Forsyth County, NC

FIPS 37067 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, Forsyth County had an annual average of 192,586 jobs across 11,366 establishments, paying $12.8 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

192,586

-0.1% YoY

Establishments

11,366

Total Wages

$12.8B

Avg Annual Pay

$66,258

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 Forsyth County, NC, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
622 NAICS 622 23,923 21 $1,565 $1,945.9M
611 NAICS 611 16,952 242 $2,430 $1,447.9M
722 NAICS 722 16,837 867 $461 $403.7M
561 NAICS 561 12,139 779 $930 $586.5M
621 NAICS 621 11,382 743 $1,961 $906.0M
541 NAICS 541 8,356 1,524 $1,643 $713.9M
238 NAICS 238 5,390 653 $1,290 $361.5M
921 NAICS 921 4,969 16 $2,058 $296.6M
551 NAICS 551 4,749 96 $2,606 $643.5M
455 NAICS 455 4,563 118 $548 $129.9M
522 NAICS 522 4,275 187 $2,391 $482.3M
623 NAICS 623 4,063 79 $787 $166.3M
445 NAICS 445 3,964 158 $524 $107.8M
624 NAICS 624 3,891 373 $1,157 $122.8M
524 NAICS 524 3,877 256 $1,672 $337.1M
441 NAICS 441 3,556 163 $1,174 $217.1M
423 NAICS 423 3,130 323 $1,589 $258.6M
458 NAICS 458 2,782 174 $962 $139.1M
424 NAICS 424 2,358 165 $1,249 $153.1M
812 NAICS 812 2,183 302 $678 $77.0M
336 NAICS 336 2,141 17 $2,043 $227.4M
236 NAICS 236 2,019 384 $1,735 $182.2M
493 NAICS 493 1,998 23 $907 $94.3M
459 NAICS 459 1,964 258 $635 $64.8M
444 NAICS 444 1,948 89 $898 $91.0M
713 NAICS 713 1,784 111 $389 $36.0M
811 NAICS 811 1,754 298 $858 $78.2M
332 NAICS 332 1,736 48 $1,436 $129.6M
923 NAICS 923 1,733 7 $1,722 $137.8M
456 NAICS 456 1,631 144 $752 $63.8M
531 NAICS 531 1,594 489 $1,122 $93.0M
484 NAICS 484 1,583 159 $1,325 $109.1M
333 NAICS 333 1,555 23 $1,593 $128.8M
322 NAICS 322 1,548 12 $1,299 $104.5M
312 NAICS 312 1,510 23 $1,680 $131.9M
326 NAICS 326 1,452 12 $1,551 $117.1M
721 NAICS 721 1,444 68 $582 $43.7M
457 NAICS 457 1,201 162 $672 $41.9M
335 NAICS 335 996 12 $1,672 $86.6M
311 NAICS 311 985 40 $1,142 $58.5M
237 NAICS 237 962 58 $1,481 $74.1M
813 NAICS 813 912 120 $1,216 $48.8M
449 NAICS 449 900 117 $1,233 $57.7M
492 NAICS 492 895 25 $1,017 $47.3M
339 NAICS 339 810 37 $1,247 $52.5M
334 NAICS 334 791 13 $1,704 $70.1M
313 NAICS 313 704 8 $1,155 $42.3M
488 NAICS 488 617 57 $1,387 $44.5M
491 NAICS 491 574 17 $1,355 $40.5M
922 NAICS 922 490 9 $2,210 $35.1M
926 NAICS 926 487 14 $1,846 $33.1M
562 NAICS 562 430 53 $1,325 $29.6M
513 NAICS 513 417 118 $2,072 $44.9M
337 NAICS 337 404 15 $904 $19.0M
327 NAICS 327 402 22 $1,276 $26.7M
323 NAICS 323 371 30 $1,151 $22.2M
517 NAICS 517 361 25 $1,569 $29.5M
516 NAICS 516 350 23 $1,441 $26.2M
532 NAICS 532 318 50 $1,255 $20.8M
814 NAICS 814 298 352 $593 $9.2M
325 NAICS 325 266 12 $1,182 $16.4M
518 NAICS 518 201 44 $2,175 $22.7M
321 NAICS 321 173 8 $950 $8.6M
485 NAICS 485 163 16 $756 $6.4M
314 NAICS 314 111 6 $782 $4.5M
331 NAICS 331 103 4 $1,249 $6.7M
925 NAICS 925 85 1 $1,175 $5.2M
924 NAICS 924 71 2 $1,253 $4.6M
111 NAICS 111 61 12 $462 $1.5M
533 NAICS 533 46 4 $2,640 $6.3M
315 NAICS 315 46 4 $518 $1.2M
999 NAICS 999 33 39 $679 $1.2M
928 NAICS 928 31 2 $1,791 $2.9M
115 NAICS 115 24 11 $721 $0.9M

By Ownership (2024)

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

Federal Government

1,586

jobs · $84,080 avg pay

State Government

3,629

jobs · $57,030 avg pay

Local Government

13,607

jobs · $59,196 avg pay

Private

173,764

jobs · $66,840 avg pay

NC Unemployment

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

3.7%

April 2026

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