Knox County, ME

FIPS 23013 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, Knox County had an annual average of 16,874 jobs across 2,290 establishments, paying $0.9 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

16,874

-1.4% YoY

Establishments

2,290

Total Wages

$0.9B

Avg Annual Pay

$55,718

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 Knox County, ME, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
999 NAICS 999 — — $9,615 $0.3M
611 NAICS 611 1,566 64 $975 $77.8M
722 NAICS 722 1,291 123 $621 $41.7M
621 NAICS 621 922 98 $1,586 $74.3M
445 NAICS 445 727 37 $636 $24.1M
238 NAICS 238 626 126 $1,083 $35.2M
721 NAICS 721 592 49 $658 $20.3M
623 NAICS 623 565 37 $937 $27.5M
541 NAICS 541 553 331 $1,725 $49.6M
561 NAICS 561 524 107 $964 $26.2M
455 NAICS 455 512 19 $592 $15.8M
922 NAICS 922 445 13 $1,609 $35.9M
444 NAICS 444 444 22 $839 $19.4M
921 NAICS 921 345 20 $880 $15.8M
441 NAICS 441 334 28 $1,055 $18.3M
459 NAICS 459 330 62 $609 $10.5M
332 NAICS 332 326 13 $1,099 $18.6M
336 NAICS 336 312 14 $1,181 $19.2M
713 NAICS 713 302 30 $1,066 $16.2M
813 NAICS 813 285 25 $844 $12.5M
457 NAICS 457 285 28 $948 $14.0M
522 NAICS 522 258 30 $2,109 $28.3M
531 NAICS 531 223 82 $1,133 $13.0M
811 NAICS 811 188 53 $909 $8.9M
424 NAICS 424 179 39 $1,241 $11.5M
311 NAICS 311 166 9 $1,233 $10.7M
812 NAICS 812 160 40 $756 $6.3M
423 NAICS 423 127 25 $1,322 $8.7M
551 NAICS 551 125 81 $2,837 $18.5M
923 NAICS 923 123 3 $1,739 $8.6M
111 NAICS 111 112 23 $584 $3.4M
712 NAICS 712 103 6 $972 $5.2M
485 NAICS 485 103 8 $692 $3.5M
524 NAICS 524 102 21 $1,992 $10.5M
924 NAICS 924 101 3 $1,888 $6.1M
114 NAICS 114 98 146 $989 $5.1M
487 NAICS 487 96 23 $624 $3.1M
221 NAICS 221 92 12 $1,981 $7.9M
513 NAICS 513 90 27 $1,427 $6.7M
449 NAICS 449 85 15 $849 $3.8M
327 NAICS 327 82 4 $1,847 $7.9M
491 NAICS 491 81 18 $1,278 $5.4M
456 NAICS 456 67 10 $965 $3.4M
711 NAICS 711 60 16 $922 $2.9M
814 NAICS 814 59 41 $1,008 $3.1M
517 NAICS 517 57 9 $1,583 $4.7M
237 NAICS 237 56 6 $1,151 $3.3M
325 NAICS 325 52 5 $1,384 $3.7M
624 NAICS 624 51 1 $984 $2.6M
321 NAICS 321 51 7 $960 $2.5M
512 NAICS 512 49 13 $846 $2.2M
562 NAICS 562 49 12 $951 $2.4M
337 NAICS 337 48 6 $1,019 $2.6M
519 NAICS 519 45 8 $1,013 $2.1M
458 NAICS 458 37 15 $509 $1.0M
312 NAICS 312 31 7 $438 $0.7M
334 NAICS 334 31 3 $961 $1.5M
523 NAICS 523 24 14 $2,975 $3.7M
532 NAICS 532 23 7 $904 $1.1M
926 NAICS 926 20 4 $1,330 $1.3M
339 NAICS 339 17 6 $659 $0.6M
484 NAICS 484 17 5 $959 $0.9M
115 NAICS 115 16 6 $956 $0.8M
425 NAICS 425 12 8 $1,842 $1.2M
323 NAICS 323 10 6 $762 $0.4M
488 NAICS 488 5 1 $942 $0.3M
928 NAICS 928 1 1 $2,572 $0.1M

By Ownership (2024)

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

Federal Government

108

jobs · $70,106 avg pay

State Government

589

jobs · $71,297 avg pay

Local Government

1,980

jobs · $51,207 avg pay

Private

14,197

jobs · $55,593 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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