Portsmouth City, VA

FIPS 51740 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, Portsmouth City had an annual average of 43,620 jobs across 1,876 establishments, paying $3.0 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

43,620

+0.6% YoY

Establishments

1,876

Total Wages

$3.0B

Avg Annual Pay

$67,867

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 Portsmouth City, VA, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
924 NAICS 924 — — — —
336 NAICS 336 10,574 12 $1,755 $964.3M
561 NAICS 561 2,856 77 $1,021 $142.8M
611 NAICS 611 2,431 13 $1,152 $138.7M
722 NAICS 722 2,296 145 $436 $50.4M
621 NAICS 621 2,263 153 $1,154 $126.1M
541 NAICS 541 1,673 151 $1,924 $151.6M
713 NAICS 713 1,576 19 $922 $70.1M
623 NAICS 623 1,455 41 $958 $71.9M
622 NAICS 622 1,385 1 $1,963 $141.4M
238 NAICS 238 1,170 96 $1,368 $83.2M
928 NAICS 928 1,106 2 $1,834 $105.4M
488 NAICS 488 1,095 25 $1,750 $98.8M
922 NAICS 922 950 16 $1,459 $70.6M
445 NAICS 445 775 39 $838 $22.1M
237 NAICS 237 663 20 $1,570 $53.9M
455 NAICS 455 624 32 $601 $15.9M
812 NAICS 812 572 46 $859 $24.0M
926 NAICS 926 566 8 $2,001 $51.1M
811 NAICS 811 559 81 $1,143 $33.2M
484 NAICS 484 469 43 $1,173 $28.6M
332 NAICS 332 424 13 $1,488 $32.8M
562 NAICS 562 333 12 $1,450 $24.3M
423 NAICS 423 329 26 $1,554 $26.6M
457 NAICS 457 328 38 $778 $10.2M
441 NAICS 441 321 39 $797 $13.3M
424 NAICS 424 314 13 $1,128 $18.4M
524 NAICS 524 280 22 $1,358 $19.8M
921 NAICS 921 273 6 $1,260 $16.8M
459 NAICS 459 246 36 $838 $10.7M
444 NAICS 444 240 13 $660 $8.2M
531 NAICS 531 215 71 $1,110 $11.4M
522 NAICS 522 198 23 $1,111 $11.4M
456 NAICS 456 194 24 $871 $8.8M
721 NAICS 721 176 7 $484 $4.4M
624 NAICS 624 174 3 $1,251 $11.2M
923 NAICS 923 170 7 $2,440 $18.2M
493 NAICS 493 154 6 $1,348 $10.8M
236 NAICS 236 139 26 $1,134 $8.2M
925 NAICS 925 106 2 $1,198 $6.6M
449 NAICS 449 104 15 $998 $5.4M
491 NAICS 491 103 5 $1,529 $8.2M
483 NAICS 483 81 6 $1,577 $6.6M
813 NAICS 813 73 20 $931 $3.5M
551 NAICS 551 71 7 $1,607 $6.0M
458 NAICS 458 67 11 $467 $1.6M
221 NAICS 221 61 1 $1,260 $4.0M
999 NAICS 999 54 20 $724 $2.0M
311 NAICS 311 50 5 $2,277 $6.0M
814 NAICS 814 45 44 $510 $1.2M
327 NAICS 327 37 4 $1,172 $2.3M
323 NAICS 323 36 5 $729 $1.4M
712 NAICS 712 33 1 $978 $1.7M
519 NAICS 519 32 1 $872 $1.4M
711 NAICS 711 12 8 $510 $0.3M
523 NAICS 523 10 7 $1,319 $0.7M
339 NAICS 339 6 5 $928 $0.3M

By Ownership (2024)

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

Federal Government

13,878

jobs · $91,986 avg pay

State Government

562

jobs · $55,536 avg pay

Local Government

4,017

jobs · $61,509 avg pay

Private

25,163

jobs · $55,855 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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