Lee County, AL

FIPS 01081 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, Lee County had an annual average of 66,643 jobs across 4,363 establishments, paying $3.6 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

66,643

+2% YoY

Establishments

4,363

Total Wages

$3.6B

Avg Annual Pay

$53,394

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 Lee County, AL, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
999 NAICS 999 — — $1,849 $0.0M
611 NAICS 611 11,096 106 $1,590 $802.6M
722 NAICS 722 8,067 415 $404 $169.5M
561 NAICS 561 4,674 271 $577 $140.2M
621 NAICS 621 2,875 279 $1,222 $177.7M
541 NAICS 541 2,172 521 $1,253 $141.5M
493 NAICS 493 1,894 18 $962 $94.8M
336 NAICS 336 1,879 34 $1,264 $123.5M
238 NAICS 238 1,730 205 $1,067 $95.9M
455 NAICS 455 1,717 49 $523 $46.7M
445 NAICS 445 1,546 46 $713 $44.5M
624 NAICS 624 1,458 145 $1,244 $38.2M
326 NAICS 326 1,364 9 $1,236 $87.6M
236 NAICS 236 1,122 134 $1,688 $98.5M
441 NAICS 441 965 70 $1,251 $62.8M
459 NAICS 459 921 92 $491 $23.5M
333 NAICS 333 901 15 $1,208 $56.6M
721 NAICS 721 899 46 $697 $32.6M
484 NAICS 484 887 69 $1,283 $59.2M
457 NAICS 457 828 89 $652 $28.1M
522 NAICS 522 817 128 $1,465 $62.3M
922 NAICS 922 746 13 $2,902 $52.0M
531 NAICS 531 695 208 $996 $36.0M
444 NAICS 444 660 29 $912 $31.3M
423 NAICS 423 653 74 $1,705 $57.9M
921 NAICS 921 587 5 $1,208 $36.9M
458 NAICS 458 553 63 $493 $14.2M
812 NAICS 812 550 103 $689 $19.7M
456 NAICS 456 514 56 $716 $19.1M
811 NAICS 811 491 104 $1,005 $25.6M
424 NAICS 424 438 47 $1,154 $26.3M
237 NAICS 237 409 28 $1,536 $32.6M
332 NAICS 332 388 23 $1,241 $25.0M
311 NAICS 311 369 12 $1,189 $22.8M
449 NAICS 449 337 54 $854 $15.0M
524 NAICS 524 312 88 $1,537 $25.0M
111 NAICS 111 272 7 $1,807 $25.5M
926 NAICS 926 254 11 $1,950 $17.5M
321 NAICS 321 252 4 $1,080 $14.2M
713 NAICS 713 242 5 $535 $6.7M
221 NAICS 221 215 14 $3,279 $36.6M
425 NAICS 425 209 53 $1,854 $20.2M
517 NAICS 517 200 11 $1,743 $18.1M
491 NAICS 491 196 6 $1,382 $14.1M
339 NAICS 339 194 18 $1,632 $16.4M
337 NAICS 337 185 8 $870 $8.3M
551 NAICS 551 179 27 $2,194 $20.5M
923 NAICS 923 172 8 $1,767 $9.8M
562 NAICS 562 170 12 $1,368 $12.1M
322 NAICS 322 160 5 $1,009 $8.4M
327 NAICS 327 156 14 $1,857 $15.0M
813 NAICS 813 145 41 $867 $6.6M
518 NAICS 518 144 40 $1,756 $13.2M
334 NAICS 334 139 12 $1,317 $9.5M
513 NAICS 513 113 52 $1,645 $9.7M
485 NAICS 485 104 6 $626 $3.4M
323 NAICS 323 101 16 $664 $3.5M
488 NAICS 488 82 17 $968 $4.1M
512 NAICS 512 77 11 $422 $1.7M
312 NAICS 312 54 4 $740 $2.1M
814 NAICS 814 45 42 $479 $1.1M
115 NAICS 115 35 8 $599 $1.1M
924 NAICS 924 35 6 $1,936 $2.6M
314 NAICS 314 30 3 $647 $1.0M
928 NAICS 928 22 1 $1,410 $1.6M

By Ownership (2024)

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

Federal Government

355

jobs · $83,772 avg pay

State Government

7,831

jobs · $80,705 avg pay

Local Government

8,780

jobs · $60,313 avg pay

Private

49,677

jobs · $47,648 avg pay

AL Unemployment

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

2.8%

April 2026

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