Kenton County, KY

FIPS 21117 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, Kenton County had an annual average of 74,672 jobs across 5,970 establishments, paying $5.4 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

74,672

+2.3% YoY

Establishments

5,970

Total Wages

$5.4B

Avg Annual Pay

$71,985

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 Kenton County, KY, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
722 NAICS 722 7,089 363 $482 $177.7M
622 NAICS 622 5,565 15 $1,132 $327.4M
541 NAICS 541 4,491 1,110 $1,973 $460.8M
621 NAICS 621 4,253 325 $2,346 $518.8M
921 NAICS 921 3,533 20 $1,379 $241.4M
561 NAICS 561 3,273 372 $930 $158.3M
551 NAICS 551 3,020 52 $2,420 $380.1M
493 NAICS 493 2,727 20 $991 $140.5M
311 NAICS 311 2,458 37 $2,005 $256.3M
523 NAICS 523 2,342 95 $2,382 $290.2M
238 NAICS 238 2,056 290 $1,333 $142.5M
488 NAICS 488 2,034 48 $2,531 $267.7M
445 NAICS 445 1,637 85 $606 $51.5M
623 NAICS 623 1,569 34 $813 $66.4M
236 NAICS 236 1,295 124 $2,003 $134.9M
624 NAICS 624 1,269 319 $638 $42.1M
423 NAICS 423 1,194 214 $1,836 $114.0M
333 NAICS 333 1,124 30 $1,842 $107.6M
812 NAICS 812 1,002 119 $610 $31.8M
458 NAICS 458 955 44 $597 $29.6M
713 NAICS 713 941 47 $340 $16.6M
524 NAICS 524 904 148 $1,808 $85.0M
531 NAICS 531 843 193 $1,279 $55.7M
611 NAICS 611 828 80 $630 $27.1M
424 NAICS 424 807 102 $1,928 $80.9M
455 NAICS 455 759 28 $568 $22.4M
522 NAICS 522 751 133 $1,677 $65.5M
721 NAICS 721 670 23 $643 $22.4M
922 NAICS 922 663 19 $2,375 $42.7M
811 NAICS 811 588 107 $1,061 $32.4M
492 NAICS 492 540 22 $2,283 $64.1M
484 NAICS 484 533 70 $1,364 $37.8M
332 NAICS 332 533 37 $1,360 $37.7M
444 NAICS 444 525 33 $995 $27.2M
325 NAICS 325 491 29 $1,630 $41.6M
459 NAICS 459 485 87 $742 $18.7M
456 NAICS 456 485 57 $812 $20.5M
813 NAICS 813 432 72 $1,226 $27.6M
335 NAICS 335 428 16 $1,258 $28.0M
334 NAICS 334 395 28 $1,582 $32.5M
457 NAICS 457 364 62 $587 $11.1M
513 NAICS 513 340 111 $1,890 $33.5M
425 NAICS 425 333 96 $2,559 $44.3M
441 NAICS 441 320 38 $1,150 $19.1M
449 NAICS 449 296 45 $1,203 $18.5M
326 NAICS 326 272 20 $1,688 $23.9M
336 NAICS 336 235 10 $2,013 $24.6M
327 NAICS 327 206 7 $1,140 $12.2M
491 NAICS 491 189 7 $1,375 $13.5M
519 NAICS 519 173 14 $5,073 $9.3M
221 NAICS 221 127 18 $2,238 $14.8M
562 NAICS 562 112 11 $1,460 $8.5M
517 NAICS 517 110 17 $1,550 $8.8M
323 NAICS 323 95 19 $1,109 $5.5M
512 NAICS 512 92 20 $1,397 $6.7M
926 NAICS 926 90 10 $2,738 $12.8M
237 NAICS 237 89 15 $1,472 $6.8M
814 NAICS 814 84 96 $546 $2.4M
481 NAICS 481 80 8 $3,619 $15.2M
923 NAICS 923 56 1 $2,223 $6.5M
339 NAICS 339 54 40 $1,787 $5.0M
711 NAICS 711 37 20 $917 $1.8M
999 NAICS 999 36 40 $2,697 $5.0M
518 NAICS 518 34 37 $2,107 $3.7M
485 NAICS 485 33 5 $925 $1.6M
312 NAICS 312 26 13 $1,077 $1.5M
516 NAICS 516 26 12 $1,892 $2.5M
337 NAICS 337 7 6 $1,439 $0.5M
928 NAICS 928 4 1 $1,702 $0.4M

By Ownership (2024)

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

Federal Government

2,838

jobs · $72,329 avg pay

State Government

866

jobs · $48,811 avg pay

Local Government

5,282

jobs · $61,917 avg pay

Private

65,686

jobs · $73,085 avg pay

KY Unemployment

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

4.3%

April 2026

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