
814 NAICS 814 11 11 $423 $0.2M
924 NAICS 924 10 5 $1,227 $0.6M
113 NAICS 113 7 4 $1,012 $0.4M

By Ownership (2024)

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

Federal Government

287

jobs · $81,752 avg pay

State Government

778

jobs · $50,947 avg pay

Local Government

3,988

jobs · $46,838 avg pay

Private

27,956

jobs · $46,041 avg pay

AL Unemployment

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

2.8%

April 2026

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