Lee County, NC

FIPS 37105 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, Lee County had an annual average of 27,674 jobs across 1,864 establishments, paying $1.6 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

27,674

+6.4% YoY

Establishments

1,864

Total Wages

$1.6B

Avg Annual Pay

$58,076

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, NC, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
928 NAICS 928 — — — —
325 NAICS 325 2,386 11 $2,379 $295.1M
333 NAICS 333 2,321 11 $1,337 $161.3M
722 NAICS 722 2,268 136 $402 $47.5M
611 NAICS 611 2,078 40 $1,084 $102.9M
561 NAICS 561 1,586 127 $1,060 $77.0M
921 NAICS 921 1,014 3 $1,038 $54.7M
621 NAICS 621 987 112 $3,638 $66.2M
541 NAICS 541 857 193 $1,528 $68.1M
238 NAICS 238 786 124 $1,047 $42.8M
332 NAICS 332 727 14 $1,130 $42.8M
424 NAICS 424 721 26 $1,124 $42.2M
455 NAICS 455 705 26 $467 $17.1M
623 NAICS 623 684 16 $893 $31.8M
441 NAICS 441 616 47 $1,110 $35.6M
445 NAICS 445 563 25 $647 $13.0M
423 NAICS 423 473 55 $1,379 $34.0M
444 NAICS 444 419 16 $1,163 $25.3M
237 NAICS 237 331 18 $1,239 $21.3M
459 NAICS 459 287 49 $580 $8.7M
457 NAICS 457 276 40 $574 $8.2M
236 NAICS 236 272 69 $1,232 $17.4M
811 NAICS 811 256 65 $890 $11.9M
484 NAICS 484 244 37 $1,112 $14.1M
713 NAICS 713 210 14 $423 $4.6M
522 NAICS 522 206 36 $1,756 $13.6M
323 NAICS 323 189 7 $950 $9.3M
456 NAICS 456 188 22 $724 $7.1M
327 NAICS 327 170 5 $1,224 $10.8M
458 NAICS 458 158 26 $709 $5.8M
524 NAICS 524 152 39 $2,182 $17.2M
531 NAICS 531 142 71 $1,076 $7.9M
812 NAICS 812 131 41 $661 $4.5M
488 NAICS 488 121 8 $1,080 $6.8M
922 NAICS 922 120 4 $1,165 $7.3M
221 NAICS 221 117 6 $1,784 $10.9M
813 NAICS 813 100 18 $567 $2.9M
491 NAICS 491 98 3 $1,275 $6.5M
721 NAICS 721 96 7 $396 $2.0M
926 NAICS 926 94 8 $1,541 $6.6M
321 NAICS 321 83 6 $1,287 $5.6M
425 NAICS 425 80 9 $2,394 $9.9M
449 NAICS 449 76 18 $685 $2.7M
516 NAICS 516 70 11 $1,195 $4.4M
532 NAICS 532 69 14 $953 $3.4M
111 NAICS 111 49 10 $546 $1.4M
923 NAICS 923 47 5 $1,765 $3.5M
113 NAICS 113 45 10 $1,176 $2.7M
551 NAICS 551 38 4 $969 $1.9M
513 NAICS 513 33 16 $1,512 $2.6M
312 NAICS 312 28 3 $342 $0.5M
814 NAICS 814 22 22 $533 $0.6M
925 NAICS 925 19 1 $998 $1.0M
562 NAICS 562 13 8 $11,513 $8.0M
518 NAICS 518 8 6 $1,745 $0.7M
999 NAICS 999 4 8 $1,660 $0.4M
622 NAICS 622 3 1 $848 $0.1M
924 NAICS 924 2 1 $1,051 $0.1M

By Ownership (2024)

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

Federal Government

155

jobs · $73,074 avg pay

State Government

804

jobs · $46,019 avg pay

Local Government

2,217

jobs · $54,696 avg pay

Private

24,498

jobs · $58,682 avg pay

NC Unemployment

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

3.7%

April 2026

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