Salem City, VA

FIPS 51775 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, Salem City had an annual average of 20,481 jobs across 1,123 establishments, paying $1.3 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

20,481

+0.9% YoY

Establishments

1,123

Total Wages

$1.3B

Avg Annual Pay

$63,387

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 Salem City, VA, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
622 NAICS 622 1,809 1 $2,047 $192.6M
722 NAICS 722 1,384 78 $458 $33.0M
611 NAICS 611 1,374 14 $949 $65.1M
423 NAICS 423 1,104 40 $1,845 $105.9M
621 NAICS 621 1,043 94 $1,731 $93.9M
424 NAICS 424 866 14 $1,371 $61.7M
332 NAICS 332 780 12 $1,409 $57.1M
541 NAICS 541 624 91 $1,558 $50.5M
238 NAICS 238 529 52 $1,217 $33.5M
922 NAICS 922 407 21 $2,396 $28.1M
445 NAICS 445 396 12 $569 $11.7M
623 NAICS 623 377 10 $889 $17.4M
455 NAICS 455 376 7 $538 $10.5M
237 NAICS 237 336 2 $1,530 $25.6M
811 NAICS 811 303 51 $935 $14.4M
524 NAICS 524 278 32 $1,604 $23.2M
441 NAICS 441 269 22 $981 $13.7M
551 NAICS 551 253 6 $1,359 $17.9M
236 NAICS 236 244 21 $1,212 $15.2M
444 NAICS 444 214 11 $636 $7.1M
325 NAICS 325 211 4 $1,134 $12.4M
721 NAICS 721 201 17 $504 $5.3M
624 NAICS 624 155 2 $891 $7.2M
813 NAICS 813 146 16 $649 $4.9M
522 NAICS 522 142 22 $1,094 $8.1M
812 NAICS 812 141 36 $604 $4.4M
459 NAICS 459 123 21 $513 $3.3M
924 NAICS 924 106 2 $1,265 $7.0M
484 NAICS 484 97 16 $1,008 $5.1M
532 NAICS 532 96 10 $922 $4.6M
531 NAICS 531 94 43 $891 $4.4M
561 NAICS 561 93 2 $516 $2.5M
713 NAICS 713 82 1 $380 $1.6M
327 NAICS 327 79 5 $1,106 $4.6M
221 NAICS 221 72 3 $1,536 $5.8M
921 NAICS 921 72 5 $1,436 $4.5M
456 NAICS 456 60 9 $863 $2.7M
491 NAICS 491 60 1 $1,327 $4.1M
323 NAICS 323 44 6 $831 $1.9M
457 NAICS 457 42 10 $501 $1.1M
458 NAICS 458 41 8 $571 $1.2M
999 NAICS 999 34 17 $2,247 $4.0M
517 NAICS 517 34 3 $1,289 $2.3M
449 NAICS 449 25 8 $541 $0.7M
425 NAICS 425 24 9 $8,108 $2.2M
519 NAICS 519 18 1 $778 $0.7M
339 NAICS 339 16 8 $596 $0.5M
923 NAICS 923 15 2 $935 $0.7M
562 NAICS 562 14 1 $1,015 $0.7M
926 NAICS 926 13 3 $1,189 $0.5M
928 NAICS 928 11 1 $1,215 $0.7M
814 NAICS 814 8 11 $754 $0.3M

By Ownership (2024)

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

Federal Government

1,888

jobs · $105,097 avg pay

State Government

578

jobs · $74,826 avg pay

Local Government

1,570

jobs · $48,894 avg pay

Private

16,445

jobs · $59,581 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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