Petersburg City, VA

FIPS 51730 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, Petersburg City had an annual average of 11,754 jobs across 996 establishments, paying $0.6 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

11,754

-2.5% YoY

Establishments

996

Total Wages

$0.6B

Avg Annual Pay

$53,539

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 Petersburg City, VA, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
622 NAICS 622 1,582 4 $1,315 $108.1M
621 NAICS 621 980 90 $1,254 $63.9M
611 NAICS 611 934 12 $1,602 $51.9M
722 NAICS 722 755 60 $413 $16.2M
624 NAICS 624 733 232 $1,279 $28.8M
623 NAICS 623 722 38 $904 $33.9M
455 NAICS 455 455 15 $569 $13.4M
812 NAICS 812 419 29 $740 $16.0M
238 NAICS 238 402 26 $1,400 $29.2M
922 NAICS 922 364 16 $1,403 $25.0M
423 NAICS 423 248 18 $1,527 $19.7M
457 NAICS 457 186 21 $623 $6.0M
325 NAICS 325 165 3 $2,145 $18.4M
445 NAICS 445 134 23 $562 $3.9M
441 NAICS 441 128 22 $859 $5.7M
456 NAICS 456 119 13 $778 $4.8M
926 NAICS 926 96 5 $808 $3.5M
811 NAICS 811 90 22 $1,011 $4.7M
921 NAICS 921 86 6 $1,481 $5.1M
491 NAICS 491 85 2 $1,410 $6.3M
531 NAICS 531 84 25 $947 $4.2M
923 NAICS 923 79 5 $1,575 $5.2M
484 NAICS 484 76 9 $1,068 $4.2M
311 NAICS 311 76 5 $910 $3.6M
522 NAICS 522 76 10 $1,174 $4.6M
444 NAICS 444 74 8 $777 $3.0M
485 NAICS 485 69 1 $738 $2.6M
459 NAICS 459 65 20 $439 $1.5M
532 NAICS 532 62 8 $1,398 $4.5M
925 NAICS 925 62 3 $1,252 $4.0M
449 NAICS 449 58 7 $694 $2.1M
221 NAICS 221 55 2 $1,054 $3.0M
713 NAICS 713 52 2 $407 $1.1M
813 NAICS 813 47 7 $999 $2.4M
488 NAICS 488 42 8 $927 $2.0M
323 NAICS 323 39 3 $1,063 $2.2M
237 NAICS 237 33 1 $946 $1.6M
236 NAICS 236 26 11 $788 $1.0M
712 NAICS 712 26 1 $1,385 $1.9M
814 NAICS 814 22 24 $608 $0.7M
458 NAICS 458 17 4 $336 $0.3M
519 NAICS 519 17 1 $672 $0.6M
924 NAICS 924 8 1 $1,600 $0.7M
928 NAICS 928 7 2 $1,646 $0.5M
999 NAICS 999 7 — $1,809 $0.6M
541 NAICS 541 3 1 $951 $0.1M

By Ownership (2024)

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

Federal Government

140

jobs · $74,959 avg pay

State Government

197

jobs · $59,321 avg pay

Local Government

1,774

jobs · $57,002 avg pay

Private

9,643

jobs · $52,478 avg pay

VA Unemployment

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

3.8%

April 2026

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