Person County, NC

FIPS 37145 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, Person County had an annual average of 9,287 jobs across 818 establishments, paying $0.5 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

9,287

-2.4% YoY

Establishments

818

Total Wages

$0.5B

Avg Annual Pay

$50,067

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 Person County, NC, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
999 NAICS 999 — 1 — —
611 NAICS 611 897 29 $1,153 $48.7M
722 NAICS 722 875 51 $384 $17.5M
921 NAICS 921 670 2 $927 $32.3M
621 NAICS 621 587 46 $1,057 $32.3M
455 NAICS 455 401 16 $535 $11.1M
238 NAICS 238 303 72 $1,078 $17.0M
445 NAICS 445 294 19 $440 $5.8M
444 NAICS 444 293 14 $880 $13.4M
221 NAICS 221 232 9 $2,623 $31.7M
441 NAICS 441 216 15 $731 $8.2M
811 NAICS 811 209 43 $1,069 $10.5M
561 NAICS 561 208 61 $605 $6.6M
541 NAICS 541 196 60 $970 $9.9M
236 NAICS 236 187 29 $1,434 $13.9M
457 NAICS 457 155 28 $492 $4.0M
623 NAICS 623 153 18 $710 $5.6M
522 NAICS 522 115 15 $1,077 $6.4M
812 NAICS 812 110 8 $433 $2.5M
459 NAICS 459 86 19 $784 $3.5M
456 NAICS 456 78 7 $662 $2.7M
551 NAICS 551 70 4 $2,102 $7.6M
111 NAICS 111 55 12 $755 $2.2M
922 NAICS 922 50 3 $1,308 $3.4M
424 NAICS 424 49 10 $1,206 $3.1M
721 NAICS 721 46 3 $346 $0.8M
491 NAICS 491 45 3 $1,387 $3.3M
488 NAICS 488 39 5 $706 $1.4M
562 NAICS 562 38 6 $1,374 $2.7M
237 NAICS 237 38 7 $954 $1.9M
926 NAICS 926 34 7 $1,139 $2.0M
458 NAICS 458 33 9 $528 $0.9M
449 NAICS 449 29 4 $791 $1.2M
327 NAICS 327 29 3 $2,026 $3.0M
484 NAICS 484 19 18 $869 $0.9M
112 NAICS 112 16 5 $442 $0.4M
924 NAICS 924 15 2 $1,270 $0.6M
813 NAICS 813 14 10 $847 $0.6M
814 NAICS 814 10 13 $587 $0.3M
925 NAICS 925 10 1 $1,012 $0.6M
923 NAICS 923 6 3 $948 $0.3M

By Ownership (2024)

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

Federal Government

50

jobs · $70,774 avg pay

State Government

264

jobs · $53,146 avg pay

Local Government

1,301

jobs · $52,043 avg pay

Private

7,672

jobs · $49,485 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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