Lenoir County, NC

FIPS 37107 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, Lenoir County had an annual average of 29,083 jobs across 1,413 establishments, paying $1.5 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

29,083

+0.3% YoY

Establishments

1,413

Total Wages

$1.5B

Avg Annual Pay

$50,090

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 Lenoir County, NC, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
999 NAICS 999 — 2 — —
623 NAICS 623 2,169 32 $963 $96.0M
611 NAICS 611 1,889 35 $946 $88.6M
722 NAICS 722 1,682 102 $383 $33.5M
621 NAICS 621 1,410 98 $1,051 $77.0M
561 NAICS 561 1,319 86 $644 $44.1M
238 NAICS 238 1,249 100 $1,236 $80.3M
921 NAICS 921 992 4 $813 $42.0M
622 NAICS 622 890 2 $1,109 $51.4M
445 NAICS 445 603 30 $465 $13.0M
455 NAICS 455 576 30 $482 $14.4M
541 NAICS 541 564 84 $1,419 $41.6M
624 NAICS 624 468 56 $547 $13.3M
237 NAICS 237 458 13 $1,642 $39.1M
484 NAICS 484 401 35 $963 $20.1M
424 NAICS 424 393 24 $1,398 $28.6M
493 NAICS 493 374 6 $678 $13.2M
423 NAICS 423 370 32 $1,077 $20.7M
551 NAICS 551 311 9 $1,614 $26.1M
456 NAICS 456 300 15 $1,018 $15.8M
441 NAICS 441 251 26 $878 $11.5M
811 NAICS 811 245 53 $814 $10.4M
444 NAICS 444 243 17 $781 $9.8M
457 NAICS 457 225 40 $461 $5.4M
812 NAICS 812 213 18 $602 $6.7M
459 NAICS 459 205 30 $582 $6.2M
524 NAICS 524 203 34 $1,517 $16.0M
236 NAICS 236 178 36 $995 $9.2M
522 NAICS 522 178 29 $1,742 $10.7M
492 NAICS 492 176 3 $749 $6.9M
926 NAICS 926 167 10 $1,386 $10.9M
531 NAICS 531 163 38 $1,916 $16.2M
922 NAICS 922 163 5 $1,216 $10.3M
721 NAICS 721 145 10 $333 $2.5M
115 NAICS 115 103 8 $790 $4.2M
491 NAICS 491 102 5 $1,251 $6.6M
458 NAICS 458 92 16 $482 $2.3M
111 NAICS 111 87 27 $790 $3.6M
488 NAICS 488 84 10 $1,032 $4.5M
449 NAICS 449 81 22 $952 $4.0M
312 NAICS 312 72 3 $913 $3.4M
221 NAICS 221 64 5 $1,307 $4.3M
923 NAICS 923 63 3 $1,619 $2.7M
813 NAICS 813 59 10 $604 $1.9M
928 NAICS 928 48 1 $1,484 $3.7M
327 NAICS 327 43 6 $1,067 $2.4M
925 NAICS 925 42 1 $975 $2.1M
112 NAICS 112 40 8 $703 $1.5M
532 NAICS 532 28 9 $891 $1.3M
519 NAICS 519 27 2 $549 $0.8M
523 NAICS 523 20 11 $1,848 $1.9M
425 NAICS 425 19 6 $1,701 $1.7M
814 NAICS 814 18 20 $442 $0.4M
562 NAICS 562 16 3 $1,040 $0.9M
712 NAICS 712 12 1 $917 $0.6M
924 NAICS 924 3 1 $1,123 $0.2M

By Ownership (2024)

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

Federal Government

209

jobs · $71,284 avg pay

State Government

1,839

jobs · $50,208 avg pay

Local Government

3,441

jobs · $49,526 avg pay

Private

23,594

jobs · $49,976 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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