Hale County, TX

FIPS 48189 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, Hale County had an annual average of 10,866 jobs across 854 establishments, paying $0.5 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

10,866

-0.6% YoY

Establishments

854

Total Wages

$0.5B

Avg Annual Pay

$48,708

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 Hale County, TX, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
722 NAICS 722 868 50 $370 $16.7M
455 NAICS 455 367 9 $608 $11.6M
621 NAICS 621 353 40 $1,088 $20.0M
311 NAICS 311 347 5 $1,152 $20.8M
112 NAICS 112 324 19 $1,001 $16.9M
445 NAICS 445 313 9 $467 $7.6M
484 NAICS 484 306 20 $1,717 $27.3M
541 NAICS 541 290 53 $1,386 $20.9M
238 NAICS 238 276 38 $1,102 $15.8M
111 NAICS 111 237 105 $677 $8.4M
811 NAICS 811 214 27 $1,318 $14.7M
522 NAICS 522 195 30 $1,025 $10.4M
623 NAICS 623 185 4 $784 $7.6M
922 NAICS 922 174 8 $1,168 $10.5M
424 NAICS 424 148 20 $1,321 $10.1M
458 NAICS 458 145 16 $329 $2.5M
221 NAICS 221 144 9 $1,983 $14.9M
444 NAICS 444 143 18 $1,040 $7.7M
423 NAICS 423 142 16 $1,517 $11.2M
457 NAICS 457 138 17 $764 $5.5M
624 NAICS 624 135 26 $507 $3.6M
921 NAICS 921 113 9 $994 $5.9M
441 NAICS 441 112 14 $1,015 $5.9M
561 NAICS 561 108 15 $557 $3.1M
721 NAICS 721 84 8 $358 $1.6M
524 NAICS 524 81 24 $944 $4.0M
812 NAICS 812 71 19 $583 $2.2M
713 NAICS 713 60 5 $389 $1.2M
491 NAICS 491 51 6 $1,098 $2.9M
236 NAICS 236 50 9 $837 $2.2M
531 NAICS 531 49 26 $702 $1.8M
456 NAICS 456 48 7 $703 $1.8M
532 NAICS 532 41 6 $826 $1.8M
459 NAICS 459 39 10 $460 $0.9M
923 NAICS 923 34 4 $1,539 $2.1M
237 NAICS 237 26 9 $1,126 $1.5M
999 NAICS 999 15 7 $613 $0.5M
449 NAICS 449 14 5 $580 $0.4M
926 NAICS 926 13 4 $1,206 $0.5M
924 NAICS 924 12 2 $1,223 $0.8M
523 NAICS 523 12 6 $1,398 $0.9M
488 NAICS 488 10 6 $922 $0.5M
323 NAICS 323 8 4 $373 $0.2M
425 NAICS 425 7 3 $834 $0.3M

By Ownership (2024)

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

Federal Government

71

jobs · $60,170 avg pay

State Government

559

jobs · $57,936 avg pay

Local Government

1,721

jobs · $46,427 avg pay

Private

8,515

jobs · $48,468 avg pay

TX Unemployment

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

4.3%

April 2026

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