Kankakee County, IL

FIPS 17091 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, Kankakee County had an annual average of 35,715 jobs across 2,111 establishments, paying $2.0 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

35,715

-0.1% YoY

Establishments

2,111

Total Wages

$2.0B

Avg Annual Pay

$55,707

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 Kankakee County, IL, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
722 NAICS 722 3,389 207 $401 $70.8M
622 NAICS 622 3,203 4 $1,421 $236.8M
311 NAICS 311 2,082 25 $1,382 $149.6M
325 NAICS 325 2,061 14 $2,173 $232.8M
561 NAICS 561 2,023 118 $717 $75.5M
621 NAICS 621 1,989 137 $1,655 $99.8M
623 NAICS 623 1,821 23 $840 $79.6M
455 NAICS 455 1,674 40 $520 $45.2M
921 NAICS 921 1,162 25 $1,210 $73.1M
238 NAICS 238 1,134 142 $1,469 $86.6M
423 NAICS 423 1,006 51 $1,576 $82.5M
484 NAICS 484 908 87 $1,283 $60.6M
424 NAICS 424 850 34 $1,076 $47.6M
611 NAICS 611 842 14 $708 $31.0M
624 NAICS 624 750 72 $731 $28.5M
441 NAICS 441 694 41 $1,061 $38.3M
333 NAICS 333 661 20 $1,643 $56.5M
445 NAICS 445 585 40 $611 $18.6M
332 NAICS 332 533 23 $1,348 $37.3M
522 NAICS 522 519 35 $1,129 $30.5M
811 NAICS 811 499 83 $1,142 $29.6M
457 NAICS 457 495 42 $580 $14.9M
713 NAICS 713 448 30 $418 $9.7M
444 NAICS 444 423 20 $686 $15.1M
459 NAICS 459 411 44 $654 $14.0M
456 NAICS 456 401 41 $752 $15.7M
813 NAICS 813 333 33 $387 $6.7M
236 NAICS 236 304 60 $1,299 $20.5M
111 NAICS 111 302 36 $845 $13.3M
812 NAICS 812 260 44 $710 $9.6M
721 NAICS 721 253 16 $414 $5.5M
531 NAICS 531 240 72 $1,021 $12.7M
524 NAICS 524 194 44 $1,306 $13.1M
237 NAICS 237 173 12 $1,606 $14.4M
449 NAICS 449 173 25 $825 $7.4M
485 NAICS 485 168 10 $680 $5.9M
491 NAICS 491 164 14 $1,217 $10.4M
458 NAICS 458 160 20 $404 $3.4M
221 NAICS 221 149 3 $1,563 $12.1M
532 NAICS 532 142 18 $1,056 $7.8M
922 NAICS 922 91 5 $660 $3.1M
322 NAICS 322 83 3 $1,078 $4.7M
523 NAICS 523 78 18 $2,654 $10.8M
519 NAICS 519 76 9 $444 $1.7M
517 NAICS 517 67 10 $1,182 $4.1M
488 NAICS 488 60 13 $813 $2.6M
425 NAICS 425 59 15 $2,362 $7.2M
814 NAICS 814 50 28 $1,252 $3.2M
336 NAICS 336 47 4 $1,102 $2.7M
339 NAICS 339 40 7 $1,122 $2.3M
562 NAICS 562 40 6 $1,533 $3.2M
493 NAICS 493 34 7 $1,081 $1.9M
928 NAICS 928 30 1 $1,035 $1.6M
926 NAICS 926 18 5 $1,533 $1.5M
312 NAICS 312 17 3 $2,715 $2.4M
327 NAICS 327 17 3 $1,237 $1.1M
923 NAICS 923 10 1 $1,962 $1.0M
999 NAICS 999 2 2 $888 $0.1M
924 NAICS 924 2 1 $1,615 $0.2M

By Ownership (2024)

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

Federal Government

231

jobs · $65,823 avg pay

Private

35,484

jobs · $55,641 avg pay

IL Unemployment

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

5.1%

April 2026

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