Lee County, MS

FIPS 28081 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, Lee County had an annual average of 52,533 jobs across 2,687 establishments, paying $2.7 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

52,533

-0.7% YoY

Establishments

2,687

Total Wages

$2.7B

Avg Annual Pay

$51,183

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, MS, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
722 NAICS 722 4,335 234 $372 $83.9M
621 NAICS 621 4,028 242 $1,610 $325.1M
561 NAICS 561 3,519 116 $1,033 $117.1M
337 NAICS 337 3,382 30 $824 $145.0M
326 NAICS 326 2,825 22 $1,170 $171.9M
611 NAICS 611 2,813 44 $1,047 $122.0M
541 NAICS 541 1,763 211 $1,337 $122.1M
455 NAICS 455 1,532 50 $525 $41.8M
522 NAICS 522 1,337 93 $1,661 $115.5M
624 NAICS 624 1,240 85 $660 $32.9M
441 NAICS 441 1,121 56 $1,094 $63.8M
423 NAICS 423 1,120 96 $1,306 $76.1M
921 NAICS 921 1,071 10 $1,976 $45.2M
336 NAICS 336 937 4 $1,288 $62.8M
333 NAICS 333 890 6 $1,076 $49.8M
484 NAICS 484 879 74 $1,165 $53.2M
238 NAICS 238 878 96 $982 $44.8M
459 NAICS 459 828 77 $537 $23.1M
445 NAICS 445 790 50 $567 $23.3M
551 NAICS 551 772 16 $1,537 $61.7M
444 NAICS 444 725 41 $688 $25.9M
424 NAICS 424 668 50 $1,046 $36.3M
457 NAICS 457 570 88 $417 $12.4M
458 NAICS 458 534 65 $370 $10.3M
456 NAICS 456 483 41 $772 $19.4M
721 NAICS 721 465 30 $373 $9.0M
311 NAICS 311 453 8 $954 $22.5M
237 NAICS 237 450 12 $1,104 $20.5M
524 NAICS 524 440 65 $2,213 $50.6M
492 NAICS 492 421 13 $860 $18.9M
332 NAICS 332 416 16 $1,064 $23.0M
811 NAICS 811 415 70 $910 $19.6M
236 NAICS 236 401 44 $1,306 $27.2M
449 NAICS 449 348 54 $756 $13.7M
221 NAICS 221 333 13 $3,019 $27.2M
322 NAICS 322 332 5 $1,199 $20.7M
812 NAICS 812 293 55 $605 $9.2M
493 NAICS 493 277 18 $947 $13.6M
532 NAICS 532 260 26 $897 $12.1M
562 NAICS 562 244 13 $1,038 $13.2M
531 NAICS 531 231 89 $902 $10.5M
327 NAICS 327 224 12 $1,129 $13.2M
813 NAICS 813 211 13 $1,281 $14.1M
488 NAICS 488 178 15 $1,926 $10.3M
517 NAICS 517 151 14 $1,369 $10.8M
491 NAICS 491 148 11 $1,291 $9.9M
923 NAICS 923 143 4 $1,965 $9.8M
622 NAICS 622 117 1 $907 $5.5M
928 NAICS 928 92 1 $1,348 $6.4M
516 NAICS 516 80 5 $1,100 $4.6M
111 NAICS 111 68 7 $688 $2.4M
325 NAICS 325 66 6 $768 $2.6M
323 NAICS 323 66 14 $738 $2.5M
523 NAICS 523 55 16 $2,825 $8.1M
924 NAICS 924 54 4 $1,646 $3.9M
712 NAICS 712 51 1 $1,689 $4.5M
339 NAICS 339 40 7 $690 $1.4M
425 NAICS 425 24 11 $1,635 $2.1M
519 NAICS 519 23 1 $712 $0.8M
814 NAICS 814 17 19 $488 $0.4M
926 NAICS 926 17 4 $1,319 $1.0M
922 NAICS 922 11 2 $2,208 $0.7M

By Ownership (2024)

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

Federal Government

467

jobs · $86,827 avg pay

State Government

739

jobs · $42,967 avg pay

Local Government

4,107

jobs · $43,123 avg pay

Private

47,220

jobs · $51,661 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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