Jefferson County, AR

FIPS 05069 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, Jefferson County had an annual average of 25,233 jobs across 1,655 establishments, paying $1.3 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

25,233

-2.4% YoY

Establishments

1,655

Total Wages

$1.3B

Avg Annual Pay

$51,570

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 Jefferson County, AR, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
611 NAICS 611 2,317 10 $1,433 $113.9M
922 NAICS 922 2,016 27 $2,383 $87.4M
722 NAICS 722 1,623 102 $380 $32.0M
561 NAICS 561 1,452 65 $928 $57.2M
621 NAICS 621 1,221 139 $1,218 $77.3M
624 NAICS 624 1,191 351 $894 $31.5M
322 NAICS 322 1,109 4 $1,799 $103.8M
455 NAICS 455 759 29 $533 $21.0M
928 NAICS 928 602 1 $1,534 $48.0M
522 NAICS 522 529 39 $1,570 $31.3M
237 NAICS 237 502 13 $1,062 $23.7M
445 NAICS 445 480 34 $439 $11.0M
623 NAICS 623 471 12 $678 $16.6M
441 NAICS 441 430 34 $1,018 $22.8M
926 NAICS 926 375 6 $2,340 $44.2M
424 NAICS 424 362 26 $1,156 $21.7M
921 NAICS 921 322 13 $1,157 $10.3M
238 NAICS 238 310 65 $1,026 $16.5M
221 NAICS 221 307 14 $2,325 $34.7M
321 NAICS 321 269 6 $1,371 $19.1M
459 NAICS 459 244 40 $569 $7.2M
457 NAICS 457 224 58 $469 $5.5M
456 NAICS 456 209 22 $776 $8.4M
812 NAICS 812 184 24 $880 $8.3M
444 NAICS 444 182 13 $584 $5.5M
531 NAICS 531 153 51 $678 $5.4M
327 NAICS 327 139 4 $2,798 $20.2M
458 NAICS 458 137 14 $459 $3.3M
111 NAICS 111 130 19 $861 $5.8M
484 NAICS 484 127 22 $1,294 $8.5M
811 NAICS 811 105 28 $920 $5.0M
449 NAICS 449 102 18 $934 $5.0M
491 NAICS 491 99 10 $1,374 $7.1M
562 NAICS 562 82 10 $1,195 $4.7M
333 NAICS 333 78 6 $1,250 $5.1M
493 NAICS 493 78 7 $734 $3.0M
813 NAICS 813 60 21 $637 $2.0M
532 NAICS 532 60 11 $862 $2.7M
541 NAICS 541 56 3 $1,364 $4.0M
488 NAICS 488 54 7 $872 $2.4M
923 NAICS 923 46 2 $1,624 $3.4M
712 NAICS 712 36 1 $471 $0.9M
517 NAICS 517 36 5 $1,314 $2.5M
519 NAICS 519 29 1 $568 $0.8M
814 NAICS 814 28 27 $264 $0.4M
112 NAICS 112 24 3 $2,402 $3.0M
485 NAICS 485 19 1 $845 $0.8M
622 NAICS 622 16 1 $1,244 $1.0M
925 NAICS 925 16 3 $1,122 $0.9M
924 NAICS 924 13 4 $1,220 $0.8M
236 NAICS 236 13 8 $743 $0.5M
332 NAICS 332 13 4 $952 $0.7M
713 NAICS 713 6 2 $1,122 $0.3M
721 NAICS 721 1 1 $982 $0.1M

By Ownership (2024)

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

Federal Government

1,198

jobs · $90,282 avg pay

State Government

3,088

jobs · $47,581 avg pay

Local Government

2,340

jobs · $41,981 avg pay

Private

18,607

jobs · $50,943 avg pay

AR Unemployment

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

4.3%

April 2026

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