Hidalgo County, TX

FIPS 48215 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, Hidalgo County had an annual average of 291,900 jobs across 14,061 establishments, paying $12.5 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

291,900

+1.6% YoY

Establishments

14,061

Total Wages

$12.5B

Avg Annual Pay

$42,905

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 Hidalgo County, TX, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
621 NAICS 621 48,478 1,782 $1,896 $1,567.4M
611 NAICS 611 38,936 184 $1,026 $2,061.2M
722 NAICS 722 25,847 1,225 $392 $527.0M
624 NAICS 624 19,116 574 $371 $368.7M
561 NAICS 561 15,606 493 $865 $627.6M
622 NAICS 622 11,499 25 $1,287 $769.6M
455 NAICS 455 9,410 253 $567 $277.6M
922 NAICS 922 8,543 50 $2,404 $786.3M
541 NAICS 541 7,515 1,282 $1,822 $437.4M
445 NAICS 445 7,474 290 $658 $255.6M
441 NAICS 441 5,282 300 $1,119 $307.3M
238 NAICS 238 4,597 449 $951 $227.3M
424 NAICS 424 4,500 417 $1,036 $242.3M
484 NAICS 484 4,494 396 $1,059 $247.4M
423 NAICS 423 3,989 458 $1,306 $270.8M
522 NAICS 522 3,962 427 $1,487 $235.5M
458 NAICS 458 3,598 299 $425 $79.4M
623 NAICS 623 3,504 69 $640 $116.6M
444 NAICS 444 2,850 143 $733 $108.6M
921 NAICS 921 2,848 51 $2,027 $143.3M
457 NAICS 457 2,573 206 $490 $65.5M
459 NAICS 459 2,364 286 $549 $67.5M
237 NAICS 237 2,326 106 $1,077 $130.3M
811 NAICS 811 2,319 296 $825 $99.4M
524 NAICS 524 2,066 334 $974 $104.7M
456 NAICS 456 1,988 236 $733 $75.7M
517 NAICS 517 1,962 53 $1,019 $103.9M
221 NAICS 221 1,778 69 $1,606 $111.8M
812 NAICS 812 1,731 235 $616 $55.5M
531 NAICS 531 1,710 501 $906 $71.2M
721 NAICS 721 1,609 123 $453 $37.9M
551 NAICS 551 1,594 54 $1,150 $95.3M
713 NAICS 713 1,587 113 $392 $32.3M
488 NAICS 488 1,576 176 $923 $75.4M
236 NAICS 236 1,488 274 $1,144 $88.5M
449 NAICS 449 1,477 137 $804 $61.7M
311 NAICS 311 1,235 88 $826 $53.1M
115 NAICS 115 1,087 76 $822 $46.5M
493 NAICS 493 1,084 78 $909 $51.2M
492 NAICS 492 1,017 16 $897 $47.4M
111 NAICS 111 923 106 $758 $36.4M
813 NAICS 813 823 114 $710 $30.4M
491 NAICS 491 809 21 $1,335 $56.2M
562 NAICS 562 734 42 $1,020 $35.0M
327 NAICS 327 696 22 $910 $32.9M
332 NAICS 332 658 36 $921 $31.5M
711 NAICS 711 650 30 $720 $24.3M
213 NAICS 213 628 49 $2,109 $68.9M
326 NAICS 326 564 9 $1,008 $29.5M
336 NAICS 336 545 11 $1,449 $41.0M
333 NAICS 333 486 26 $1,090 $27.6M
926 NAICS 926 478 15 $1,453 $33.6M
523 NAICS 523 416 114 $1,853 $40.1M
512 NAICS 512 389 15 $799 $16.2M
322 NAICS 322 369 10 $1,259 $24.2M
337 NAICS 337 359 11 $997 $18.6M
425 NAICS 425 337 94 $1,076 $18.8M
339 NAICS 339 301 32 $794 $12.4M
335 NAICS 335 278 10 $1,227 $17.8M
485 NAICS 485 244 21 $652 $8.3M
925 NAICS 925 235 15 $1,596 $12.7M
519 NAICS 519 230 10 $646 $7.7M
999 NAICS 999 204 115 $697 $7.4M
334 NAICS 334 197 12 $2,077 $21.3M
516 NAICS 516 189 19 $1,648 $16.2M
321 NAICS 321 175 10 $934 $8.5M
518 NAICS 518 162 10 $1,000 $8.4M
325 NAICS 325 159 10 $888 $7.4M
331 NAICS 331 152 10 $1,145 $9.1M
323 NAICS 323 131 37 $525 $3.6M
814 NAICS 814 98 66 $443 $2.2M
712 NAICS 712 95 7 $588 $2.9M
923 NAICS 923 93 2 $1,650 $8.0M
315 NAICS 315 72 5 $741 $2.8M
324 NAICS 324 58 5 $1,020 $3.0M
924 NAICS 924 46 3 $1,684 $4.1M
486 NAICS 486 40 7 $3,982 $8.3M
314 NAICS 314 28 9 $371 $0.5M
928 NAICS 928 17 2 $1,526 $1.3M
525 NAICS 525 8 4 $1,113 $0.5M

By Ownership (2024)

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

Federal Government

4,792

jobs · $109,834 avg pay

State Government

7,192

jobs · $67,355 avg pay

Local Government

46,932

jobs · $52,213 avg pay

Private

232,984

jobs · $38,898 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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