Portage County, WI

FIPS 55097 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, Portage County had an annual average of 29,077 jobs across 1,861 establishments, paying $1.7 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

29,077

0% YoY

Establishments

1,861

Total Wages

$1.7B

Avg Annual Pay

$57,228

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 Portage County, WI, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
524 NAICS 524 3,453 55 $1,968 $353.4M
722 NAICS 722 2,731 187 $343 $48.7M
311 NAICS 311 1,663 12 $1,089 $94.2M
611 NAICS 611 1,556 36 $961 $75.0M
621 NAICS 621 1,468 111 $1,669 $127.5M
541 NAICS 541 1,344 122 $1,663 $116.2M
921 NAICS 921 1,105 28 $959 $55.1M
455 NAICS 455 1,010 14 $416 $21.8M
624 NAICS 624 870 181 $566 $25.6M
561 NAICS 561 811 78 $912 $38.5M
238 NAICS 238 782 102 $1,200 $48.8M
484 NAICS 484 706 57 $1,273 $46.8M
493 NAICS 493 639 7 $1,018 $33.8M
813 NAICS 813 633 37 $617 $20.3M
332 NAICS 332 628 14 $1,232 $40.3M
522 NAICS 522 613 41 $1,733 $49.8M
424 NAICS 424 613 32 $1,529 $48.8M
445 NAICS 445 590 22 $519 $15.9M
322 NAICS 322 529 3 $1,612 $44.4M
441 NAICS 441 498 30 $1,093 $28.3M
459 NAICS 459 473 58 $505 $12.4M
111 NAICS 111 460 32 $1,107 $26.5M
457 NAICS 457 448 28 $517 $12.0M
713 NAICS 713 406 21 $377 $8.0M
721 NAICS 721 403 22 $492 $10.3M
444 NAICS 444 383 15 $747 $14.9M
458 NAICS 458 364 12 $670 $12.7M
333 NAICS 333 351 5 $989 $18.1M
236 NAICS 236 341 55 $1,250 $22.1M
323 NAICS 323 338 6 $1,050 $18.4M
812 NAICS 812 319 48 $683 $11.3M
811 NAICS 811 264 52 $987 $13.6M
551 NAICS 551 242 18 $1,535 $19.3M
312 NAICS 312 194 8 $656 $6.6M
321 NAICS 321 184 9 $1,025 $9.8M
449 NAICS 449 157 23 $861 $7.0M
531 NAICS 531 144 56 $968 $7.2M
112 NAICS 112 134 17 $811 $5.7M
237 NAICS 237 128 8 $1,961 $13.1M
456 NAICS 456 116 11 $591 $3.6M
327 NAICS 327 116 8 $1,177 $7.1M
115 NAICS 115 114 10 $864 $5.1M
491 NAICS 491 97 10 $1,267 $6.4M
523 NAICS 523 95 28 $1,606 $7.9M
221 NAICS 221 91 6 $1,775 $8.4M
517 NAICS 517 64 8 $1,436 $4.8M
513 NAICS 513 54 10 $1,181 $3.3M
337 NAICS 337 47 5 $936 $2.3M
562 NAICS 562 41 4 $1,045 $2.2M
922 NAICS 922 34 5 $1,389 $2.4M
814 NAICS 814 29 16 $583 $0.9M
926 NAICS 926 11 2 $1,176 $0.7M
924 NAICS 924 8 2 $1,770 $0.8M
928 NAICS 928 3 1 $1,195 $0.2M

By Ownership (2024)

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

Federal Government

165

jobs · $72,538 avg pay

Private

28,912

jobs · $57,142 avg pay

WI Unemployment

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

3.5%

April 2026

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