Kent County, RI

FIPS 44003 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, Kent County had an annual average of 75,845 jobs across 6,936 establishments, paying $4.8 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

75,845

+0.5% YoY

Establishments

6,936

Total Wages

$4.8B

Avg Annual Pay

$63,016

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 Kent County, RI, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
999 NAICS 999 — — $914 $0.0M
722 NAICS 722 7,548 432 $522 $204.9M
621 NAICS 621 6,112 450 $1,377 $437.5M
611 NAICS 611 5,112 121 $1,275 $311.5M
541 NAICS 541 4,474 1,248 $1,925 $447.8M
561 NAICS 561 3,712 495 $958 $184.9M
623 NAICS 623 2,900 70 $909 $137.1M
238 NAICS 238 2,576 395 $1,413 $189.2M
445 NAICS 445 2,361 80 $631 $77.4M
455 NAICS 455 2,284 46 $591 $70.2M
441 NAICS 441 1,760 84 $1,398 $128.0M
423 NAICS 423 1,654 282 $1,625 $139.8M
524 NAICS 524 1,569 180 $1,962 $160.0M
325 NAICS 325 1,404 18 $2,448 $178.7M
332 NAICS 332 1,150 37 $1,394 $83.3M
922 NAICS 922 1,129 14 $1,871 $107.0M
551 NAICS 551 1,063 42 $1,908 $105.4M
444 NAICS 444 1,048 54 $807 $44.0M
459 NAICS 459 1,018 107 $696 $36.9M
813 NAICS 813 1,005 150 $751 $39.3M
339 NAICS 339 945 26 $1,477 $72.6M
531 NAICS 531 916 197 $1,366 $65.1M
522 NAICS 522 913 137 $1,870 $88.7M
713 NAICS 713 886 68 $562 $25.9M
424 NAICS 424 881 126 $1,552 $71.1M
812 NAICS 812 779 172 $661 $26.7M
721 NAICS 721 763 31 $773 $30.7M
456 NAICS 456 743 80 $842 $32.5M
811 NAICS 811 738 171 $1,127 $43.3M
458 NAICS 458 675 62 $524 $18.4M
236 NAICS 236 640 183 $1,438 $47.9M
457 NAICS 457 628 76 $958 $31.3M
517 NAICS 517 561 16 $2,022 $59.0M
485 NAICS 485 543 14 $654 $18.5M
334 NAICS 334 528 15 $1,497 $41.1M
449 NAICS 449 484 56 $1,116 $28.1M
488 NAICS 488 455 28 $2,658 $27.5M
237 NAICS 237 388 25 $1,973 $34.8M
335 NAICS 335 351 10 $1,426 $26.0M
481 NAICS 481 348 10 $1,122 $20.3M
331 NAICS 331 278 9 $1,392 $20.2M
484 NAICS 484 278 35 $1,304 $18.8M
491 NAICS 491 255 7 $1,304 $17.3M
337 NAICS 337 254 13 $1,024 $13.5M
513 NAICS 513 244 62 $1,813 $23.0M
323 NAICS 323 232 20 $1,113 $13.4M
425 NAICS 425 223 73 $1,800 $20.9M
926 NAICS 926 172 5 $1,694 $14.6M
221 NAICS 221 155 14 $1,752 $11.4M
111 NAICS 111 151 19 $792 $6.2M
923 NAICS 923 144 4 $1,831 $10.8M
311 NAICS 311 135 19 $831 $5.8M
333 NAICS 333 134 12 $1,337 $9.3M
562 NAICS 562 126 30 $1,298 $8.5M
814 NAICS 814 122 95 $609 $3.9M
518 NAICS 518 101 38 $2,261 $11.9M
512 NAICS 512 95 17 $783 $3.9M
921 NAICS 921 65 2 $2,468 $8.3M
928 NAICS 928 63 2 $2,136 $7.0M
624 NAICS 624 53 4 $799 $2.2M
924 NAICS 924 43 1 $1,726 $3.8M
519 NAICS 519 42 12 $729 $1.6M
336 NAICS 336 19 6 $1,129 $1.1M
516 NAICS 516 16 9 $2,052 $1.7M

By Ownership (2024)

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

Federal Government

754

jobs · $89,097 avg pay

State Government

998

jobs · $80,814 avg pay

Local Government

5,421

jobs · $69,632 avg pay

Private

68,672

jobs · $61,949 avg pay

RI Unemployment

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

4.5%

April 2026

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