La Plata County, CO

FIPS 08067 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, La Plata County had an annual average of 26,983 jobs across 3,079 establishments, paying $1.7 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

26,983

+0.8% YoY

Establishments

3,079

Total Wages

$1.7B

Avg Annual Pay

$61,965

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 La Plata County, CO, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
722 NAICS 722 2,674 168 $562 $78.1M
611 NAICS 611 2,456 71 $1,428 $131.6M
921 NAICS 921 2,047 11 $2,823 $169.2M
541 NAICS 541 1,583 538 $2,219 $167.0M
621 NAICS 621 1,464 228 $1,378 $104.9M
238 NAICS 238 1,312 219 $1,173 $80.0M
721 NAICS 721 1,119 54 $943 $38.8M
713 NAICS 713 973 41 $567 $28.7M
561 NAICS 561 853 166 $1,002 $43.0M
445 NAICS 445 707 40 $688 $25.3M
624 NAICS 624 629 118 $771 $25.2M
459 NAICS 459 623 91 $650 $21.1M
441 NAICS 441 521 23 $1,097 $29.7M
455 NAICS 455 484 9 $614 $15.4M
444 NAICS 444 474 27 $854 $21.1M
522 NAICS 522 464 34 $2,069 $49.9M
236 NAICS 236 431 127 $1,423 $31.9M
922 NAICS 922 369 15 $1,727 $30.5M
237 NAICS 237 305 15 $1,700 $25.7M
531 NAICS 531 299 163 $1,529 $16.2M
423 NAICS 423 288 56 $1,772 $26.6M
311 NAICS 311 287 13 $879 $13.1M
924 NAICS 924 281 10 $1,985 $27.2M
813 NAICS 813 273 52 $988 $13.3M
424 NAICS 424 273 38 $1,340 $19.0M
812 NAICS 812 254 58 $570 $7.5M
811 NAICS 811 244 66 $929 $11.8M
488 NAICS 488 229 15 $1,285 $15.3M
457 NAICS 457 196 30 $695 $7.1M
212 NAICS 212 189 3 $1,759 $17.3M
523 NAICS 523 188 48 $3,742 $36.6M
513 NAICS 513 182 22 $2,810 $26.6M
221 NAICS 221 180 18 $2,177 $17.7M
333 NAICS 333 165 4 $1,598 $13.7M
211 NAICS 211 157 7 $2,540 $20.8M
449 NAICS 449 155 28 $1,006 $8.1M
458 NAICS 458 155 24 $400 $3.2M
923 NAICS 923 152 7 $1,888 $9.5M
456 NAICS 456 140 13 $772 $5.6M
492 NAICS 492 134 5 $1,190 $8.3M
486 NAICS 486 120 6 $3,441 $21.4M
312 NAICS 312 102 10 $712 $3.8M
551 NAICS 551 100 36 $2,589 $13.4M
562 NAICS 562 79 14 $1,289 $5.3M
517 NAICS 517 75 17 $1,826 $7.1M
491 NAICS 491 69 5 $1,532 $5.5M
518 NAICS 518 64 11 $2,899 $9.7M
814 NAICS 814 60 46 $619 $1.9M
516 NAICS 516 56 10 $1,266 $3.7M
213 NAICS 213 48 13 $2,290 $5.7M
484 NAICS 484 44 18 $963 $2.2M
339 NAICS 339 42 9 $1,102 $2.4M
111 NAICS 111 40 10 $664 $1.4M
926 NAICS 926 35 7 $1,853 $2.3M
112 NAICS 112 32 6 $938 $1.6M
327 NAICS 327 31 3 $1,063 $1.7M
332 NAICS 332 30 8 $951 $1.5M
337 NAICS 337 30 7 $1,060 $1.7M
519 NAICS 519 28 2 $578 $0.8M
115 NAICS 115 12 9 $734 $0.5M
321 NAICS 321 11 4 $1,088 $0.6M
425 NAICS 425 8 6 $1,555 $0.7M
999 NAICS 999 8 10 $1,048 $0.4M
925 NAICS 925 4 1 $1,037 $0.2M
928 NAICS 928 1 1 $3,055 $0.2M

By Ownership (2024)

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

Federal Government

355

jobs · $96,320 avg pay

State Government

1,115

jobs · $63,937 avg pay

Local Government

4,235

jobs · $66,529 avg pay

Private

21,278

jobs · $60,380 avg pay

CO Unemployment

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

3.9%

April 2026

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