Nash County, NC

FIPS 37127 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, Nash County had an annual average of 39,498 jobs across 2,446 establishments, paying $2.2 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

39,498

+0.8% YoY

Establishments

2,446

Total Wages

$2.2B

Avg Annual Pay

$54,440

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 Nash County, NC, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
999 NAICS 999 — 9 $2,034 $0.0M
722 NAICS 722 3,393 181 $397 $70.0M
611 NAICS 611 2,741 46 $1,035 $134.1M
621 NAICS 621 2,098 163 $1,083 $115.5M
622 NAICS 622 1,824 1 $1,468 $139.2M
561 NAICS 561 1,648 173 $1,296 $57.8M
424 NAICS 424 1,342 41 $1,261 $88.0M
455 NAICS 455 1,289 49 $512 $34.4M
238 NAICS 238 1,104 141 $1,165 $66.9M
921 NAICS 921 1,060 13 $950 $52.2M
423 NAICS 423 1,019 80 $1,341 $71.0M
445 NAICS 445 999 41 $493 $25.6M
311 NAICS 311 880 16 $879 $40.3M
541 NAICS 541 840 188 $1,391 $60.8M
623 NAICS 623 833 24 $789 $34.2M
441 NAICS 441 780 57 $978 $39.7M
522 NAICS 522 672 50 $1,381 $48.3M
811 NAICS 811 619 73 $901 $29.0M
332 NAICS 332 614 19 $1,178 $37.6M
551 NAICS 551 607 20 $1,682 $53.1M
926 NAICS 926 561 7 $1,355 $33.4M
236 NAICS 236 558 80 $1,498 $43.5M
111 NAICS 111 493 38 $741 $19.0M
457 NAICS 457 491 66 $619 $15.8M
237 NAICS 237 486 13 $1,397 $35.3M
484 NAICS 484 461 45 $1,205 $28.9M
334 NAICS 334 448 4 $1,475 $34.3M
444 NAICS 444 446 26 $791 $18.4M
721 NAICS 721 356 32 $415 $7.7M
922 NAICS 922 351 4 $1,269 $23.2M
456 NAICS 456 351 38 $739 $13.5M
458 NAICS 458 330 43 $395 $6.8M
321 NAICS 321 295 8 $1,068 $16.4M
713 NAICS 713 289 21 $334 $5.0M
459 NAICS 459 246 52 $585 $7.5M
531 NAICS 531 238 84 $904 $11.2M
812 NAICS 812 236 42 $883 $10.8M
524 NAICS 524 198 52 $1,341 $13.8M
112 NAICS 112 132 10 $1,028 $7.1M
813 NAICS 813 123 18 $1,210 $7.7M
449 NAICS 449 121 23 $900 $5.6M
425 NAICS 425 116 16 $1,246 $7.5M
115 NAICS 115 116 21 $491 $3.0M
523 NAICS 523 114 36 $2,729 $16.2M
491 NAICS 491 89 10 $1,211 $5.6M
513 NAICS 513 65 10 $2,518 $8.5M
923 NAICS 923 62 2 $1,518 $2.5M
323 NAICS 323 55 9 $809 $2.3M
924 NAICS 924 50 2 $1,116 $2.9M
562 NAICS 562 46 9 $1,316 $3.2M
814 NAICS 814 43 38 $567 $1.3M
925 NAICS 925 35 1 $1,077 $2.0M
519 NAICS 519 30 1 $686 $1.1M
516 NAICS 516 29 5 $690 $1.0M
488 NAICS 488 26 12 $955 $1.1M
339 NAICS 339 19 4 $801 $0.8M
493 NAICS 493 11 1 $687 $0.4M
928 NAICS 928 3 1 $1,966 $0.3M

By Ownership (2024)

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

Federal Government

109

jobs · $62,790 avg pay

State Government

1,458

jobs · $54,636 avg pay

Local Government

4,775

jobs · $61,318 avg pay

Private

33,156

jobs · $53,413 avg pay

NC Unemployment

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

3.7%

April 2026

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