Lee County, IL

FIPS 17103 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, Lee County had an annual average of 12,375 jobs across 692 establishments, paying $0.7 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

12,375

-2.5% YoY

Establishments

692

Total Wages

$0.7B

Avg Annual Pay

$58,452

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, IL, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
311 NAICS 311 1,056 6 $1,530 $84.0M
611 NAICS 611 936 10 $880 $42.9M
333 NAICS 333 848 5 $1,270 $56.0M
722 NAICS 722 804 66 $386 $16.1M
332 NAICS 332 657 6 $1,338 $45.7M
621 NAICS 621 487 36 $1,233 $31.3M
623 NAICS 623 470 21 $892 $21.8M
423 NAICS 423 463 13 $1,071 $25.8M
455 NAICS 455 407 10 $551 $11.7M
624 NAICS 624 407 22 $486 $10.3M
921 NAICS 921 404 14 $1,070 $22.5M
813 NAICS 813 255 21 $541 $7.2M
441 NAICS 441 177 12 $1,372 $12.6M
445 NAICS 445 150 15 $511 $4.0M
541 NAICS 541 149 26 $1,588 $12.3M
811 NAICS 811 146 25 $902 $6.9M
457 NAICS 457 121 12 $479 $3.0M
456 NAICS 456 115 10 $1,007 $6.0M
444 NAICS 444 109 11 $741 $4.2M
524 NAICS 524 108 23 $1,196 $6.7M
238 NAICS 238 105 39 $1,110 $6.0M
236 NAICS 236 86 30 $938 $4.2M
459 NAICS 459 71 11 $424 $1.6M
491 NAICS 491 64 12 $1,267 $4.3M
812 NAICS 812 63 16 $410 $1.3M
449 NAICS 449 63 5 $1,010 $3.3M
484 NAICS 484 59 28 $1,171 $3.6M
713 NAICS 713 48 8 $243 $0.6M
111 NAICS 111 36 14 $847 $1.6M
458 NAICS 458 36 6 $1,273 $2.4M
221 NAICS 221 34 4 $1,879 $3.4M
721 NAICS 721 34 5 $451 $0.8M
551 NAICS 551 19 5 $669 $0.7M
237 NAICS 237 15 5 $1,235 $1.0M
814 NAICS 814 6 5 $209 $0.1M
926 NAICS 926 5 2 $1,212 $0.3M
924 NAICS 924 4 1 $1,329 $0.3M

By Ownership (2024)

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

Federal Government

74

jobs · $65,859 avg pay

State Government

1,126

jobs · $98,114 avg pay

Local Government

1,427

jobs · $47,654 avg pay

Private

9,748

jobs · $55,395 avg pay

IL Unemployment

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

5.1%

April 2026

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