Merced County, CA

FIPS 06047 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, Merced County had an annual average of 84,953 jobs across 8,585 establishments, paying $4.7 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

84,953

+1.3% YoY

Establishments

8,585

Total Wages

$4.7B

Avg Annual Pay

$54,952

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 Merced County, CA, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
611 NAICS 611 13,256 145 $1,834 $930.0M
311 NAICS 311 6,485 76 $1,202 $405.4M
115 NAICS 115 6,415 170 $810 $270.3M
722 NAICS 722 5,858 381 $1,764 $153.0M
624 NAICS 624 4,948 4,081 $477 $122.8M
111 NAICS 111 3,846 326 $892 $178.5M
621 NAICS 621 3,446 342 $2,348 $238.5M
112 NAICS 112 3,136 217 $1,086 $177.0M
455 NAICS 455 2,454 44 $647 $82.6M
238 NAICS 238 2,227 290 $1,143 $132.3M
445 NAICS 445 1,821 120 $672 $63.6M
561 NAICS 561 1,709 184 $957 $69.7M
922 NAICS 922 1,445 11 $2,503 $136.3M
424 NAICS 424 1,328 64 $1,239 $85.5M
484 NAICS 484 1,320 291 $1,182 $81.1M
921 NAICS 921 1,223 11 $1,348 $85.7M
923 NAICS 923 1,193 2 $2,111 $65.5M
541 NAICS 541 1,056 197 $1,839 $63.2M
812 NAICS 812 991 70 $819 $41.7M
441 NAICS 441 972 80 $1,015 $51.3M
236 NAICS 236 902 131 $1,115 $52.3M
551 NAICS 551 849 17 $1,710 $75.5M
457 NAICS 457 846 86 $735 $32.3M
811 NAICS 811 841 132 $995 $43.5M
444 NAICS 444 825 41 $800 $34.3M
485 NAICS 485 675 17 $1,400 $29.2M
713 NAICS 713 634 34 $749 $18.3M
531 NAICS 531 551 141 $1,148 $26.9M
522 NAICS 522 551 53 $1,879 $42.0M
456 NAICS 456 521 54 $880 $23.9M
332 NAICS 332 520 25 $1,325 $35.8M
423 NAICS 423 502 52 $1,363 $35.6M
524 NAICS 524 483 64 $1,205 $30.3M
221 NAICS 221 475 16 $1,642 $40.6M
458 NAICS 458 467 32 $423 $10.3M
459 NAICS 459 422 62 $581 $12.7M
721 NAICS 721 412 29 $628 $13.4M
336 NAICS 336 391 4 $1,189 $24.2M
924 NAICS 924 379 18 $1,830 $28.2M
333 NAICS 333 358 16 $1,295 $24.1M
813 NAICS 813 320 51 $667 $11.1M
237 NAICS 237 305 26 $1,785 $25.7M
491 NAICS 491 249 18 $1,344 $17.4M
488 NAICS 488 233 38 $1,413 $13.3M
323 NAICS 323 229 10 $1,384 $16.5M
327 NAICS 327 214 7 $1,326 $14.7M
449 NAICS 449 201 41 $908 $9.5M
926 NAICS 926 164 9 $1,736 $12.5M
321 NAICS 321 137 6 $1,215 $8.6M
517 NAICS 517 110 11 $1,459 $8.4M
562 NAICS 562 106 11 $1,274 $6.4M
532 NAICS 532 102 22 $1,168 $6.2M
516 NAICS 516 68 7 $1,341 $4.7M
512 NAICS 512 68 7 $577 $2.0M
814 NAICS 814 64 40 $687 $2.3M
325 NAICS 325 50 4 $1,714 $4.5M
519 NAICS 519 47 1 $724 $1.8M
523 NAICS 523 36 10 $2,507 $4.6M
925 NAICS 925 34 3 $1,264 $2.2M
337 NAICS 337 29 4 $859 $1.3M
339 NAICS 339 27 7 $1,104 $1.5M
712 NAICS 712 23 5 $489 $0.6M
711 NAICS 711 13 11 $656 $0.4M
493 NAICS 493 4 1 $1,231 $0.3M
999 NAICS 999 1 10 $350 $0.0M

By Ownership (2024)

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

Federal Government

771

jobs · $104,176 avg pay

State Government

2,432

jobs · $92,426 avg pay

Local Government

15,459

jobs · $66,606 avg pay

Private

66,291

jobs · $50,287 avg pay

CA Unemployment

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

5.3%

April 2026

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