Lehigh County, PA

FIPS 42077 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, Lehigh County had an annual average of 200,548 jobs across 8,954 establishments, paying $14.1 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

200,548

+0.6% YoY

Establishments

8,954

Total Wages

$14.1B

Avg Annual Pay

$70,311

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 Lehigh County, PA, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
622 NAICS 622 19,473 16 $1,530 $1,549.0M
621 NAICS 621 17,010 713 $2,181 $1,765.8M
611 NAICS 611 13,126 214 $1,188 $765.0M
561 NAICS 561 12,175 452 $1,021 $646.3M
722 NAICS 722 11,880 748 $472 $291.5M
493 NAICS 493 10,091 90 $1,155 $606.0M
541 NAICS 541 9,798 918 $1,896 $966.2M
624 NAICS 624 8,255 441 $698 $299.4M
551 NAICS 551 6,229 126 $3,426 $1,109.6M
623 NAICS 623 5,635 119 $913 $267.6M
238 NAICS 238 4,819 438 $1,513 $379.2M
423 NAICS 423 4,713 259 $1,945 $476.8M
445 NAICS 445 4,500 182 $554 $129.6M
455 NAICS 455 3,578 74 $560 $104.2M
921 NAICS 921 3,413 32 $2,610 $236.1M
484 NAICS 484 3,107 246 $1,422 $229.7M
713 NAICS 713 2,884 84 $447 $67.1M
424 NAICS 424 2,827 108 $1,551 $228.0M
441 NAICS 441 2,794 125 $1,148 $166.8M
812 NAICS 812 2,410 358 $674 $84.4M
311 NAICS 311 2,217 42 $1,535 $176.9M
312 NAICS 312 2,091 27 $1,593 $173.2M
522 NAICS 522 2,086 185 $1,902 $196.6M
339 NAICS 339 1,852 34 $1,374 $132.3M
332 NAICS 332 1,702 60 $1,383 $122.4M
459 NAICS 459 1,638 184 $527 $44.9M
524 NAICS 524 1,633 172 $3,379 $141.8M
236 NAICS 236 1,552 206 $1,573 $126.9M
326 NAICS 326 1,480 29 $1,267 $97.5M
811 NAICS 811 1,431 267 $1,111 $82.6M
458 NAICS 458 1,401 136 $435 $31.7M
457 NAICS 457 1,394 123 $614 $44.5M
325 NAICS 325 1,372 25 $1,619 $115.6M
813 NAICS 813 1,339 172 $865 $60.2M
456 NAICS 456 1,205 134 $771 $48.3M
444 NAICS 444 1,114 52 $759 $44.0M
485 NAICS 485 1,090 22 $1,126 $52.1M
721 NAICS 721 1,053 46 $593 $32.5M
488 NAICS 488 990 36 $2,817 $62.0M
492 NAICS 492 976 14 $810 $41.1M
333 NAICS 333 944 28 $1,856 $91.1M
449 NAICS 449 876 96 $1,011 $46.1M
517 NAICS 517 865 18 $1,881 $84.7M
711 NAICS 711 784 36 $1,980 $80.8M
334 NAICS 334 750 12 $3,300 $128.7M
322 NAICS 322 732 10 $1,391 $52.9M
337 NAICS 337 671 11 $1,329 $46.4M
491 NAICS 491 536 24 $1,344 $37.5M
323 NAICS 323 512 34 $969 $25.8M
562 NAICS 562 468 31 $1,263 $30.7M
327 NAICS 327 405 17 $1,369 $28.8M
922 NAICS 922 401 14 $2,844 $42.3M
481 NAICS 481 394 12 $1,877 $38.4M
331 NAICS 331 344 5 $1,556 $27.8M
237 NAICS 237 293 23 $1,611 $24.6M
513 NAICS 513 283 40 $1,994 $29.4M
516 NAICS 516 246 16 $1,238 $15.8M
712 NAICS 712 225 8 $692 $8.1M
518 NAICS 518 174 22 $1,255 $11.4M
512 NAICS 512 170 13 $522 $4.6M
926 NAICS 926 151 10 $1,989 $15.2M
111 NAICS 111 140 18 $566 $4.1M
112 NAICS 112 124 6 $1,243 $8.0M
315 NAICS 315 112 15 $599 $3.5M
519 NAICS 519 106 13 $664 $3.0M
814 NAICS 814 59 54 $679 $2.1M
923 NAICS 923 56 1 $2,005 $5.8M
314 NAICS 314 56 5 $877 $2.6M
928 NAICS 928 22 2 $2,353 $2.7M

By Ownership (2024)

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

Federal Government

1,056

jobs · $95,298 avg pay

State Government

1,419

jobs · $70,068 avg pay

Local Government

15,042

jobs · $62,853 avg pay

Private

183,031

jobs · $70,782 avg pay

PA Unemployment

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

4.2%

April 2026

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