Hernando County, FL

FIPS 12053 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, Hernando County had an annual average of 50,853 jobs across 4,658 establishments, paying $2.6 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

50,853

+2.4% YoY

Establishments

4,658

Total Wages

$2.6B

Avg Annual Pay

$50,503

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 Hernando County, FL, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
722 NAICS 722 5,641 332 $476 $139.5M
621 NAICS 621 4,895 399 $2,430 $382.7M
611 NAICS 611 3,111 36 $1,105 $173.3M
622 NAICS 622 2,974 14 $1,173 $181.5M
238 NAICS 238 2,969 492 $1,040 $160.6M
455 NAICS 455 2,519 73 $544 $71.2M
561 NAICS 561 2,444 365 $705 $89.6M
445 NAICS 445 2,184 82 $535 $60.7M
541 NAICS 541 1,943 491 $2,259 $148.5M
623 NAICS 623 1,642 39 $797 $68.1M
624 NAICS 624 1,200 183 $949 $35.5M
921 NAICS 921 1,090 6 $1,205 $68.3M
922 NAICS 922 1,025 9 $1,717 $64.4M
441 NAICS 441 909 71 $1,150 $54.4M
713 NAICS 713 890 47 $668 $30.9M
524 NAICS 524 823 102 $1,214 $52.0M
444 NAICS 444 742 29 $692 $26.7M
811 NAICS 811 691 138 $918 $33.0M
484 NAICS 484 652 90 $1,418 $48.0M
531 NAICS 531 622 220 $923 $29.9M
332 NAICS 332 619 18 $1,098 $35.3M
459 NAICS 459 592 104 $643 $19.8M
812 NAICS 812 583 120 $612 $18.6M
456 NAICS 456 578 77 $875 $26.3M
236 NAICS 236 560 130 $1,048 $30.6M
327 NAICS 327 557 15 $1,616 $46.8M
423 NAICS 423 442 78 $1,366 $31.4M
924 NAICS 924 370 4 $1,559 $24.9M
522 NAICS 522 356 63 $1,299 $24.0M
457 NAICS 457 355 52 $577 $10.6M
339 NAICS 339 341 18 $1,090 $19.3M
333 NAICS 333 331 16 $1,138 $19.6M
334 NAICS 334 299 8 $1,100 $17.1M
813 NAICS 813 295 46 $487 $7.5M
721 NAICS 721 290 26 $464 $7.0M
492 NAICS 492 276 8 $1,238 $17.8M
458 NAICS 458 271 32 $456 $6.4M
449 NAICS 449 270 40 $766 $10.8M
491 NAICS 491 269 7 $1,186 $16.6M
237 NAICS 237 251 26 $1,332 $17.2M
424 NAICS 424 246 46 $1,060 $13.6M
551 NAICS 551 213 11 $2,010 $22.3M
311 NAICS 311 179 11 $885 $8.2M
517 NAICS 517 164 12 $1,194 $10.2M
923 NAICS 923 157 6 $894 $7.3M
115 NAICS 115 143 9 $863 $6.2M
221 NAICS 221 128 7 $1,819 $12.1M
326 NAICS 326 122 4 $917 $5.8M
712 NAICS 712 117 1 $425 $2.6M
111 NAICS 111 103 17 $711 $3.8M
513 NAICS 513 92 33 $1,393 $6.7M
321 NAICS 321 86 8 $1,016 $4.5M
485 NAICS 485 76 11 $926 $3.7M
325 NAICS 325 73 8 $2,188 $8.3M
512 NAICS 512 68 9 $373 $1.3M
518 NAICS 518 68 12 $3,379 $11.9M
999 NAICS 999 53 93 $850 $2.3M
814 NAICS 814 47 41 $374 $0.9M
928 NAICS 928 46 1 $1,651 $4.0M
488 NAICS 488 38 15 $1,178 $2.3M
926 NAICS 926 34 7 $1,314 $2.3M
312 NAICS 312 33 5 $618 $1.1M
562 NAICS 562 32 15 $1,140 $1.9M
323 NAICS 323 24 10 $721 $0.9M
425 NAICS 425 16 13 $811 $0.7M
925 NAICS 925 6 1 $374 $0.1M
314 NAICS 314 5 4 $752 $0.2M

By Ownership (2024)

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

Federal Government

405

jobs · $74,690 avg pay

State Government

682

jobs · $47,659 avg pay

Local Government

5,063

jobs · $60,561 avg pay

Private

44,703

jobs · $49,187 avg pay

FL Unemployment

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

4.8%

April 2026

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