Fayette County, TN

FIPS 47047 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, Fayette County had an annual average of 8,093 jobs across 823 establishments, paying $0.5 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

8,093

+0.1% YoY

Establishments

823

Total Wages

$0.5B

Avg Annual Pay

$57,079

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 Fayette County, TN, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
561 NAICS 561 486 51 $1,120 $28.3M
921 NAICS 921 476 7 $931 $23.0M
611 NAICS 611 439 2 $922 $21.1M
238 NAICS 238 429 70 $1,399 $31.2M
423 NAICS 423 369 27 $1,370 $26.3M
325 NAICS 325 365 6 $1,085 $20.6M
326 NAICS 326 364 8 $1,418 $26.9M
455 NAICS 455 333 12 $562 $9.7M
237 NAICS 237 241 13 $1,662 $19.3M
333 NAICS 333 232 7 $1,166 $14.0M
623 NAICS 623 231 4 $826 $9.9M
332 NAICS 332 204 13 $1,223 $13.0M
923 NAICS 923 194 3 $1,261 $12.7M
621 NAICS 621 193 37 $985 $9.9M
522 NAICS 522 152 20 $1,766 $14.0M
457 NAICS 457 137 18 $795 $5.7M
327 NAICS 327 133 6 $1,374 $9.5M
236 NAICS 236 128 27 $1,673 $11.1M
812 NAICS 812 122 16 $554 $3.5M
444 NAICS 444 115 9 $936 $5.6M
484 NAICS 484 88 20 $1,409 $6.4M
811 NAICS 811 80 20 $1,122 $4.7M
562 NAICS 562 80 5 $829 $3.5M
424 NAICS 424 70 13 $1,991 $7.2M
221 NAICS 221 63 2 $970 $3.2M
111 NAICS 111 62 11 $1,125 $3.6M
441 NAICS 441 54 9 $660 $1.9M
425 NAICS 425 50 6 $1,403 $3.6M
491 NAICS 491 50 6 $1,198 $3.1M
321 NAICS 321 48 4 $947 $2.4M
456 NAICS 456 47 7 $978 $2.4M
922 NAICS 922 42 7 $1,653 $3.5M
459 NAICS 459 42 11 $410 $0.9M
488 NAICS 488 23 9 $1,050 $1.3M
531 NAICS 531 20 18 $994 $1.1M
722 NAICS 722 18 1 $453 $0.4M
449 NAICS 449 16 8 $1,247 $1.0M
532 NAICS 532 11 4 $1,451 $0.8M
513 NAICS 513 9 10 $2,044 $1.0M
924 NAICS 924 8 2 $1,281 $0.5M
926 NAICS 926 7 2 $1,519 $0.4M
999 NAICS 999 6 4 $861 $0.3M
485 NAICS 485 5 1 $527 $0.1M
624 NAICS 624 2 1 $487 $0.1M

By Ownership (2024)

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

Federal Government

60

jobs · $62,445 avg pay

State Government

254

jobs · $68,464 avg pay

Local Government

1,042

jobs · $48,047 avg pay

Private

6,737

jobs · $57,999 avg pay

TN Unemployment

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

3.6%

April 2026

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