Kennebec County, ME

FIPS 23011 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, Kennebec County had an annual average of 62,487 jobs across 4,431 establishments, paying $3.8 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

62,487

+1.1% YoY

Establishments

4,431

Total Wages

$3.8B

Avg Annual Pay

$60,846

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 Kennebec County, ME, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
999 NAICS 999 — 2 $820 $0.0M
611 NAICS 611 6,036 120 $1,187 $327.1M
722 NAICS 722 4,015 253 $508 $106.0M
621 NAICS 621 3,543 249 $1,441 $263.7M
624 NAICS 624 2,262 161 $1,197 $89.9M
923 NAICS 923 2,259 18 $1,663 $166.1M
921 NAICS 921 2,015 54 $2,003 $145.9M
541 NAICS 541 1,960 656 $1,662 $169.1M
238 NAICS 238 1,859 318 $1,307 $126.3M
622 NAICS 622 1,771 2 $2,150 $187.5M
445 NAICS 445 1,738 56 $608 $54.9M
922 NAICS 922 1,736 33 $2,515 $154.0M
455 NAICS 455 1,580 32 $561 $46.1M
561 NAICS 561 1,565 231 $1,471 $76.5M
441 NAICS 441 1,421 88 $1,291 $95.4M
551 NAICS 551 1,355 106 $1,660 $116.9M
813 NAICS 813 1,315 143 $1,436 $63.6M
926 NAICS 926 1,282 17 $1,689 $95.9M
924 NAICS 924 1,218 8 $1,548 $88.3M
444 NAICS 444 1,197 50 $858 $53.4M
423 NAICS 423 994 97 $1,457 $75.3M
424 NAICS 424 961 52 $1,421 $71.0M
457 NAICS 457 871 82 $771 $34.9M
517 NAICS 517 754 17 $1,319 $51.7M
522 NAICS 522 744 66 $1,735 $53.5M
721 NAICS 721 739 48 $702 $27.0M
459 NAICS 459 731 106 $583 $22.2M
237 NAICS 237 730 41 $2,280 $68.3M
236 NAICS 236 609 154 $1,261 $40.0M
336 NAICS 336 588 3 $1,111 $34.0M
811 NAICS 811 544 138 $1,115 $31.5M
332 NAICS 332 465 18 $1,293 $31.2M
531 NAICS 531 462 109 $1,023 $24.5M
456 NAICS 456 449 51 $1,518 $21.0M
713 NAICS 713 435 42 $519 $11.1M
484 NAICS 484 412 49 $1,342 $28.7M
493 NAICS 493 412 6 $1,054 $22.6M
449 NAICS 449 399 42 $895 $18.6M
524 NAICS 524 345 71 $2,459 $29.4M
623 NAICS 623 310 2 $1,067 $17.2M
485 NAICS 485 283 16 $745 $10.2M
221 NAICS 221 281 20 $2,465 $29.3M
928 NAICS 928 274 4 $1,551 $20.3M
111 NAICS 111 266 42 $817 $11.3M
491 NAICS 491 245 26 $1,359 $17.3M
812 NAICS 812 240 61 $722 $9.0M
492 NAICS 492 232 6 $1,208 $14.6M
925 NAICS 925 191 3 $1,358 $13.4M
112 NAICS 112 189 16 $916 $9.0M
458 NAICS 458 185 21 $505 $4.9M
321 NAICS 321 175 15 $1,055 $9.6M
313 NAICS 313 172 3 $1,027 $9.2M
562 NAICS 562 164 20 $1,246 $9.9M
333 NAICS 333 148 5 $1,309 $10.1M
532 NAICS 532 143 19 $1,195 $8.9M
311 NAICS 311 142 15 $809 $6.0M
513 NAICS 513 126 37 $1,262 $8.3M
488 NAICS 488 121 17 $1,284 $7.9M
712 NAICS 712 118 6 $863 $5.1M
523 NAICS 523 115 48 $2,254 $12.8M
711 NAICS 711 99 14 $1,060 $3.5M
113 NAICS 113 89 14 $1,265 $5.9M
519 NAICS 519 82 10 $1,149 $3.5M
314 NAICS 314 62 3 $810 $2.6M
312 NAICS 312 36 8 $472 $0.9M
337 NAICS 337 30 5 $1,033 $1.6M
323 NAICS 323 28 5 $884 $1.3M
814 NAICS 814 21 24 $590 $0.7M
339 NAICS 339 20 6 $925 $1.0M
425 NAICS 425 15 12 $1,784 $1.4M
115 NAICS 115 9 6 $756 $0.4M

By Ownership (2024)

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

Federal Government

2,363

jobs · $101,018 avg pay

State Government

9,150

jobs · $74,379 avg pay

Local Government

4,915

jobs · $51,035 avg pay

Private

46,059

jobs · $57,143 avg pay

ME Unemployment

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

3.1%

April 2026

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