Madison County, KY

FIPS 21151 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, Madison County had an annual average of 36,909 jobs across 3,102 establishments, paying $2.0 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

36,909

+3.6% YoY

Establishments

3,102

Total Wages

$2.0B

Avg Annual Pay

$53,794

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 Madison County, KY, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
722 NAICS 722 3,763 156 $398 $78.0M
541 NAICS 541 2,349 496 $2,442 $240.7M
561 NAICS 561 1,915 218 $859 $85.6M
336 NAICS 336 1,726 11 $1,293 $116.0M
621 NAICS 621 1,667 223 $2,181 $103.5M
455 NAICS 455 1,343 30 $570 $39.8M
238 NAICS 238 1,326 190 $1,183 $81.5M
624 NAICS 624 1,084 199 $817 $46.0M
333 NAICS 333 993 19 $1,396 $72.1M
928 NAICS 928 911 1 $1,515 $71.8M
611 NAICS 611 874 60 $1,086 $49.4M
921 NAICS 921 690 10 $1,029 $34.7M
444 NAICS 444 682 28 $701 $24.9M
441 NAICS 441 658 46 $1,203 $41.1M
457 NAICS 457 608 68 $683 $21.6M
331 NAICS 331 571 4 $1,702 $50.5M
236 NAICS 236 548 98 $1,869 $53.3M
811 NAICS 811 466 65 $672 $16.3M
813 NAICS 813 418 42 $1,159 $25.2M
445 NAICS 445 393 26 $650 $13.3M
459 NAICS 459 392 61 $550 $11.2M
721 NAICS 721 371 30 $547 $10.6M
449 NAICS 449 342 22 $949 $16.9M
237 NAICS 237 338 16 $1,130 $19.8M
531 NAICS 531 321 114 $976 $16.3M
522 NAICS 522 312 75 $1,009 $16.4M
332 NAICS 332 307 22 $1,070 $17.1M
922 NAICS 922 303 14 $1,916 $16.3M
456 NAICS 456 276 30 $595 $8.5M
423 NAICS 423 259 59 $1,285 $17.3M
484 NAICS 484 178 44 $1,296 $12.0M
524 NAICS 524 178 75 $1,256 $11.6M
713 NAICS 713 161 18 $321 $2.7M
221 NAICS 221 150 13 $2,114 $11.7M
532 NAICS 532 140 23 $1,210 $8.8M
458 NAICS 458 133 27 $456 $3.2M
491 NAICS 491 112 4 $1,305 $7.6M
517 NAICS 517 106 15 $1,465 $8.1M
327 NAICS 327 102 8 $1,202 $6.4M
513 NAICS 513 76 46 $1,584 $6.2M
551 NAICS 551 74 12 $1,962 $7.6M
323 NAICS 323 48 8 $692 $1.7M
923 NAICS 923 46 11 $1,638 $3.5M
926 NAICS 926 45 12 $1,704 $2.9M
518 NAICS 518 28 14 $2,457 $3.5M
516 NAICS 516 22 6 $863 $1.0M
562 NAICS 562 19 5 $608 $0.6M
112 NAICS 112 19 8 $707 $0.7M
485 NAICS 485 16 5 $743 $0.6M
924 NAICS 924 13 2 $1,366 $0.9M
999 NAICS 999 12 15 $1,195 $0.7M
488 NAICS 488 12 12 $1,170 $0.7M
622 NAICS 622 10 1 $2,136 $1.1M

By Ownership (2024)

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

Federal Government

1,111

jobs · $79,316 avg pay

State Government

2,866

jobs · $54,128 avg pay

Local Government

2,969

jobs · $46,738 avg pay

Private

29,963

jobs · $53,515 avg pay

KY Unemployment

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

4.3%

April 2026

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