Richmond City, VA

FIPS 51760 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, Richmond City had an annual average of 165,947 jobs across 9,205 establishments, paying $13.8 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

165,947

+3.4% YoY

Establishments

9,205

Total Wages

$13.8B

Avg Annual Pay

$83,392

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 Richmond City, VA, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
611 NAICS 611 17,907 138 $1,513 $1,309.1M
622 NAICS 622 15,550 19 $2,302 $1,288.5M
561 NAICS 561 11,915 427 $1,445 $716.3M
541 NAICS 541 11,859 1,358 $2,442 $1,490.0M
722 NAICS 722 10,921 643 $551 $312.7M
621 NAICS 621 9,108 466 $1,801 $824.2M
551 NAICS 551 8,781 118 $3,024 $1,381.0M
922 NAICS 922 4,999 93 $2,395 $440.7M
921 NAICS 921 4,133 63 $1,753 $352.7M
531 NAICS 531 4,072 387 $2,023 $428.4M
624 NAICS 624 3,744 1,026 $1,175 $178.1M
522 NAICS 522 3,593 131 $2,882 $412.7M
238 NAICS 238 3,266 246 $1,448 $246.0M
923 NAICS 923 3,065 20 $5,316 $266.5M
926 NAICS 926 2,831 45 $2,098 $224.3M
623 NAICS 623 2,815 68 $1,183 $142.5M
423 NAICS 423 2,699 198 $1,692 $237.4M
524 NAICS 524 2,368 149 $3,897 $285.7M
813 NAICS 813 2,274 219 $1,913 $167.2M
445 NAICS 445 2,224 190 $629 $72.7M
812 NAICS 812 2,114 272 $1,160 $99.6M
237 NAICS 237 1,866 46 $2,077 $179.2M
523 NAICS 523 1,755 171 $5,365 $489.5M
312 NAICS 312 1,713 26 $1,840 $163.9M
236 NAICS 236 1,616 185 $2,022 $169.9M
721 NAICS 721 1,616 45 $733 $61.6M
713 NAICS 713 1,433 73 $873 $45.2M
712 NAICS 712 1,342 20 $977 $62.3M
484 NAICS 484 1,295 62 $1,247 $84.0M
424 NAICS 424 1,091 96 $1,449 $82.2M
493 NAICS 493 1,038 21 $1,138 $61.5M
711 NAICS 711 997 88 $698 $36.2M
455 NAICS 455 971 48 $551 $27.8M
811 NAICS 811 944 150 $1,296 $63.4M
441 NAICS 441 848 84 $1,173 $51.8M
459 NAICS 459 811 127 $723 $30.5M
485 NAICS 485 755 21 $1,158 $45.4M
488 NAICS 488 753 41 $1,625 $60.2M
491 NAICS 491 725 13 $1,621 $61.1M
925 NAICS 925 707 11 $2,870 $63.2M
458 NAICS 458 684 89 $752 $26.7M
322 NAICS 322 597 11 $1,435 $44.5M
457 NAICS 457 596 80 $715 $22.1M
325 NAICS 325 584 14 $2,202 $66.8M
221 NAICS 221 573 42 $2,411 $51.8M
456 NAICS 456 562 68 $923 $27.0M
444 NAICS 444 542 24 $861 $24.3M
924 NAICS 924 532 9 $1,727 $46.2M
562 NAICS 562 508 30 $1,532 $38.4M
337 NAICS 337 427 23 $1,255 $27.9M
449 NAICS 449 380 58 $1,058 $20.9M
814 NAICS 814 374 502 $850 $16.5M
516 NAICS 516 362 16 $1,622 $30.5M
513 NAICS 513 343 62 $2,425 $43.2M
332 NAICS 332 334 32 $1,518 $26.3M
928 NAICS 928 330 4 $1,384 $23.4M
999 NAICS 999 299 142 $1,235 $19.1M
333 NAICS 333 295 13 $1,879 $28.8M
517 NAICS 517 274 21 $1,890 $26.9M
323 NAICS 323 258 22 $1,094 $14.7M
311 NAICS 311 254 27 $1,058 $14.0M
519 NAICS 519 246 12 $2,515 $14.9M
339 NAICS 339 242 24 $1,366 $17.2M
425 NAICS 425 214 36 $2,493 $27.7M
518 NAICS 518 167 35 $2,025 $17.5M
512 NAICS 512 132 39 $951 $6.5M
326 NAICS 326 111 5 $2,233 $12.9M
492 NAICS 492 102 9 $808 $4.3M
321 NAICS 321 81 9 $1,086 $4.6M
334 NAICS 334 59 14 $1,589 $4.8M
314 NAICS 314 49 6 $799 $2.0M
327 NAICS 327 35 8 $1,511 $2.7M
525 NAICS 525 10 1 $1,849 $1.0M
335 NAICS 335 4 1 $1,315 $0.3M

By Ownership (2024)

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

Federal Government

6,861

jobs · $112,442 avg pay

State Government

23,553

jobs · $81,002 avg pay

Local Government

10,638

jobs · $69,609 avg pay

Private

124,895

jobs · $83,421 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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