Roanoke City, VA

FIPS 51770 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, Roanoke City had an annual average of 65,678 jobs across 3,547 establishments, paying $4.1 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

65,678

+1.6% YoY

Establishments

3,547

Total Wages

$4.1B

Avg Annual Pay

$62,732

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 Roanoke City, VA, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
722 NAICS 722 5,080 254 $471 $124.4M
611 NAICS 611 3,745 43 $1,179 $213.5M
621 NAICS 621 3,212 188 $1,383 $224.5M
551 NAICS 551 3,199 44 $1,706 $283.7M
541 NAICS 541 2,807 343 $1,718 $250.6M
561 NAICS 561 2,398 155 $923 $110.9M
455 NAICS 455 2,070 44 $558 $60.0M
237 NAICS 237 1,992 22 $1,862 $162.1M
238 NAICS 238 1,792 138 $1,243 $115.8M
624 NAICS 624 1,763 469 $1,289 $72.6M
423 NAICS 423 1,335 102 $1,626 $112.9M
922 NAICS 922 1,176 39 $2,224 $92.0M
441 NAICS 441 1,143 74 $1,022 $60.8M
713 NAICS 713 1,121 37 $542 $17.3M
812 NAICS 812 973 108 $773 $39.1M
524 NAICS 524 918 70 $1,843 $88.0M
522 NAICS 522 857 68 $3,891 $73.4M
923 NAICS 923 826 15 $1,758 $67.5M
445 NAICS 445 806 69 $557 $23.4M
236 NAICS 236 754 75 $1,384 $53.5M
484 NAICS 484 718 39 $1,507 $56.2M
493 NAICS 493 702 13 $887 $32.4M
456 NAICS 456 695 48 $954 $34.5M
813 NAICS 813 692 53 $1,040 $34.6M
444 NAICS 444 650 29 $841 $28.4M
721 NAICS 721 635 27 $598 $19.7M
458 NAICS 458 626 64 $389 $12.7M
459 NAICS 459 615 63 $489 $15.6M
491 NAICS 491 574 6 $1,395 $41.7M
531 NAICS 531 536 126 $1,279 $35.6M
811 NAICS 811 522 96 $1,129 $24.2M
424 NAICS 424 507 37 $1,673 $44.1M
921 NAICS 921 500 9 $1,996 $32.8M
485 NAICS 485 495 10 $837 $21.6M
449 NAICS 449 368 37 $908 $17.4M
532 NAICS 532 364 40 $956 $18.1M
623 NAICS 623 354 3 $982 $17.9M
339 NAICS 339 263 12 $1,179 $16.1M
332 NAICS 332 248 18 $1,122 $14.5M
926 NAICS 926 245 13 $1,779 $16.8M
221 NAICS 221 232 3 $1,179 $14.2M
711 NAICS 711 231 24 $590 $7.1M
325 NAICS 325 206 6 $1,331 $14.3M
562 NAICS 562 199 10 $1,140 $11.1M
516 NAICS 516 182 7 $1,189 $11.2M
336 NAICS 336 163 5 $1,007 $8.5M
925 NAICS 925 158 3 $1,073 $8.8M
457 NAICS 457 149 28 $562 $4.3M
712 NAICS 712 148 7 $1,199 $5.2M
327 NAICS 327 84 9 $1,213 $5.3M
999 NAICS 999 83 49 $540 $2.3M
513 NAICS 513 65 9 $1,183 $4.0M
519 NAICS 519 64 1 $832 $2.8M
488 NAICS 488 62 1 $1,278 $4.1M
517 NAICS 517 60 12 $2,033 $6.4M
323 NAICS 323 48 10 $768 $1.9M
814 NAICS 814 44 78 $1,090 $2.5M
333 NAICS 333 41 4 $1,174 $2.5M
928 NAICS 928 25 2 $2,154 $2.8M
924 NAICS 924 17 3 $1,286 $0.9M

By Ownership (2024)

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

Federal Government

1,579

jobs · $88,847 avg pay

State Government

1,890

jobs · $56,739 avg pay

Local Government

5,166

jobs · $59,417 avg pay

Private

57,043

jobs · $62,507 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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