Porter County, IN

FIPS 18127 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, Porter County had an annual average of 63,768 jobs across 4,215 establishments, paying $3.7 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

63,768

+0.6% YoY

Establishments

4,215

Total Wages

$3.7B

Avg Annual Pay

$58,217

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 Porter County, IN, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
722 NAICS 722 6,465 330 $461 $140.7M
611 NAICS 611 5,515 114 $1,628 $248.5M
621 NAICS 621 4,965 328 $1,321 $340.9M
331 NAICS 331 4,721 9 $1,958 $480.6M
541 NAICS 541 3,237 563 $1,279 $215.3M
238 NAICS 238 3,194 269 $1,582 $262.7M
561 NAICS 561 2,370 225 $870 $104.7M
623 NAICS 623 1,968 38 $816 $83.5M
455 NAICS 455 1,888 37 $537 $52.8M
921 NAICS 921 1,862 23 $3,077 $97.3M
484 NAICS 484 1,601 116 $1,291 $107.4M
423 NAICS 423 1,379 176 $1,533 $110.0M
332 NAICS 332 1,218 36 $1,568 $99.3M
813 NAICS 813 981 76 $499 $25.4M
445 NAICS 445 956 44 $551 $27.4M
444 NAICS 444 913 39 $778 $36.9M
441 NAICS 441 909 58 $1,147 $54.2M
237 NAICS 237 820 18 $2,098 $89.4M
811 NAICS 811 820 131 $1,122 $46.6M
459 NAICS 459 816 86 $554 $23.5M
424 NAICS 424 806 70 $1,532 $64.2M
236 NAICS 236 783 125 $1,518 $61.8M
812 NAICS 812 772 103 $572 $23.0M
522 NAICS 522 754 94 $1,529 $60.0M
457 NAICS 457 670 61 $550 $19.2M
333 NAICS 333 621 13 $2,021 $65.3M
531 NAICS 531 591 150 $891 $27.4M
456 NAICS 456 529 46 $777 $21.4M
551 NAICS 551 524 30 $1,935 $52.7M
326 NAICS 326 458 6 $1,354 $32.2M
493 NAICS 493 395 10 $1,019 $20.9M
325 NAICS 325 391 16 $1,828 $37.2M
713 NAICS 713 369 36 $466 $8.9M
311 NAICS 311 360 20 $713 $13.3M
524 NAICS 524 342 94 $1,307 $23.2M
721 NAICS 721 336 31 $487 $8.5M
449 NAICS 449 285 32 $841 $12.5M
562 NAICS 562 248 18 $1,645 $21.2M
488 NAICS 488 223 34 $1,245 $14.3M
491 NAICS 491 212 8 $1,311 $14.4M
458 NAICS 458 198 32 $588 $6.0M
517 NAICS 517 194 13 $1,438 $14.5M
334 NAICS 334 189 8 $1,585 $15.6M
518 NAICS 518 169 11 $1,341 $11.8M
519 NAICS 519 160 2 $494 $4.1M
923 NAICS 923 144 5 $2,161 $11.5M
339 NAICS 339 138 18 $987 $7.1M
712 NAICS 712 134 1 $1,469 $10.2M
513 NAICS 513 116 26 $1,929 $11.6M
924 NAICS 924 106 6 $1,815 $5.0M
312 NAICS 312 86 10 $644 $2.9M
532 NAICS 532 82 18 $1,981 $8.4M
926 NAICS 926 81 8 $1,794 $5.2M
485 NAICS 485 81 1 $611 $2.6M
327 NAICS 327 77 7 $1,287 $5.1M
221 NAICS 221 74 1 $1,360 $5.2M
111 NAICS 111 53 12 $987 $2.7M
814 NAICS 814 29 38 $614 $0.9M
315 NAICS 315 28 3 $1,142 $1.6M
314 NAICS 314 18 4 $505 $0.5M
321 NAICS 321 18 4 $1,140 $1.1M
337 NAICS 337 13 5 $978 $0.7M
928 NAICS 928 1 2 $2,442 $0.1M

By Ownership (2024)

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

Federal Government

453

jobs · $79,811 avg pay

State Government

194

jobs · $45,982 avg pay

Local Government

6,120

jobs · $48,514 avg pay

Private

57,001

jobs · $59,129 avg pay

IN Unemployment

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

3.2%

April 2026

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