Placer County, CA

FIPS 06061 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, Placer County had an annual average of 186,941 jobs across 15,743 establishments, paying $13.6 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

186,941

+1.3% YoY

Establishments

15,743

Total Wages

$13.6B

Avg Annual Pay

$72,804

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 Placer County, CA, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
722 NAICS 722 17,809 1,002 $697 $545.7M
621 NAICS 621 15,125 1,099 $2,393 $1,873.6M
611 NAICS 611 12,988 388 $1,328 $819.1M
238 NAICS 238 12,446 1,008 $1,437 $930.3M
541 NAICS 541 11,698 1,748 $2,371 $1,066.3M
713 NAICS 713 9,348 167 $1,025 $379.2M
561 NAICS 561 8,552 680 $1,586 $517.9M
624 NAICS 624 8,079 3,183 $1,421 $268.3M
236 NAICS 236 4,883 600 $1,927 $489.3M
531 NAICS 531 4,488 856 $1,769 $412.9M
445 NAICS 445 4,386 148 $776 $176.9M
455 NAICS 455 4,380 68 $680 $154.8M
921 NAICS 921 4,200 12 $3,302 $416.3M
441 NAICS 441 3,956 164 $1,599 $328.9M
811 NAICS 811 3,101 305 $1,506 $242.9M
524 NAICS 524 3,076 282 $2,940 $341.2M
423 NAICS 423 2,772 214 $1,534 $221.2M
721 NAICS 721 2,300 76 $814 $97.4M
522 NAICS 522 2,294 227 $2,323 $276.9M
812 NAICS 812 2,292 384 $1,237 $72.1M
551 NAICS 551 2,255 41 $2,404 $281.9M
237 NAICS 237 2,086 82 $2,303 $244.2M
459 NAICS 459 2,067 236 $642 $68.9M
444 NAICS 444 1,976 90 $845 $86.8M
458 NAICS 458 1,887 165 $561 $55.0M
221 NAICS 221 1,784 35 $3,444 $297.0M
922 NAICS 922 1,683 18 $2,053 $179.3M
813 NAICS 813 1,541 172 $973 $78.0M
449 NAICS 449 1,524 107 $973 $77.1M
492 NAICS 492 1,346 29 $936 $65.5M
424 NAICS 424 1,269 98 $1,570 $103.6M
339 NAICS 339 1,209 32 $1,208 $76.0M
456 NAICS 456 1,163 130 $903 $54.6M
334 NAICS 334 1,140 36 $2,566 $152.1M
523 NAICS 523 1,028 233 $3,593 $192.1M
532 NAICS 532 976 83 $1,450 $73.6M
484 NAICS 484 969 215 $1,024 $51.6M
513 NAICS 513 797 54 $3,001 $124.3M
332 NAICS 332 743 65 $1,251 $48.4M
457 NAICS 457 718 89 $751 $28.1M
311 NAICS 311 709 30 $1,030 $38.0M
333 NAICS 333 669 32 $1,379 $48.0M
321 NAICS 321 620 10 $1,498 $48.3M
562 NAICS 562 610 35 $1,914 $46.7M
924 NAICS 924 489 13 $2,040 $39.6M
491 NAICS 491 456 26 $1,431 $33.9M
488 NAICS 488 452 64 $1,458 $33.2M
312 NAICS 312 441 32 $742 $17.0M
517 NAICS 517 399 24 $1,786 $37.1M
336 NAICS 336 384 16 $1,770 $35.3M
512 NAICS 512 365 19 $438 $8.3M
711 NAICS 711 327 71 $1,243 $15.1M
926 NAICS 926 320 15 $1,683 $27.4M
337 NAICS 337 306 27 $1,209 $19.2M
493 NAICS 493 286 12 $1,880 $21.7M
814 NAICS 814 279 194 $766 $11.1M
516 NAICS 516 250 20 $1,704 $22.2M
327 NAICS 327 236 8 $1,290 $15.8M
485 NAICS 485 232 19 $1,106 $10.5M
111 NAICS 111 229 39 $797 $9.5M
425 NAICS 425 190 52 $2,442 $24.1M
923 NAICS 923 186 9 $1,796 $17.2M
325 NAICS 325 166 9 $1,751 $15.1M
335 NAICS 335 151 4 $1,103 $8.7M
518 NAICS 518 125 16 $1,770 $11.5M
326 NAICS 326 120 9 $1,321 $8.3M
323 NAICS 323 80 22 $867 $3.6M
519 NAICS 519 57 5 $1,394 $3.9M
115 NAICS 115 57 13 $1,967 $5.8M
112 NAICS 112 50 16 $1,151 $3.0M
533 NAICS 533 40 6 $1,432 $3.0M
712 NAICS 712 39 8 $1,023 $2.1M
928 NAICS 928 36 3 $2,117 $4.0M
999 NAICS 999 28 29 $1,824 $2.6M
314 NAICS 314 22 6 $891 $1.0M
481 NAICS 481 22 5 $1,391 $1.6M
525 NAICS 525 13 10 $813 $0.6M
622 NAICS 622 2 1 $2,898 $0.3M

By Ownership (2024)

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

Federal Government

742

jobs · $85,564 avg pay

State Government

760

jobs · $80,816 avg pay

Local Government

20,379

jobs · $77,174 avg pay

Private

165,060

jobs · $72,170 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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