Orange County, CA

FIPS 06059 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, Orange County had an annual average of 1,661,276 jobs across 148,394 establishments, paying $135.2 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

1,661,276

+1% YoY

Establishments

148,394

Total Wages

$135.2B

Avg Annual Pay

$81,403

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 Orange County, CA, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
722 NAICS 722 147,947 8,145 $648 $4,763.8M
541 NAICS 541 137,310 19,978 $2,340 $16,703.6M
561 NAICS 561 132,820 5,317 $1,632 $7,456.0M
611 NAICS 611 123,969 2,929 $2,163 $9,022.6M
621 NAICS 621 105,057 12,030 $2,247 $8,248.1M
238 NAICS 238 73,178 5,185 $1,659 $6,314.7M
624 NAICS 624 59,884 37,798 $952 $1,707.3M
713 NAICS 713 52,755 937 $746 $2,042.4M
423 NAICS 423 48,332 3,880 $2,260 $5,679.7M
622 NAICS 622 42,888 118 $2,407 $4,192.6M
551 NAICS 551 35,887 554 $2,914 $5,438.0M
531 NAICS 531 34,845 7,058 $1,944 $3,521.9M
334 NAICS 334 33,347 604 $3,462 $6,003.8M
445 NAICS 445 31,096 1,373 $781 $1,263.0M
623 NAICS 623 29,621 985 $1,052 $1,619.8M
522 NAICS 522 28,548 2,118 $3,162 $3,697.8M
455 NAICS 455 27,279 586 $799 $1,133.1M
721 NAICS 721 26,606 611 $998 $1,379.4M
424 NAICS 424 25,778 2,152 $1,721 $2,306.7M
339 NAICS 339 25,491 644 $1,909 $2,530.1M
236 NAICS 236 23,918 2,900 $2,033 $2,528.7M
524 NAICS 524 20,559 2,270 $3,477 $2,650.3M
332 NAICS 332 20,254 904 $1,462 $1,540.1M
921 NAICS 921 20,114 80 $2,496 $1,773.9M
812 NAICS 812 19,179 3,390 $1,747 $657.1M
336 NAICS 336 17,925 264 $2,849 $2,655.8M
441 NAICS 441 17,238 993 $1,629 $1,460.5M
811 NAICS 811 15,795 2,364 $1,399 $1,017.8M
922 NAICS 922 15,231 57 $2,829 $2,059.4M
458 NAICS 458 14,931 1,418 $801 $621.7M
813 NAICS 813 14,921 1,253 $2,963 $800.3M
459 NAICS 459 14,194 1,895 $823 $607.5M
456 NAICS 456 14,087 1,453 $1,106 $810.5M
523 NAICS 523 11,771 2,022 $5,057 $3,095.4M
444 NAICS 444 10,359 516 $1,113 $599.7M
492 NAICS 492 9,596 242 $1,034 $515.7M
449 NAICS 449 9,440 988 $1,121 $550.1M
237 NAICS 237 8,743 327 $2,756 $1,208.6M
513 NAICS 513 8,473 505 $3,783 $1,666.7M
311 NAICS 311 8,240 388 $1,165 $499.3M
325 NAICS 325 8,212 310 $1,894 $808.6M
493 NAICS 493 8,057 170 $1,544 $642.1M
711 NAICS 711 7,529 876 $1,525 $570.8M
333 NAICS 333 6,980 364 $1,919 $696.5M
221 NAICS 221 6,979 176 $3,028 $964.3M
326 NAICS 326 5,932 174 $1,754 $541.1M
323 NAICS 323 5,781 455 $1,210 $363.6M
484 NAICS 484 5,706 904 $1,199 $355.8M
532 NAICS 532 5,699 530 $1,650 $489.1M
457 NAICS 457 5,385 547 $1,008 $222.7M
517 NAICS 517 5,352 260 $3,005 $836.4M
491 NAICS 491 5,162 73 $1,351 $362.7M
562 NAICS 562 5,158 227 $1,794 $462.6M
485 NAICS 485 4,997 179 $1,636 $334.0M
335 NAICS 335 4,881 179 $1,848 $469.0M
425 NAICS 425 4,797 992 $1,997 $498.1M
337 NAICS 337 4,480 197 $1,366 $318.2M
488 NAICS 488 4,170 477 $2,209 $326.3M
923 NAICS 923 3,748 43 $2,361 $381.5M
312 NAICS 312 2,684 111 $1,209 $168.7M
315 NAICS 315 2,624 173 $1,485 $202.6M
926 NAICS 926 2,497 115 $1,995 $252.6M
518 NAICS 518 2,462 245 $2,575 $311.2M
928 NAICS 928 2,287 13 $2,135 $253.7M
814 NAICS 814 2,262 1,576 $868 $102.1M
512 NAICS 512 2,225 344 $923 $106.7M
322 NAICS 322 1,945 55 $1,666 $168.5M
519 NAICS 519 1,792 52 $7,702 $511.1M
516 NAICS 516 1,606 176 $2,728 $227.8M
314 NAICS 314 1,232 83 $1,222 $78.2M
327 NAICS 327 1,143 106 $1,407 $83.6M
111 NAICS 111 1,137 83 $972 $57.5M
481 NAICS 481 1,091 36 $1,776 $100.8M
924 NAICS 924 1,089 23 $2,333 $75.3M
321 NAICS 321 888 86 $1,171 $54.1M
331 NAICS 331 878 52 $1,572 $71.8M
712 NAICS 712 697 40 $928 $33.4M
115 NAICS 115 516 52 $1,033 $27.7M
925 NAICS 925 490 9 $2,698 $41.8M
313 NAICS 313 429 26 $1,234 $27.5M
487 NAICS 487 421 33 $781 $17.1M
316 NAICS 316 401 23 $1,423 $29.6M
533 NAICS 533 257 45 $2,648 $35.4M
324 NAICS 324 224 17 $2,575 $30.0M
483 NAICS 483 143 15 $924 $6.9M
999 NAICS 999 111 244 $1,260 $7.3M
114 NAICS 114 25 10 $1,086 $1.4M
112 NAICS 112 24 18 $1,338 $1.7M
927 NAICS 927 14 1 $3,086 $2.2M

By Ownership (2024)

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

Federal Government

10,868

jobs · $95,916 avg pay

State Government

29,719

jobs · $108,642 avg pay

Local Government

118,402

jobs · $85,152 avg pay

Private

1,502,287

jobs · $80,463 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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