Lee County, IA

FIPS 19111 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, Lee County had an annual average of 13,719 jobs across 1,061 establishments, paying $0.8 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

13,719

-0.7% YoY

Establishments

1,061

Total Wages

$0.8B

Avg Annual Pay

$57,334

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, IA, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
311 NAICS 311 1,169 9 $1,564 $95.0M
611 NAICS 611 942 15 $898 $44.0M
722 NAICS 722 893 78 $317 $14.7M
325 NAICS 325 799 8 $2,071 $86.1M
623 NAICS 623 671 14 $756 $26.4M
238 NAICS 238 635 63 $1,416 $46.8M
921 NAICS 921 479 7 $1,110 $27.6M
333 NAICS 333 457 6 $1,405 $33.4M
332 NAICS 332 424 15 $1,173 $25.8M
455 NAICS 455 392 12 $595 $12.1M
445 NAICS 445 356 9 $501 $9.3M
561 NAICS 561 356 57 $728 $13.5M
624 NAICS 624 334 92 $372 $6.5M
441 NAICS 441 270 18 $1,103 $15.5M
424 NAICS 424 244 22 $1,544 $19.6M
522 NAICS 522 219 30 $1,066 $12.1M
457 NAICS 457 213 25 $494 $5.5M
484 NAICS 484 210 25 $1,308 $14.3M
236 NAICS 236 189 26 $1,352 $13.3M
811 NAICS 811 166 36 $1,047 $9.0M
423 NAICS 423 152 18 $1,259 $10.0M
444 NAICS 444 149 14 $609 $4.7M
713 NAICS 713 132 11 $214 $1.5M
721 NAICS 721 97 12 $339 $1.7M
812 NAICS 812 90 23 $1,274 $2.4M
111 NAICS 111 87 9 $968 $4.4M
456 NAICS 456 71 8 $797 $3.0M
491 NAICS 491 70 9 $1,139 $4.1M
459 NAICS 459 68 10 $410 $1.5M
221 NAICS 221 67 5 $2,447 $8.5M
237 NAICS 237 53 9 $946 $2.6M
531 NAICS 531 51 24 $715 $1.9M
488 NAICS 488 46 6 $1,586 $3.8M
562 NAICS 562 34 4 $732 $1.3M
449 NAICS 449 32 7 $827 $1.4M
517 NAICS 517 26 5 $1,173 $1.6M
923 NAICS 923 22 6 $1,194 $1.4M
458 NAICS 458 21 5 $408 $0.5M
541 NAICS 541 16 1 $1,350 $1.1M
112 NAICS 112 16 5 $565 $0.5M
425 NAICS 425 10 5 $1,902 $1.0M
926 NAICS 926 8 2 $1,342 $0.6M
924 NAICS 924 1 1 $1,747 $0.1M

By Ownership (2024)

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

Federal Government

100

jobs · $62,567 avg pay

State Government

420

jobs · $64,768 avg pay

Local Government

1,564

jobs · $49,935 avg pay

Private

11,635

jobs · $58,014 avg pay

IA Unemployment

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

3.3%

April 2026

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