Fairfax City, VA

FIPS 51600 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, Fairfax City had an annual average of 24,181 jobs across 1,799 establishments, paying $1.7 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

24,181

+3.4% YoY

Establishments

1,799

Total Wages

$1.7B

Avg Annual Pay

$70,381

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 Fairfax City, VA, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
541 NAICS 541 3,448 439 $2,398 $429.5M
621 NAICS 621 3,292 225 $2,007 $205.6M
722 NAICS 722 2,828 140 $581 $85.5M
561 NAICS 561 1,665 75 $1,350 $79.5M
922 NAICS 922 1,582 13 $3,176 $144.8M
441 NAICS 441 1,127 24 $1,644 $96.4M
923 NAICS 923 1,040 5 $2,816 $77.4M
624 NAICS 624 795 52 $1,385 $37.9M
623 NAICS 623 707 14 $975 $35.8M
713 NAICS 713 668 24 $708 $17.3M
445 NAICS 445 542 22 $727 $20.5M
455 NAICS 455 462 10 $554 $13.3M
812 NAICS 812 430 79 $705 $15.8M
611 NAICS 611 421 40 $3,010 $20.5M
522 NAICS 522 413 30 $3,146 $52.9M
444 NAICS 444 340 6 $653 $11.6M
459 NAICS 459 318 30 $771 $12.7M
524 NAICS 524 305 50 $1,935 $30.7M
813 NAICS 813 288 39 $1,087 $16.3M
238 NAICS 238 276 36 $1,329 $19.1M
921 NAICS 921 269 10 $2,985 $31.7M
811 NAICS 811 233 34 $1,638 $17.5M
721 NAICS 721 204 8 $1,615 $17.1M
236 NAICS 236 203 38 $1,332 $14.0M
551 NAICS 551 192 10 $2,217 $22.1M
926 NAICS 926 188 10 $2,876 $24.8M
491 NAICS 491 173 2 $1,446 $13.0M
237 NAICS 237 156 7 $2,419 $15.5M
456 NAICS 456 139 18 $675 $4.9M
928 NAICS 928 136 2 $2,847 $20.2M
457 NAICS 457 118 15 $837 $5.1M
423 NAICS 423 108 15 $1,242 $6.9M
449 NAICS 449 102 19 $1,114 $5.9M
517 NAICS 517 99 6 $1,929 $9.9M
458 NAICS 458 65 8 $486 $1.6M
523 NAICS 523 64 28 $2,690 $8.9M
425 NAICS 425 49 8 $2,457 $6.3M
485 NAICS 485 48 6 $1,191 $2.7M
311 NAICS 311 42 3 $334 $0.7M
513 NAICS 513 39 9 $1,556 $3.2M
562 NAICS 562 39 5 $1,232 $2.5M
999 NAICS 999 36 26 $929 $1.7M
484 NAICS 484 35 8 $1,319 $2.4M
924 NAICS 924 31 4 $2,761 $4.2M
339 NAICS 339 25 6 $1,087 $1.4M
814 NAICS 814 21 30 $951 $1.0M
925 NAICS 925 18 1 $1,979 $1.8M
221 NAICS 221 17 1 $1,581 $1.4M
424 NAICS 424 13 7 $1,930 $1.3M
927 NAICS 927 10 1 $2,954 $1.5M
519 NAICS 519 8 3 $2,299 $0.9M
711 NAICS 711 7 7 $1,900 $0.7M
712 NAICS 712 2 1 $821 $0.1M

By Ownership (2024)

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

Federal Government

735

jobs · $133,505 avg pay

State Government

407

jobs · $87,973 avg pay

Local Government

3,502

jobs · $85,484 avg pay

Private

19,537

jobs · $64,934 avg pay

VA Unemployment

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

3.8%

April 2026

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