Rensselaer County, NY

FIPS 36083 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, Rensselaer County had an annual average of 56,790 jobs across 3,500 establishments, paying $4.5 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

56,790

+0.6% YoY

Establishments

3,500

Total Wages

$4.5B

Avg Annual Pay

$78,790

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 Rensselaer County, NY, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
722 NAICS 722 4,146 307 $529 $114.1M
611 NAICS 611 2,798 52 $1,500 $218.2M
921 NAICS 921 2,649 30 $2,395 $160.7M
541 NAICS 541 2,588 346 $2,145 $288.2M
623 NAICS 623 2,136 75 $932 $103.5M
621 NAICS 621 2,136 158 $1,244 $138.1M
238 NAICS 238 1,712 246 $1,608 $143.2M
445 NAICS 445 1,533 85 $596 $47.5M
455 NAICS 455 1,221 27 $552 $35.1M
813 NAICS 813 984 105 $892 $45.6M
423 NAICS 423 906 68 $2,356 $111.1M
561 NAICS 561 898 188 $1,022 $47.7M
524 NAICS 524 884 46 $1,779 $81.7M
485 NAICS 485 752 8 $1,065 $41.6M
236 NAICS 236 676 123 $1,384 $48.6M
459 NAICS 459 647 71 $992 $33.3M
457 NAICS 457 603 68 $765 $24.0M
444 NAICS 444 574 38 $874 $26.1M
922 NAICS 922 541 26 $3,227 $88.4M
441 NAICS 441 503 52 $1,160 $30.3M
237 NAICS 237 483 28 $2,354 $59.1M
484 NAICS 484 477 27 $1,607 $39.9M
811 NAICS 811 466 111 $1,034 $25.0M
531 NAICS 531 444 89 $1,064 $24.2M
311 NAICS 311 418 18 $994 $21.6M
456 NAICS 456 371 47 $780 $15.1M
332 NAICS 332 335 13 $1,441 $25.1M
812 NAICS 812 334 77 $632 $11.0M
112 NAICS 112 312 31 $969 $15.7M
713 NAICS 713 306 29 $439 $7.0M
522 NAICS 522 304 56 $1,004 $15.9M
551 NAICS 551 272 18 $1,928 $27.3M
334 NAICS 334 258 12 $1,707 $22.9M
491 NAICS 491 233 27 $1,423 $17.3M
424 NAICS 424 213 27 $1,910 $21.2M
924 NAICS 924 154 16 $1,737 $13.3M
999 NAICS 999 152 215 $820 $6.5M
562 NAICS 562 147 16 $1,981 $15.1M
721 NAICS 721 140 14 $756 $5.5M
449 NAICS 449 133 20 $1,014 $7.0M
513 NAICS 513 116 32 $3,056 $18.5M
111 NAICS 111 113 20 $658 $3.9M
926 NAICS 926 106 9 $2,424 $12.9M
517 NAICS 517 106 8 $1,980 $10.9M
458 NAICS 458 96 18 $509 $2.5M
321 NAICS 321 96 8 $1,095 $5.4M
518 NAICS 518 88 4 $1,553 $7.1M
339 NAICS 339 77 6 $1,267 $5.1M
323 NAICS 323 68 9 $941 $3.3M
488 NAICS 488 54 6 $1,923 $5.4M
333 NAICS 333 53 6 $1,157 $3.2M
337 NAICS 337 41 3 $1,189 $2.6M
814 NAICS 814 38 36 $571 $1.1M
923 NAICS 923 37 7 $2,327 $3.9M
312 NAICS 312 37 7 $361 $0.7M
928 NAICS 928 22 1 $1,534 $1.8M
327 NAICS 327 20 4 $1,798 $1.8M

By Ownership (2024)

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

Federal Government

401

jobs · $79,004 avg pay

State Government

1,952

jobs · $134,235 avg pay

Local Government

8,719

jobs · $60,326 avg pay

Private

45,718

jobs · $79,940 avg pay

NY Unemployment

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

4.6%

April 2026

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