Otero County, NM

FIPS 35035 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, Otero County had an annual average of 17,528 jobs across 1,327 establishments, paying $0.9 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

17,528

+0.1% YoY

Establishments

1,327

Total Wages

$0.9B

Avg Annual Pay

$50,018

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 Otero County, NM, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
611 NAICS 611 1,921 27 $1,772 $109.4M
721 NAICS 721 1,288 29 $711 $44.4M
722 NAICS 722 1,246 84 $462 $29.9M
621 NAICS 621 1,107 89 $1,577 $55.9M
928 NAICS 928 949 6 $1,591 $78.5M
561 NAICS 561 901 90 $1,000 $46.4M
455 NAICS 455 852 22 $499 $21.4M
624 NAICS 624 827 111 $1,345 $25.8M
921 NAICS 921 692 11 $1,914 $32.6M
541 NAICS 541 582 130 $1,417 $42.7M
238 NAICS 238 555 73 $1,223 $27.0M
922 NAICS 922 530 19 $2,705 $46.7M
445 NAICS 445 451 10 $841 $12.4M
444 NAICS 444 338 16 $618 $10.9M
441 NAICS 441 273 29 $981 $13.9M
522 NAICS 522 252 29 $990 $13.0M
237 NAICS 237 249 15 $1,402 $14.1M
236 NAICS 236 242 36 $1,172 $14.7M
457 NAICS 457 235 22 $584 $7.1M
811 NAICS 811 197 40 $1,075 $9.6M
488 NAICS 488 169 12 $1,736 $15.1M
221 NAICS 221 162 19 $1,471 $11.0M
924 NAICS 924 152 7 $1,791 $13.0M
713 NAICS 713 147 13 $731 $4.2M
531 NAICS 531 146 52 $791 $5.9M
459 NAICS 459 143 28 $617 $4.6M
517 NAICS 517 116 13 $1,338 $8.0M
813 NAICS 813 92 26 $582 $2.8M
111 NAICS 111 86 7 $639 $2.9M
491 NAICS 491 84 13 $1,022 $4.5M
456 NAICS 456 72 9 $994 $3.7M
812 NAICS 812 69 16 $569 $2.0M
524 NAICS 524 64 24 $857 $2.9M
562 NAICS 562 61 11 $784 $2.5M
923 NAICS 923 60 4 $1,194 $2.3M
449 NAICS 449 53 11 $852 $2.3M
484 NAICS 484 50 16 $704 $1.8M
712 NAICS 712 50 5 $1,253 $3.1M
424 NAICS 424 48 9 $1,012 $2.6M
532 NAICS 532 46 10 $655 $1.6M
623 NAICS 623 43 1 $997 $2.2M
458 NAICS 458 40 10 $338 $0.7M
622 NAICS 622 31 1 $1,482 $2.4M
423 NAICS 423 29 14 $1,639 $2.5M
551 NAICS 551 28 8 $1,170 $1.7M
332 NAICS 332 22 4 $746 $0.9M
519 NAICS 519 19 3 $1,002 $0.9M
926 NAICS 926 17 5 $2,975 $1.1M
518 NAICS 518 8 6 $2,026 $0.8M
425 NAICS 425 5 3 $1,542 $0.4M
814 NAICS 814 4 4 $599 $0.1M
925 NAICS 925 3 2 $801 $0.1M

By Ownership (2024)

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

Federal Government

1,724

jobs · $76,918 avg pay

State Government

695

jobs · $59,913 avg pay

Local Government

3,587

jobs · $47,078 avg pay

Private

11,522

jobs · $46,311 avg pay

NM Unemployment

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

4.9%

April 2026

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