Mercer County, OH

FIPS 39107 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, Mercer County had an annual average of 20,581 jobs across 1,219 establishments, paying $1.0 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

20,581

+1.8% YoY

Establishments

1,219

Total Wages

$1.0B

Avg Annual Pay

$50,671

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 Mercer County, OH, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
333 NAICS 333 1,812 17 $1,394 $131.3M
611 NAICS 611 1,365 22 $969 $68.8M
722 NAICS 722 1,329 85 $316 $21.8M
484 NAICS 484 1,264 54 $1,281 $84.2M
311 NAICS 311 1,218 16 $889 $56.3M
621 NAICS 621 766 64 $1,218 $48.5M
336 NAICS 336 750 6 $1,305 $50.9M
112 NAICS 112 729 47 $949 $35.9M
323 NAICS 323 726 9 $833 $31.4M
623 NAICS 623 642 9 $660 $22.0M
238 NAICS 238 634 85 $1,158 $38.2M
622 NAICS 622 547 1 $867 $24.7M
332 NAICS 332 492 26 $1,095 $28.0M
541 NAICS 541 489 66 $1,337 $34.0M
236 NAICS 236 463 35 $1,231 $29.6M
455 NAICS 455 461 11 $529 $12.7M
423 NAICS 423 439 35 $1,435 $32.7M
444 NAICS 444 380 18 $891 $17.6M
424 NAICS 424 345 29 $1,319 $23.7M
813 NAICS 813 330 25 $213 $3.7M
524 NAICS 524 314 20 $1,445 $23.6M
811 NAICS 811 290 60 $933 $14.1M
522 NAICS 522 276 26 $1,120 $16.1M
445 NAICS 445 264 18 $379 $5.2M
326 NAICS 326 258 4 $1,128 $15.1M
441 NAICS 441 254 26 $809 $10.7M
457 NAICS 457 229 29 $558 $6.6M
561 NAICS 561 222 32 $652 $7.5M
921 NAICS 921 184 27 $711 $6.8M
922 NAICS 922 148 10 $1,941 $9.7M
624 NAICS 624 135 6 $1,025 $7.2M
115 NAICS 115 131 9 $584 $4.0M
459 NAICS 459 126 17 $538 $3.5M
456 NAICS 456 121 12 $709 $4.5M
111 NAICS 111 109 8 $1,401 $7.9M
562 NAICS 562 98 11 $820 $4.2M
458 NAICS 458 95 20 $395 $1.9M
812 NAICS 812 89 18 $1,328 $2.2M
237 NAICS 237 88 14 $1,353 $5.8M
314 NAICS 314 77 5 $1,075 $4.3M
449 NAICS 449 77 11 $1,014 $4.1M
321 NAICS 321 76 4 $962 $3.8M
551 NAICS 551 64 4 $2,185 $7.3M
926 NAICS 926 62 8 $1,621 $4.4M
337 NAICS 337 62 7 $1,140 $3.7M
312 NAICS 312 60 3 $165 $0.5M
491 NAICS 491 59 9 $1,378 $4.2M
721 NAICS 721 59 8 $470 $1.4M
519 NAICS 519 58 4 $373 $1.1M
517 NAICS 517 40 4 $1,474 $3.1M
923 NAICS 923 33 6 $2,105 $1.1M
532 NAICS 532 28 10 $821 $1.2M
221 NAICS 221 26 3 $1,382 $1.9M
531 NAICS 531 25 16 $773 $1.0M
523 NAICS 523 22 7 $1,806 $2.1M
713 NAICS 713 19 1 $283 $0.3M
924 NAICS 924 12 3 $1,544 $0.8M
925 NAICS 925 10 1 $925 $0.5M
814 NAICS 814 7 7 $472 $0.2M

By Ownership (2024)

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

Federal Government

84

jobs · $75,340 avg pay

State Government

144

jobs · $56,120 avg pay

Local Government

2,472

jobs · $48,324 avg pay

Private

17,881

jobs · $50,835 avg pay

OH Unemployment

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

3.9%

April 2026

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