Mesa County, CO

FIPS 08077 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, Mesa County had an annual average of 66,865 jobs across 5,690 establishments, paying $3.8 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

66,865

+2.1% YoY

Establishments

5,690

Total Wages

$3.8B

Avg Annual Pay

$57,309

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 Mesa County, CO, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
722 NAICS 722 6,166 309 $500 $160.2M
611 NAICS 611 5,373 81 $963 $251.7M
622 NAICS 622 4,893 10 $2,104 $420.6M
621 NAICS 621 4,855 395 $1,343 $339.1M
238 NAICS 238 3,121 444 $1,191 $193.3M
921 NAICS 921 2,625 12 $2,022 $166.7M
541 NAICS 541 2,623 737 $2,066 $190.8M
561 NAICS 561 2,289 278 $1,050 $107.4M
624 NAICS 624 1,914 207 $588 $58.5M
423 NAICS 423 1,898 209 $1,479 $145.9M
623 NAICS 623 1,798 44 $1,335 $82.7M
455 NAICS 455 1,666 32 $611 $52.9M
445 NAICS 445 1,568 75 $739 $60.2M
441 NAICS 441 1,422 75 $1,295 $95.8M
459 NAICS 459 1,366 136 $898 $63.8M
213 NAICS 213 1,268 111 $1,943 $128.1M
237 NAICS 237 1,130 51 $1,480 $84.7M
236 NAICS 236 1,048 181 $1,529 $83.4M
522 NAICS 522 995 85 $1,374 $71.1M
721 NAICS 721 975 49 $588 $29.8M
444 NAICS 444 971 48 $859 $43.4M
811 NAICS 811 899 197 $1,006 $47.0M
484 NAICS 484 871 111 $1,405 $63.7M
713 NAICS 713 841 62 $393 $17.2M
812 NAICS 812 743 128 $655 $25.3M
488 NAICS 488 741 21 $1,504 $57.0M
531 NAICS 531 684 345 $898 $31.9M
922 NAICS 922 670 18 $1,804 $51.2M
457 NAICS 457 660 56 $689 $23.6M
332 NAICS 332 490 28 $1,098 $27.9M
924 NAICS 924 480 11 $1,722 $39.3M
424 NAICS 424 473 73 $1,236 $30.4M
524 NAICS 524 453 110 $1,504 $35.4M
458 NAICS 458 453 56 $475 $11.2M
492 NAICS 492 452 16 $947 $22.3M
333 NAICS 333 424 14 $1,578 $34.8M
562 NAICS 562 417 24 $1,662 $36.0M
221 NAICS 221 377 25 $2,111 $37.2M
456 NAICS 456 371 44 $862 $16.6M
449 NAICS 449 366 46 $855 $16.3M
532 NAICS 532 349 53 $1,113 $20.2M
491 NAICS 491 315 16 $1,456 $23.8M
327 NAICS 327 313 10 $1,275 $20.7M
813 NAICS 813 299 62 $920 $14.3M
485 NAICS 485 288 14 $597 $8.9M
312 NAICS 312 276 26 $635 $9.1M
311 NAICS 311 269 16 $804 $11.3M
314 NAICS 314 251 6 $877 $11.4M
339 NAICS 339 219 21 $950 $10.8M
336 NAICS 336 204 10 $1,292 $13.7M
111 NAICS 111 203 30 $587 $6.2M
551 NAICS 551 201 42 $1,554 $16.3M
513 NAICS 513 146 24 $1,985 $15.0M
516 NAICS 516 144 14 $1,002 $7.5M
517 NAICS 517 140 12 $1,445 $10.5M
323 NAICS 323 134 12 $835 $5.8M
481 NAICS 481 129 6 $488 $3.3M
326 NAICS 326 124 8 $1,256 $8.1M
337 NAICS 337 112 12 $896 $5.2M
493 NAICS 493 105 5 $1,032 $5.6M
519 NAICS 519 101 1 $790 $4.1M
926 NAICS 926 91 9 $2,072 $9.0M
923 NAICS 923 86 7 $1,769 $5.8M
325 NAICS 325 80 11 $1,872 $7.8M
321 NAICS 321 79 13 $973 $4.0M
814 NAICS 814 75 66 $475 $1.8M
112 NAICS 112 74 14 $804 $3.1M
925 NAICS 925 59 1 $1,220 $3.7M
712 NAICS 712 50 1 $1,273 $3.3M
334 NAICS 334 50 6 $1,671 $4.3M
425 NAICS 425 40 13 $2,145 $4.4M
115 NAICS 115 34 11 $729 $1.3M
928 NAICS 928 21 3 $1,692 $1.6M
315 NAICS 315 15 4 $623 $0.5M
999 NAICS 999 9 20 $1,248 $0.6M

By Ownership (2024)

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

Federal Government

2,002

jobs · $98,379 avg pay

State Government

2,016

jobs · $60,515 avg pay

Local Government

6,773

jobs · $56,024 avg pay

Private

56,074

jobs · $55,883 avg pay

CO Unemployment

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

3.9%

April 2026

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