Jefferson County, TX

FIPS 48245 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, Jefferson County had an annual average of 124,862 jobs across 5,840 establishments, paying $8.7 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

124,862

+4.8% YoY

Establishments

5,840

Total Wages

$8.7B

Avg Annual Pay

$69,969

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, TX, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
722 NAICS 722 10,194 454 $449 $238.0M
621 NAICS 621 9,515 684 $2,042 $498.6M
611 NAICS 611 7,020 72 $898 $322.3M
238 NAICS 238 6,947 270 $1,720 $621.2M
236 NAICS 236 6,207 124 $1,655 $534.2M
541 NAICS 541 5,342 519 $1,943 $539.6M
561 NAICS 561 5,086 278 $1,003 $265.1M
237 NAICS 237 4,921 62 $1,777 $447.8M
324 NAICS 324 4,690 14 $3,198 $779.9M
622 NAICS 622 4,282 13 $1,325 $295.1M
325 NAICS 325 3,660 44 $2,907 $553.2M
332 NAICS 332 2,965 62 $1,682 $259.4M
423 NAICS 423 2,934 221 $1,811 $276.2M
445 NAICS 445 2,830 126 $557 $82.0M
455 NAICS 455 2,513 87 $537 $70.2M
922 NAICS 922 2,402 26 $2,275 $249.7M
623 NAICS 623 2,090 45 $755 $82.1M
488 NAICS 488 2,068 62 $1,389 $149.4M
333 NAICS 333 1,890 16 $1,566 $153.9M
441 NAICS 441 1,811 101 $1,188 $111.9M
522 NAICS 522 1,747 130 $1,359 $123.4M
811 NAICS 811 1,699 172 $1,241 $109.7M
624 NAICS 624 1,653 118 $563 $48.4M
424 NAICS 424 1,374 59 $1,780 $127.2M
444 NAICS 444 1,261 66 $929 $60.9M
459 NAICS 459 1,150 117 $690 $41.2M
531 NAICS 531 1,127 190 $1,026 $60.1M
562 NAICS 562 1,103 46 $1,626 $90.2M
456 NAICS 456 1,085 104 $1,070 $60.4M
921 NAICS 921 1,039 22 $2,392 $66.3M
524 NAICS 524 906 127 $1,526 $71.9M
221 NAICS 221 889 37 $2,482 $95.8M
812 NAICS 812 869 118 $657 $29.7M
484 NAICS 484 857 87 $1,174 $52.3M
721 NAICS 721 848 78 $462 $20.4M
457 NAICS 457 799 146 $611 $25.4M
713 NAICS 713 742 42 $389 $15.0M
551 NAICS 551 726 29 $2,003 $75.6M
458 NAICS 458 719 92 $425 $15.9M
336 NAICS 336 709 10 $1,448 $53.4M
492 NAICS 492 690 14 $951 $34.1M
449 NAICS 449 624 69 $856 $27.8M
311 NAICS 311 585 21 $895 $27.2M
486 NAICS 486 558 19 $2,516 $73.1M
491 NAICS 491 468 14 $1,392 $33.9M
213 NAICS 213 377 10 $1,975 $38.8M
923 NAICS 923 338 6 $1,623 $23.0M
485 NAICS 485 320 10 $1,022 $17.0M
924 NAICS 924 320 10 $1,778 $26.1M
813 NAICS 813 298 59 $712 $11.0M
517 NAICS 517 292 15 $1,552 $23.6M
926 NAICS 926 273 16 $1,736 $22.3M
493 NAICS 493 247 15 $1,560 $20.1M
712 NAICS 712 227 11 $678 $7.8M
321 NAICS 321 210 5 $1,406 $15.4M
425 NAICS 425 197 18 $1,493 $15.3M
523 NAICS 523 192 62 $3,564 $35.7M
327 NAICS 327 184 4 $1,456 $13.9M
516 NAICS 516 175 11 $1,100 $10.0M
339 NAICS 339 140 16 $916 $6.7M
331 NAICS 331 132 6 $1,847 $12.7M
323 NAICS 323 130 14 $1,207 $8.1M
519 NAICS 519 91 5 $639 $3.0M
711 NAICS 711 83 10 $597 $2.6M
314 NAICS 314 76 6 $859 $3.4M
483 NAICS 483 73 24 $2,567 $9.7M
312 NAICS 312 69 5 $1,036 $3.7M
211 NAICS 211 66 8 $3,224 $11.1M
111 NAICS 111 61 16 $526 $1.7M
999 NAICS 999 50 24 $748 $1.9M
337 NAICS 337 48 6 $1,240 $3.1M
212 NAICS 212 44 4 $1,403 $3.2M
928 NAICS 928 44 2 $1,612 $3.7M
814 NAICS 814 37 42 $423 $0.8M
112 NAICS 112 25 18 $666 $0.9M

By Ownership (2024)

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

Federal Government

1,670

jobs · $99,766 avg pay

State Government

4,384

jobs · $61,515 avg pay

Local Government

10,703

jobs · $59,210 avg pay

Private

108,105

jobs · $70,918 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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