Highlands County, FL

FIPS 12055 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, Highlands County had an annual average of 28,822 jobs across 2,672 establishments, paying $1.4 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

28,822

+0.6% YoY

Establishments

2,672

Total Wages

$1.4B

Avg Annual Pay

$47,927

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 Highlands County, FL, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
722 NAICS 722 2,791 155 $478 $69.4M
611 NAICS 611 2,612 26 $935 $122.6M
621 NAICS 621 2,378 291 $1,915 $158.2M
622 NAICS 622 2,300 8 $1,496 $178.9M
238 NAICS 238 1,422 208 $1,006 $74.4M
623 NAICS 623 1,218 28 $751 $47.6M
455 NAICS 455 1,203 53 $541 $33.9M
561 NAICS 561 1,058 174 $770 $42.4M
445 NAICS 445 983 44 $550 $28.1M
541 NAICS 541 936 183 $2,680 $56.0M
441 NAICS 441 877 52 $1,035 $47.2M
921 NAICS 921 871 9 $995 $45.0M
111 NAICS 111 805 83 $841 $35.2M
713 NAICS 713 715 29 $1,192 $24.6M
624 NAICS 624 646 94 $665 $22.3M
115 NAICS 115 606 56 $1,025 $19.6M
444 NAICS 444 554 36 $692 $19.9M
922 NAICS 922 478 9 $1,879 $31.6M
721 NAICS 721 351 30 $507 $9.3M
531 NAICS 531 314 113 $799 $12.4M
236 NAICS 236 308 71 $975 $15.6M
459 NAICS 459 300 49 $544 $8.5M
811 NAICS 811 281 76 $876 $12.8M
456 NAICS 456 278 40 $760 $11.0M
522 NAICS 522 257 28 $1,152 $15.4M
423 NAICS 423 248 50 $1,399 $18.1M
813 NAICS 813 232 35 $684 $8.2M
424 NAICS 424 228 30 $1,954 $23.2M
524 NAICS 524 224 54 $897 $10.5M
458 NAICS 458 201 24 $371 $3.9M
457 NAICS 457 197 33 $516 $5.3M
812 NAICS 812 196 48 $561 $5.7M
449 NAICS 449 191 29 $1,064 $10.6M
491 NAICS 491 171 6 $1,170 $10.4M
237 NAICS 237 140 23 $1,278 $7.2M
327 NAICS 327 136 6 $1,128 $8.0M
923 NAICS 923 128 6 $1,617 $6.5M
551 NAICS 551 124 12 $1,914 $12.3M
112 NAICS 112 114 25 $807 $4.8M
484 NAICS 484 112 47 $893 $5.2M
562 NAICS 562 104 10 $1,194 $6.4M
517 NAICS 517 102 13 $1,698 $9.0M
221 NAICS 221 100 14 $1,907 $9.9M
326 NAICS 326 99 6 $981 $5.0M
523 NAICS 523 79 30 $2,814 $11.6M
532 NAICS 532 61 12 $700 $2.2M
926 NAICS 926 59 8 $1,000 $2.2M
488 NAICS 488 59 15 $1,340 $2.5M
325 NAICS 325 58 4 $1,075 $3.3M
332 NAICS 332 55 9 $1,004 $2.9M
337 NAICS 337 50 5 $829 $2.1M
333 NAICS 333 47 9 $1,292 $3.1M
999 NAICS 999 44 55 $823 $1.9M
924 NAICS 924 36 5 $1,602 $2.1M
928 NAICS 928 34 2 $2,002 $3.5M
814 NAICS 814 28 22 $456 $0.7M
339 NAICS 339 27 6 $903 $1.3M
321 NAICS 321 25 3 $2,524 $3.3M
336 NAICS 336 23 4 $736 $0.9M
425 NAICS 425 19 9 $780 $0.8M
712 NAICS 712 17 1 $691 $0.6M
925 NAICS 925 16 1 $1,078 $0.9M
323 NAICS 323 16 7 $306 $0.2M
312 NAICS 312 14 4 $1,106 $0.8M
513 NAICS 513 8 11 $1,359 $0.6M

By Ownership (2024)

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

Federal Government

283

jobs · $72,909 avg pay

State Government

703

jobs · $46,388 avg pay

Local Government

3,413

jobs · $52,614 avg pay

Private

24,423

jobs · $47,025 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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