Jones County, MS

FIPS 28067 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, Jones County had an annual average of 28,389 jobs across 1,435 establishments, paying $1.4 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

28,389

+2.5% YoY

Establishments

1,435

Total Wages

$1.4B

Avg Annual Pay

$47,615

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 Jones County, MS, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
611 NAICS 611 2,133 34 $1,301 $99.7M
722 NAICS 722 1,994 128 $327 $33.9M
311 NAICS 311 1,889 8 $865 $85.0M
622 NAICS 622 1,493 2 $878 $68.2M
621 NAICS 621 1,400 105 $1,558 $91.0M
623 NAICS 623 1,057 3 $888 $41.4M
921 NAICS 921 795 5 $706 $29.2M
455 NAICS 455 781 38 $502 $20.4M
423 NAICS 423 683 58 $1,262 $44.8M
624 NAICS 624 665 39 $589 $16.1M
238 NAICS 238 520 78 $1,030 $27.8M
441 NAICS 441 480 32 $932 $23.3M
522 NAICS 522 471 42 $1,195 $29.3M
445 NAICS 445 392 22 $482 $9.8M
484 NAICS 484 388 35 $1,117 $22.5M
457 NAICS 457 379 51 $483 $9.5M
237 NAICS 237 378 12 $1,361 $26.8M
721 NAICS 721 357 17 $701 $10.4M
221 NAICS 221 306 17 $1,516 $23.9M
333 NAICS 333 282 5 $1,074 $15.7M
811 NAICS 811 273 49 $916 $13.0M
444 NAICS 444 255 17 $669 $8.9M
456 NAICS 456 201 23 $682 $7.1M
713 NAICS 713 167 11 $344 $3.0M
459 NAICS 459 167 40 $523 $4.5M
112 NAICS 112 153 8 $861 $6.8M
532 NAICS 532 142 14 $1,175 $8.7M
236 NAICS 236 141 21 $1,667 $12.2M
424 NAICS 424 139 18 $1,069 $7.8M
332 NAICS 332 130 11 $1,084 $7.3M
524 NAICS 524 124 38 $1,008 $6.5M
458 NAICS 458 123 31 $359 $2.3M
812 NAICS 812 119 22 $758 $4.7M
449 NAICS 449 104 23 $719 $3.9M
485 NAICS 485 103 1 $385 $2.1M
531 NAICS 531 101 35 $767 $3.9M
491 NAICS 491 94 8 $1,142 $5.6M
923 NAICS 923 73 4 $1,753 $3.6M
488 NAICS 488 69 9 $1,119 $3.6M
926 NAICS 926 69 9 $1,456 $5.1M
517 NAICS 517 49 5 $1,309 $3.3M
924 NAICS 924 37 4 $1,595 $2.9M
813 NAICS 813 21 7 $997 $1.1M
519 NAICS 519 19 1 $395 $0.4M
523 NAICS 523 19 10 $1,222 $1.2M
323 NAICS 323 15 5 $764 $0.6M
814 NAICS 814 13 14 $462 $0.3M
928 NAICS 928 11 1 $1,371 $0.8M
712 NAICS 712 9 1 $388 $0.2M
561 NAICS 561 8 1 $818 $0.3M
922 NAICS 922 5 1 $493 $0.1M

By Ownership (2024)

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

Federal Government

215

jobs · $70,461 avg pay

State Government

955

jobs · $36,629 avg pay

Local Government

5,470

jobs · $46,707 avg pay

Private

21,749

jobs · $48,098 avg pay

MS Unemployment

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

3.8%

April 2026

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