Rowan County, NC

FIPS 37159 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, Rowan County had an annual average of 50,595 jobs across 3,333 establishments, paying $2.9 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

50,595

-0.3% YoY

Establishments

3,333

Total Wages

$2.9B

Avg Annual Pay

$57,503

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 Rowan County, NC, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
722 NAICS 722 4,268 252 $426 $94.6M
611 NAICS 611 3,983 79 $933 $181.3M
336 NAICS 336 2,724 18 $1,425 $202.0M
238 NAICS 238 2,599 309 $1,301 $175.8M
622 NAICS 622 2,522 1 $2,089 $274.0M
561 NAICS 561 2,209 229 $973 $109.3M
621 NAICS 621 1,954 195 $1,195 $121.0M
921 NAICS 921 1,930 10 $965 $96.9M
445 NAICS 445 1,924 52 $992 $97.7M
493 NAICS 493 1,826 10 $1,388 $131.8M
423 NAICS 423 1,658 113 $1,179 $101.6M
623 NAICS 623 1,590 30 $772 $63.8M
551 NAICS 551 1,324 22 $1,856 $127.8M
484 NAICS 484 1,239 108 $1,364 $87.9M
459 NAICS 459 1,151 72 $814 $48.7M
541 NAICS 541 1,075 273 $2,744 $85.5M
441 NAICS 441 1,012 77 $1,161 $61.1M
455 NAICS 455 810 44 $518 $21.8M
325 NAICS 325 766 11 $1,516 $60.4M
713 NAICS 713 595 32 $387 $12.0M
424 NAICS 424 588 54 $1,054 $32.2M
327 NAICS 327 576 18 $1,107 $33.1M
811 NAICS 811 533 112 $933 $25.9M
922 NAICS 922 470 6 $1,703 $30.0M
488 NAICS 488 448 16 $862 $20.1M
321 NAICS 321 444 14 $1,636 $37.8M
457 NAICS 457 429 63 $578 $12.9M
326 NAICS 326 396 11 $956 $19.7M
335 NAICS 335 361 6 $1,272 $23.9M
444 NAICS 444 360 28 $731 $13.7M
236 NAICS 236 357 120 $1,170 $21.7M
332 NAICS 332 356 39 $1,243 $23.0M
456 NAICS 456 352 32 $836 $15.3M
322 NAICS 322 338 4 $1,440 $25.3M
562 NAICS 562 317 23 $1,006 $16.6M
522 NAICS 522 305 52 $1,152 $18.3M
812 NAICS 812 279 67 $1,320 $9.5M
425 NAICS 425 267 25 $2,637 $36.6M
458 NAICS 458 240 35 $562 $7.0M
333 NAICS 333 235 9 $1,263 $15.4M
721 NAICS 721 206 23 $500 $5.3M
111 NAICS 111 190 18 $748 $7.4M
237 NAICS 237 186 21 $1,178 $11.4M
491 NAICS 491 183 12 $1,232 $11.7M
524 NAICS 524 182 60 $1,299 $12.3M
531 NAICS 531 175 113 $1,031 $9.3M
221 NAICS 221 170 9 $1,965 $17.3M
311 NAICS 311 150 9 $1,308 $10.2M
926 NAICS 926 144 8 $1,019 $7.6M
449 NAICS 449 129 19 $734 $4.9M
485 NAICS 485 123 7 $646 $4.1M
712 NAICS 712 115 7 $925 $2.8M
813 NAICS 813 90 27 $1,078 $5.1M
711 NAICS 711 82 22 $1,206 $5.1M
814 NAICS 814 81 75 $561 $2.4M
339 NAICS 339 75 7 $1,024 $4.0M
517 NAICS 517 72 6 $1,282 $4.8M
928 NAICS 928 70 1 $1,197 $4.4M
323 NAICS 323 55 5 $886 $2.5M
112 NAICS 112 44 5 $755 $1.7M
925 NAICS 925 36 2 $1,244 $2.3M
923 NAICS 923 36 3 $1,695 $2.3M
513 NAICS 513 32 6 $912 $1.5M
924 NAICS 924 29 3 $1,615 $1.8M
999 NAICS 999 3 7 $590 $0.1M

By Ownership (2024)

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

Federal Government

2,840

jobs · $103,918 avg pay

State Government

1,386

jobs · $46,442 avg pay

Local Government

4,341

jobs · $48,998 avg pay

Private

42,028

jobs · $55,610 avg pay

NC Unemployment

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

3.7%

April 2026

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