Lauderdale County, MS

FIPS 28075 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, Lauderdale County had an annual average of 31,040 jobs across 1,888 establishments, paying $1.5 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

31,040

-0.4% YoY

Establishments

1,888

Total Wages

$1.5B

Avg Annual Pay

$47,153

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 Lauderdale County, MS, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
622 NAICS 622 3,323 10 $1,068 $169.2M
722 NAICS 722 3,266 159 $380 $64.5M
611 NAICS 611 3,187 23 $1,636 $173.7M
621 NAICS 621 2,365 167 $3,268 $160.6M
561 NAICS 561 1,563 91 $763 $44.3M
455 NAICS 455 1,365 40 $811 $39.1M
623 NAICS 623 882 14 $648 $29.7M
921 NAICS 921 870 3 $734 $33.2M
424 NAICS 424 846 19 $935 $41.1M
624 NAICS 624 792 56 $712 $21.7M
441 NAICS 441 706 64 $1,036 $38.0M
541 NAICS 541 634 124 $2,036 $41.8M
238 NAICS 238 624 80 $1,053 $34.2M
522 NAICS 522 574 69 $1,192 $35.6M
551 NAICS 551 538 12 $1,593 $44.6M
457 NAICS 457 516 72 $542 $14.6M
721 NAICS 721 437 38 $415 $9.4M
332 NAICS 332 429 15 $1,237 $27.3M
928 NAICS 928 420 1 $1,535 $33.5M
459 NAICS 459 381 54 $562 $11.1M
445 NAICS 445 366 31 $707 $8.5M
811 NAICS 811 347 63 $947 $17.1M
444 NAICS 444 347 25 $601 $10.8M
456 NAICS 456 290 37 $916 $13.8M
236 NAICS 236 285 41 $1,097 $16.3M
458 NAICS 458 282 37 $418 $6.1M
221 NAICS 221 239 17 $1,671 $20.8M
531 NAICS 531 201 60 $812 $8.4M
484 NAICS 484 201 36 $1,205 $12.6M
488 NAICS 488 181 11 $1,297 $11.5M
492 NAICS 492 172 7 $1,024 $9.1M
812 NAICS 812 168 48 $619 $5.4M
524 NAICS 524 167 44 $1,176 $10.2M
562 NAICS 562 154 10 $1,110 $8.9M
237 NAICS 237 140 12 $1,151 $8.4M
532 NAICS 532 131 19 $831 $5.6M
491 NAICS 491 124 8 $1,207 $7.8M
516 NAICS 516 112 11 $869 $5.1M
923 NAICS 923 108 5 $1,573 $5.3M
339 NAICS 339 108 8 $1,077 $6.0M
813 NAICS 813 77 22 $716 $2.9M
449 NAICS 449 70 22 $816 $3.0M
113 NAICS 113 62 8 $1,040 $3.4M
814 NAICS 814 35 26 $334 $0.6M
323 NAICS 323 28 4 $707 $1.0M
115 NAICS 115 22 9 $1,560 $1.8M
922 NAICS 922 18 2 $809 $0.8M
926 NAICS 926 18 4 $975 $0.9M
519 NAICS 519 15 1 $684 $0.5M
924 NAICS 924 9 3 $1,589 $0.5M
712 NAICS 712 9 2 $467 $0.2M

By Ownership (2024)

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

Federal Government

744

jobs · $75,873 avg pay

State Government

1,162

jobs · $43,242 avg pay

Local Government

3,472

jobs · $41,466 avg pay

Private

25,662

jobs · $47,268 avg pay

MS Unemployment

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

3.8%

April 2026

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