Hays County, TX

FIPS 48209 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, Hays County had an annual average of 80,237 jobs across 6,239 establishments, paying $4.3 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

80,237

+5.7% YoY

Establishments

6,239

Total Wages

$4.3B

Avg Annual Pay

$53,712

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 Hays County, TX, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
722 NAICS 722 11,500 480 $466 $278.7M
611 NAICS 611 9,720 119 $1,000 $495.6M
238 NAICS 238 4,442 501 $1,310 $302.6M
541 NAICS 541 3,929 926 $1,779 $363.4M
621 NAICS 621 3,377 381 $1,345 $236.2M
445 NAICS 445 3,314 63 $618 $106.6M
561 NAICS 561 3,069 337 $916 $146.1M
458 NAICS 458 2,816 158 $445 $65.2M
455 NAICS 455 2,280 46 $587 $69.6M
623 NAICS 623 2,106 60 $849 $93.0M
624 NAICS 624 1,941 143 $670 $67.6M
237 NAICS 237 1,827 64 $1,567 $148.9M
423 NAICS 423 1,605 138 $2,102 $175.4M
441 NAICS 441 1,579 68 $1,424 $116.9M
921 NAICS 921 1,557 17 $2,277 $119.0M
811 NAICS 811 1,489 163 $1,152 $89.2M
459 NAICS 459 1,417 142 $648 $47.8M
531 NAICS 531 1,372 348 $1,095 $78.1M
812 NAICS 812 1,293 164 $687 $46.2M
562 NAICS 562 1,252 33 $1,519 $98.9M
236 NAICS 236 1,246 210 $1,564 $101.3M
622 NAICS 622 1,223 13 $801 $51.0M
551 NAICS 551 1,186 32 $1,696 $104.5M
444 NAICS 444 1,081 38 $759 $42.7M
721 NAICS 721 887 75 $559 $25.8M
922 NAICS 922 855 18 $1,898 $73.2M
424 NAICS 424 823 53 $1,780 $76.2M
522 NAICS 522 754 116 $1,521 $59.6M
327 NAICS 327 732 19 $1,630 $62.0M
456 NAICS 456 689 72 $693 $24.8M
335 NAICS 335 686 8 $2,182 $77.8M
713 NAICS 713 648 63 $485 $16.3M
457 NAICS 457 610 67 $641 $20.3M
813 NAICS 813 584 47 $670 $20.4M
492 NAICS 492 582 6 $723 $21.9M
524 NAICS 524 569 110 $1,509 $44.6M
484 NAICS 484 484 64 $1,096 $27.6M
311 NAICS 311 477 35 $805 $19.9M
332 NAICS 332 434 29 $1,878 $42.4M
312 NAICS 312 428 36 $982 $21.9M
334 NAICS 334 413 17 $1,669 $35.8M
517 NAICS 517 375 23 $1,855 $36.2M
449 NAICS 449 356 60 $963 $17.8M
512 NAICS 512 329 22 $464 $7.9M
333 NAICS 333 286 10 $1,494 $22.2M
326 NAICS 326 260 9 $1,078 $14.6M
337 NAICS 337 234 18 $1,297 $15.7M
221 NAICS 221 232 20 $2,101 $25.3M
425 NAICS 425 232 60 $2,162 $26.1M
491 NAICS 491 230 6 $1,259 $15.0M
321 NAICS 321 202 9 $1,080 $11.3M
323 NAICS 323 200 16 $1,122 $11.7M
712 NAICS 712 194 9 $649 $6.0M
339 NAICS 339 180 32 $1,113 $10.4M
488 NAICS 488 158 20 $1,086 $8.9M
513 NAICS 513 132 36 $2,471 $16.9M
523 NAICS 523 128 71 $2,294 $15.3M
999 NAICS 999 115 50 $1,247 $7.4M
518 NAICS 518 110 24 $1,967 $11.3M
814 NAICS 814 81 69 $752 $3.2M
711 NAICS 711 79 50 $1,340 $5.5M
112 NAICS 112 79 25 $1,098 $4.5M
923 NAICS 923 66 5 $1,620 $4.4M
111 NAICS 111 55 10 $800 $2.3M
115 NAICS 115 49 14 $896 $2.3M
325 NAICS 325 28 10 $1,308 $1.9M
213 NAICS 213 27 8 $1,978 $2.7M
928 NAICS 928 22 2 $1,752 $2.0M
924 NAICS 924 19 1 $1,686 $1.7M
926 NAICS 926 15 5 $2,079 $1.0M
114 NAICS 114 8 3 $1,346 $0.6M
525 NAICS 525 6 5 $4,106 $1.4M

By Ownership (2024)

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

Federal Government

413

jobs · $84,132 avg pay

Private

79,824

jobs · $53,554 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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