Jefferson County, MO

FIPS 29099 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, Jefferson County had an annual average of 49,457 jobs across 4,597 establishments, paying $2.5 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

49,457

+2.2% YoY

Establishments

4,597

Total Wages

$2.5B

Avg Annual Pay

$49,616

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, MO, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
722 NAICS 722 6,261 277 $416 $134.9M
611 NAICS 611 5,540 83 $922 $261.5M
238 NAICS 238 3,007 454 $1,320 $206.4M
455 NAICS 455 2,427 39 $538 $67.9M
621 NAICS 621 2,326 257 $1,734 $201.5M
561 NAICS 561 2,188 279 $1,106 $93.3M
624 NAICS 624 1,992 696 $967 $52.3M
541 NAICS 541 1,485 303 $1,227 $94.8M
423 NAICS 423 1,181 104 $1,480 $90.9M
811 NAICS 811 1,083 199 $1,098 $61.8M
332 NAICS 332 1,081 44 $1,513 $85.1M
441 NAICS 441 1,024 90 $1,072 $57.1M
444 NAICS 444 968 40 $679 $34.2M
457 NAICS 457 901 84 $594 $27.8M
445 NAICS 445 884 49 $537 $24.7M
921 NAICS 921 854 15 $1,251 $33.7M
922 NAICS 922 803 27 $2,634 $51.9M
237 NAICS 237 794 38 $2,190 $70.7M
522 NAICS 522 711 94 $2,431 $48.8M
236 NAICS 236 621 168 $1,043 $33.6M
812 NAICS 812 612 104 $616 $19.5M
327 NAICS 327 600 9 $1,649 $51.4M
459 NAICS 459 585 86 $713 $21.7M
456 NAICS 456 460 56 $829 $19.8M
221 NAICS 221 423 29 $2,098 $38.6M
331 NAICS 331 373 4 $1,282 $24.9M
333 NAICS 333 371 10 $1,441 $27.8M
326 NAICS 326 354 8 $1,079 $19.9M
484 NAICS 484 352 106 $980 $18.0M
813 NAICS 813 352 46 $385 $7.0M
524 NAICS 524 347 104 $1,314 $23.7M
325 NAICS 325 297 8 $1,227 $18.9M
335 NAICS 335 288 4 $1,280 $19.1M
424 NAICS 424 274 39 $1,328 $18.9M
531 NAICS 531 274 121 $955 $13.6M
336 NAICS 336 269 6 $1,190 $16.7M
562 NAICS 562 264 31 $3,067 $17.2M
517 NAICS 517 263 23 $1,458 $20.0M
491 NAICS 491 257 17 $1,249 $16.7M
449 NAICS 449 242 22 $977 $12.3M
923 NAICS 923 209 8 $2,317 $9.7M
721 NAICS 721 202 16 $532 $5.6M
485 NAICS 485 168 9 $731 $6.1M
339 NAICS 339 155 19 $1,229 $9.9M
458 NAICS 458 139 23 $432 $3.1M
488 NAICS 488 126 22 $836 $5.5M
551 NAICS 551 98 14 $2,703 $13.7M
519 NAICS 519 92 8 $587 $2.8M
337 NAICS 337 80 10 $856 $3.6M
312 NAICS 312 70 4 $388 $1.4M
323 NAICS 323 68 15 $808 $2.8M
523 NAICS 523 62 34 $1,636 $5.3M
425 NAICS 425 60 26 $1,600 $5.0M
713 NAICS 713 55 4 $365 $1.0M
513 NAICS 513 51 10 $1,020 $2.7M
924 NAICS 924 47 4 $1,919 $2.5M
487 NAICS 487 37 1 $861 $1.7M
111 NAICS 111 35 8 $1,082 $2.0M
928 NAICS 928 27 1 $1,578 $2.2M
814 NAICS 814 24 17 $568 $0.7M
926 NAICS 926 24 8 $1,627 $1.9M
518 NAICS 518 19 9 $1,834 $1.8M
334 NAICS 334 12 4 $928 $0.6M
314 NAICS 314 9 3 $384 $0.2M

By Ownership (2024)

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

Federal Government

325

jobs · $72,228 avg pay

State Government

488

jobs · $44,241 avg pay

Local Government

7,856

jobs · $49,507 avg pay

Private

40,788

jobs · $49,519 avg pay

MO Unemployment

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

3.8%

April 2026

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