Nevada County, CA

FIPS 06057 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, Nevada County had an annual average of 35,000 jobs across 4,494 establishments, paying $2.2 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

35,000

+4% YoY

Establishments

4,494

Total Wages

$2.2B

Avg Annual Pay

$62,734

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 Nevada County, CA, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
999 NAICS 999 — 8 $3,362 $0.1M
722 NAICS 722 3,230 220 $568 $95.4M
611 NAICS 611 3,020 109 $1,176 $173.5M
621 NAICS 621 2,091 243 $1,724 $156.3M
541 NAICS 541 1,924 488 $2,506 $181.4M
238 NAICS 238 1,878 326 $1,330 $129.8M
624 NAICS 624 1,679 842 $1,164 $50.7M
445 NAICS 445 1,496 58 $765 $59.5M
236 NAICS 236 1,394 259 $1,357 $98.4M
813 NAICS 813 1,267 150 $982 $64.7M
713 NAICS 713 1,240 59 $746 $48.1M
561 NAICS 561 1,164 208 $2,838 $80.2M
721 NAICS 721 914 46 $823 $39.1M
622 NAICS 622 708 6 $2,339 $86.1M
444 NAICS 444 680 48 $997 $35.3M
459 NAICS 459 649 108 $722 $24.3M
922 NAICS 922 577 18 $1,900 $56.7M
531 NAICS 531 541 194 $1,552 $43.7M
921 NAICS 921 537 6 $1,716 $47.9M
811 NAICS 811 473 80 $1,136 $28.0M
926 NAICS 926 439 8 $2,223 $24.2M
221 NAICS 221 430 9 $2,099 $46.9M
334 NAICS 334 374 14 $1,772 $34.4M
237 NAICS 237 373 29 $2,834 $52.6M
812 NAICS 812 342 60 $701 $11.8M
924 NAICS 924 341 9 $2,040 $32.4M
423 NAICS 423 312 56 $1,381 $22.4M
455 NAICS 455 284 13 $490 $7.2M
923 NAICS 923 272 1 $1,595 $22.6M
332 NAICS 332 249 21 $1,536 $19.9M
522 NAICS 522 237 38 $1,528 $18.8M
457 NAICS 457 236 25 $975 $12.0M
449 NAICS 449 218 30 $1,269 $14.4M
441 NAICS 441 213 24 $968 $10.7M
524 NAICS 524 211 46 $2,717 $29.8M
456 NAICS 456 179 27 $967 $9.0M
492 NAICS 492 176 7 $1,023 $9.4M
485 NAICS 485 173 8 $1,043 $6.6M
458 NAICS 458 168 47 $525 $4.6M
711 NAICS 711 139 30 $746 $4.4M
491 NAICS 491 139 11 $1,225 $8.9M
424 NAICS 424 133 28 $1,462 $10.1M
312 NAICS 312 132 18 $685 $4.7M
562 NAICS 562 120 12 $1,293 $8.0M
311 NAICS 311 111 10 $776 $4.5M
333 NAICS 333 107 11 $1,090 $6.1M
488 NAICS 488 103 18 $1,824 $6.8M
513 NAICS 513 98 24 $2,627 $13.4M
814 NAICS 814 93 64 $758 $3.7M
111 NAICS 111 80 26 $523 $2.2M
325 NAICS 325 72 14 $1,159 $4.3M
517 NAICS 517 71 6 $1,564 $5.8M
516 NAICS 516 70 8 $1,096 $4.0M
484 NAICS 484 69 16 $974 $3.5M
336 NAICS 336 66 11 $995 $3.4M
712 NAICS 712 51 7 $602 $1.5M
115 NAICS 115 50 14 $840 $2.2M
519 NAICS 519 45 2 $946 $2.2M
327 NAICS 327 42 8 $1,860 $4.0M
339 NAICS 339 37 12 $782 $1.5M
493 NAICS 493 34 1 $2,112 $3.7M
512 NAICS 512 28 10 $795 $1.1M
551 NAICS 551 27 7 $1,502 $2.1M
112 NAICS 112 24 8 $823 $1.0M
337 NAICS 337 23 10 $1,357 $1.6M
323 NAICS 323 16 5 $786 $0.7M
928 NAICS 928 1 1 $1,780 $0.1M

By Ownership (2024)

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

Federal Government

368

jobs · $89,359 avg pay

State Government

547

jobs · $59,655 avg pay

Local Government

5,701

jobs · $84,165 avg pay

Private

28,384

jobs · $58,144 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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