New Castle County, DE

FIPS 10003 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, New Castle County had an annual average of 303,806 jobs across 27,696 establishments, paying $24.4 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

303,806

+1.2% YoY

Establishments

27,696

Total Wages

$24.4B

Avg Annual Pay

$80,334

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 New Castle County, DE, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
522 NAICS 522 24,124 583 $3,682 $3,262.7M
541 NAICS 541 21,314 6,129 $2,616 $2,899.7M
722 NAICS 722 20,952 1,334 $491 $534.5M
622 NAICS 622 20,117 28 $2,192 $2,080.8M
621 NAICS 621 17,759 1,431 $1,394 $1,286.9M
561 NAICS 561 17,114 2,807 $1,109 $986.8M
611 NAICS 611 12,918 496 $1,910 $1,110.8M
238 NAICS 238 9,702 1,308 $1,508 $760.7M
624 NAICS 624 9,441 2,135 $664 $326.1M
523 NAICS 523 9,421 424 $2,773 $1,358.2M
623 NAICS 623 6,949 83 $958 $346.3M
551 NAICS 551 6,875 830 $3,262 $1,166.1M
445 NAICS 445 6,067 431 $637 $200.8M
713 NAICS 713 5,021 196 $486 $127.0M
455 NAICS 455 4,911 138 $621 $158.7M
524 NAICS 524 4,746 523 $3,143 $496.8M
921 NAICS 921 4,049 18 $2,392 $267.7M
423 NAICS 423 3,961 893 $1,745 $359.5M
441 NAICS 441 3,678 194 $1,310 $250.6M
812 NAICS 812 3,599 602 $727 $136.0M
236 NAICS 236 3,302 631 $1,715 $294.4M
531 NAICS 531 3,245 641 $1,522 $256.8M
424 NAICS 424 3,130 550 $2,012 $327.5M
444 NAICS 444 2,652 133 $840 $115.8M
492 NAICS 492 2,578 87 $808 $108.3M
325 NAICS 325 2,361 89 $2,417 $296.7M
459 NAICS 459 2,310 324 $537 $64.5M
456 NAICS 456 2,303 288 $843 $100.9M
458 NAICS 458 2,285 222 $503 $59.8M
811 NAICS 811 2,285 461 $1,218 $144.7M
457 NAICS 457 2,168 123 $728 $82.0M
449 NAICS 449 2,073 258 $1,119 $120.6M
334 NAICS 334 1,987 46 $2,260 $233.5M
813 NAICS 813 1,819 215 $2,381 $103.4M
237 NAICS 237 1,733 98 $1,794 $161.7M
488 NAICS 488 1,709 159 $2,319 $142.7M
721 NAICS 721 1,616 68 $700 $58.8M
484 NAICS 484 1,581 239 $1,363 $112.1M
221 NAICS 221 1,543 47 $2,754 $221.0M
491 NAICS 491 1,326 25 $1,377 $94.9M
923 NAICS 923 1,166 9 $2,250 $68.7M
562 NAICS 562 1,012 87 $1,449 $76.3M
335 NAICS 335 971 14 $1,733 $87.5M
517 NAICS 517 950 68 $2,038 $100.7M
326 NAICS 326 859 28 $1,467 $65.5M
425 NAICS 425 794 238 $2,358 $97.4M
332 NAICS 332 754 62 $1,397 $54.7M
485 NAICS 485 746 58 $723 $28.0M
922 NAICS 922 743 27 $2,467 $66.9M
712 NAICS 712 709 15 $1,882 $27.9M
711 NAICS 711 663 141 $796 $27.4M
513 NAICS 513 647 347 $2,128 $71.6M
327 NAICS 327 418 24 $1,546 $33.6M
928 NAICS 928 391 4 $1,752 $35.6M
337 NAICS 337 358 17 $1,157 $21.5M
518 NAICS 518 353 176 $2,630 $48.3M
512 NAICS 512 334 55 $522 $9.1M
333 NAICS 333 329 25 $1,547 $26.4M
312 NAICS 312 302 15 $1,047 $16.5M
814 NAICS 814 242 246 $862 $10.9M
481 NAICS 481 241 33 $2,043 $25.6M
323 NAICS 323 227 45 $1,236 $14.6M
336 NAICS 336 155 10 $2,039 $16.5M
339 NAICS 339 153 43 $1,621 $12.9M
926 NAICS 926 126 6 $2,109 $13.8M
111 NAICS 111 118 19 $977 $6.0M
516 NAICS 516 107 36 $2,860 $15.9M
112 NAICS 112 67 5 $844 $3.0M
321 NAICS 321 58 10 $1,089 $3.3M
519 NAICS 519 52 32 $1,512 $4.1M
924 NAICS 924 5 1 $2,531 $0.7M

By Ownership (2024)

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

Federal Government

3,780

jobs · $99,100 avg pay

State Government

16,521

jobs · $81,599 avg pay

Local Government

16,950

jobs · $67,521 avg pay

Private

266,555

jobs · $80,804 avg pay

DE Unemployment

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

5.3%

April 2026

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