New Hanover County, NC

FIPS 37129 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, New Hanover County had an annual average of 130,465 jobs across 11,216 establishments, paying $8.0 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

130,465

+1.1% YoY

Establishments

11,216

Total Wages

$8.0B

Avg Annual Pay

$61,611

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 Hanover County, NC, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
622 NAICS 622 — 2 — —
722 NAICS 722 15,599 831 $476 $386.4M
541 NAICS 541 10,575 1,953 $2,053 $1,066.6M
621 NAICS 621 9,940 786 $1,415 $731.3M
611 NAICS 611 9,023 200 $1,209 $488.1M
561 NAICS 561 7,138 732 $1,064 $355.6M
238 NAICS 238 5,082 628 $1,212 $320.1M
921 NAICS 921 4,113 12 $2,175 $273.1M
445 NAICS 445 3,320 119 $852 $98.1M
624 NAICS 624 3,098 272 $610 $98.3M
455 NAICS 455 2,862 77 $600 $89.3M
441 NAICS 441 2,592 135 $1,450 $195.4M
236 NAICS 236 2,552 445 $1,539 $204.2M
423 NAICS 423 2,426 326 $1,733 $218.6M
237 NAICS 237 2,252 85 $1,421 $166.4M
522 NAICS 522 2,231 193 $2,129 $246.9M
531 NAICS 531 2,070 676 $1,186 $127.6M
713 NAICS 713 1,995 132 $577 $59.9M
721 NAICS 721 1,836 89 $771 $53.5M
459 NAICS 459 1,658 243 $552 $47.6M
811 NAICS 811 1,645 296 $1,035 $88.6M
812 NAICS 812 1,551 320 $660 $53.2M
458 NAICS 458 1,541 175 $499 $40.0M
444 NAICS 444 1,533 84 $865 $68.9M
488 NAICS 488 1,498 62 $1,497 $100.7M
513 NAICS 513 1,484 136 $2,760 $212.9M
336 NAICS 336 1,459 8 $2,546 $193.2M
327 NAICS 327 1,255 15 $1,764 $115.1M
813 NAICS 813 1,234 120 $743 $47.7M
424 NAICS 424 1,227 140 $1,312 $83.7M
524 NAICS 524 1,186 214 $1,495 $92.2M
449 NAICS 449 1,096 126 $911 $51.9M
484 NAICS 484 1,006 90 $1,129 $59.0M
325 NAICS 325 848 11 $2,085 $91.9M
532 NAICS 532 841 79 $1,011 $44.2M
456 NAICS 456 829 106 $791 $34.1M
492 NAICS 492 825 18 $932 $40.0M
457 NAICS 457 542 86 $686 $19.3M
332 NAICS 332 535 38 $1,431 $39.8M
922 NAICS 922 524 12 $2,340 $40.7M
551 NAICS 551 500 64 $1,565 $40.7M
562 NAICS 562 482 31 $1,139 $28.6M
311 NAICS 311 481 26 $735 $18.4M
926 NAICS 926 419 16 $1,951 $33.9M
312 NAICS 312 416 22 $538 $11.6M
491 NAICS 491 399 10 $1,472 $30.5M
425 NAICS 425 395 61 $1,922 $39.5M
517 NAICS 517 384 26 $1,663 $33.2M
924 NAICS 924 374 6 $2,442 $21.0M
333 NAICS 333 318 19 $1,329 $22.0M
221 NAICS 221 317 22 $2,255 $37.2M
711 NAICS 711 296 70 $539 $8.3M
516 NAICS 516 253 25 $1,238 $16.3M
493 NAICS 493 243 11 $964 $12.2M
339 NAICS 339 182 32 $864 $8.2M
321 NAICS 321 160 6 $1,295 $10.8M
485 NAICS 485 152 11 $872 $6.5M
518 NAICS 518 152 37 $2,825 $22.3M
512 NAICS 512 149 50 $919 $7.1M
814 NAICS 814 144 150 $687 $5.1M
323 NAICS 323 144 36 $815 $6.1M
334 NAICS 334 118 8 $1,578 $9.7M
337 NAICS 337 109 13 $1,137 $6.4M
923 NAICS 923 90 3 $1,671 $4.7M
712 NAICS 712 85 6 $530 $2.3M
111 NAICS 111 81 7 $671 $2.8M
925 NAICS 925 67 1 $1,128 $3.9M
928 NAICS 928 56 3 $1,825 $5.3M
533 NAICS 533 51 14 $1,225 $3.2M
487 NAICS 487 38 10 $528 $1.0M
335 NAICS 335 27 5 $1,757 $2.5M
519 NAICS 519 24 14 $1,927 $2.0M
113 NAICS 113 19 3 $1,985 $2.0M
115 NAICS 115 18 8 $1,378 $1.3M
999 NAICS 999 16 34 $2,135 $1.7M

By Ownership (2024)

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

Federal Government

1,138

jobs · $95,449 avg pay

State Government

5,307

jobs · $62,867 avg pay

Local Government

7,933

jobs · $58,485 avg pay

Private

116,087

jobs · $61,436 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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