Jefferson County, WI

FIPS 55055 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, Jefferson County had an annual average of 33,615 jobs across 2,344 establishments, paying $1.8 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

33,615

-0.6% YoY

Establishments

2,344

Total Wages

$1.8B

Avg Annual Pay

$54,167

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, WI, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
311 NAICS 311 2,560 27 $1,472 $196.0M
722 NAICS 722 2,232 170 $341 $39.5M
238 NAICS 238 1,576 222 $1,342 $110.0M
332 NAICS 332 1,414 34 $1,216 $89.4M
623 NAICS 623 1,358 55 $784 $55.4M
561 NAICS 561 1,268 85 $756 $49.8M
624 NAICS 624 1,221 264 $302 $19.2M
921 NAICS 921 1,142 26 $993 $59.0M
333 NAICS 333 963 16 $1,455 $72.9M
326 NAICS 326 835 14 $1,123 $48.7M
541 NAICS 541 779 169 $2,237 $69.6M
445 NAICS 445 733 22 $516 $19.7M
455 NAICS 455 726 11 $521 $19.6M
325 NAICS 325 680 6 $1,601 $56.6M
423 NAICS 423 601 56 $1,307 $40.8M
337 NAICS 337 580 12 $1,270 $38.3M
112 NAICS 112 570 24 $1,079 $31.9M
441 NAICS 441 539 40 $1,054 $29.5M
484 NAICS 484 518 67 $1,154 $31.1M
522 NAICS 522 493 44 $1,356 $34.7M
457 NAICS 457 473 41 $560 $13.8M
551 NAICS 551 432 16 $1,869 $42.0M
458 NAICS 458 426 42 $403 $8.9M
334 NAICS 334 399 9 $1,096 $22.7M
444 NAICS 444 381 22 $668 $13.2M
236 NAICS 236 363 51 $2,073 $39.2M
811 NAICS 811 334 61 $1,179 $20.5M
424 NAICS 424 293 36 $1,390 $21.2M
812 NAICS 812 292 60 $527 $8.0M
721 NAICS 721 238 22 $416 $5.1M
312 NAICS 312 232 6 $994 $12.0M
111 NAICS 111 231 13 $927 $11.1M
485 NAICS 485 226 11 $394 $4.6M
562 NAICS 562 222 8 $1,431 $16.5M
459 NAICS 459 207 28 $443 $4.8M
922 NAICS 922 206 11 $1,353 $12.7M
531 NAICS 531 201 73 $857 $8.9M
456 NAICS 456 194 18 $599 $6.0M
322 NAICS 322 176 4 $1,409 $12.9M
513 NAICS 513 149 12 $1,185 $9.2M
813 NAICS 813 149 18 $487 $3.8M
713 NAICS 713 138 3 $271 $1.9M
524 NAICS 524 120 46 $1,298 $8.1M
491 NAICS 491 116 10 $1,346 $8.1M
449 NAICS 449 94 17 $919 $4.5M
237 NAICS 237 89 13 $1,558 $7.2M
221 NAICS 221 82 7 $2,529 $10.8M
327 NAICS 327 75 8 $1,219 $4.8M
488 NAICS 488 66 8 $925 $3.2M
339 NAICS 339 58 4 $1,265 $3.8M
523 NAICS 523 52 22 $1,869 $5.0M
532 NAICS 532 38 8 $1,400 $2.8M
611 NAICS 611 29 9 $280 $0.4M
425 NAICS 425 25 13 $2,367 $3.1M
926 NAICS 926 24 2 $1,687 $2.1M
517 NAICS 517 22 6 $1,103 $1.2M
323 NAICS 323 18 5 $714 $0.7M
814 NAICS 814 11 11 $334 $0.2M
924 NAICS 924 4 1 $1,551 $0.3M

By Ownership (2024)

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

Federal Government

167

jobs · $79,127 avg pay

State Government

54

jobs · $63,733 avg pay

Local Government

3,516

jobs · $48,864 avg pay

Private

29,878

jobs · $54,634 avg pay

WI Unemployment

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

3.5%

April 2026

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