McCracken County, KY

FIPS 21145 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, McCracken County had an annual average of 40,497 jobs across 2,901 establishments, paying $2.3 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

40,497

-0.5% YoY

Establishments

2,901

Total Wages

$2.3B

Avg Annual Pay

$57,594

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 McCracken County, KY, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
722 NAICS 722 4,608 227 $401 $96.2M
621 NAICS 621 3,293 243 $2,014 $295.6M
541 NAICS 541 2,233 335 $2,304 $198.7M
483 NAICS 483 2,183 14 $1,960 $222.5M
238 NAICS 238 1,752 142 $1,356 $123.6M
561 NAICS 561 1,694 141 $784 $69.1M
455 NAICS 455 1,457 33 $577 $43.7M
423 NAICS 423 1,184 120 $1,356 $83.5M
624 NAICS 624 1,024 136 $645 $34.3M
444 NAICS 444 818 36 $781 $33.2M
459 NAICS 459 743 93 $546 $21.1M
441 NAICS 441 684 57 $1,165 $41.4M
611 NAICS 611 680 38 $662 $22.4M
457 NAICS 457 562 32 $363 $10.6M
424 NAICS 424 560 38 $1,130 $32.9M
445 NAICS 445 538 32 $528 $14.8M
522 NAICS 522 512 75 $1,360 $36.2M
811 NAICS 811 490 82 $1,053 $26.8M
492 NAICS 492 471 12 $967 $23.7M
236 NAICS 236 445 70 $1,226 $28.4M
458 NAICS 458 419 48 $393 $8.6M
336 NAICS 336 397 6 $1,716 $35.4M
456 NAICS 456 395 47 $764 $15.7M
221 NAICS 221 379 6 $3,061 $50.1M
721 NAICS 721 376 31 $487 $9.5M
484 NAICS 484 345 42 $1,363 $24.4M
524 NAICS 524 344 66 $975 $17.4M
332 NAICS 332 288 14 $1,334 $20.0M
713 NAICS 713 288 18 $418 $6.3M
449 NAICS 449 281 38 $799 $11.7M
562 NAICS 562 276 18 $2,099 $30.2M
488 NAICS 488 270 21 $2,379 $19.3M
551 NAICS 551 254 22 $1,636 $21.6M
237 NAICS 237 251 18 $1,197 $15.6M
812 NAICS 812 242 43 $747 $9.4M
813 NAICS 813 236 45 $789 $9.7M
922 NAICS 922 204 17 $2,254 $12.5M
531 NAICS 531 196 72 $896 $9.2M
513 NAICS 513 148 37 $1,511 $11.6M
532 NAICS 532 138 22 $1,188 $8.5M
926 NAICS 926 125 10 $1,962 $9.3M
491 NAICS 491 112 4 $1,311 $7.6M
327 NAICS 327 94 7 $1,046 $5.1M
333 NAICS 333 76 8 $1,013 $4.0M
517 NAICS 517 75 9 $1,420 $5.5M
339 NAICS 339 64 13 $720 $2.4M
923 NAICS 923 44 1 $1,882 $4.4M
814 NAICS 814 38 34 $398 $0.8M
323 NAICS 323 35 5 $762 $1.4M
111 NAICS 111 31 9 $766 $1.2M
921 NAICS 921 31 6 $1,716 $1.7M
924 NAICS 924 26 5 $1,079 $1.5M
335 NAICS 335 25 4 $1,012 $1.3M
493 NAICS 493 18 3 $832 $0.8M
999 NAICS 999 11 8 $950 $0.6M
928 NAICS 928 7 1 $1,233 $0.4M

By Ownership (2024)

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

Federal Government

535

jobs · $120,639 avg pay

State Government

966

jobs · $43,264 avg pay

Local Government

2,469

jobs · $52,386 avg pay

Private

36,527

jobs · $57,401 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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