San Luis Obispo County, CA

FIPS 06079 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, San Luis Obispo County had an annual average of 121,958 jobs across 11,663 establishments, paying $7.5 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

121,958

+1.3% YoY

Establishments

11,663

Total Wages

$7.5B

Avg Annual Pay

$61,334

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 San Luis Obispo County, CA, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
722 NAICS 722 13,814 830 $554 $398.0M
611 NAICS 611 11,831 331 $1,661 $772.2M
621 NAICS 621 6,249 813 $1,481 $480.8M
541 NAICS 541 5,582 1,072 $1,783 $517.6M
624 NAICS 624 5,163 2,110 $1,972 $163.0M
238 NAICS 238 4,924 721 $1,354 $346.6M
721 NAICS 721 4,787 215 $719 $167.8M
622 NAICS 622 4,327 96 $2,666 $379.7M
561 NAICS 561 4,103 482 $941 $200.7M
115 NAICS 115 3,898 92 $727 $147.3M
445 NAICS 445 3,350 176 $768 $133.7M
312 NAICS 312 3,217 208 $1,192 $199.4M
921 NAICS 921 2,822 32 $2,028 $244.1M
922 NAICS 922 2,395 60 $2,052 $210.4M
221 NAICS 221 2,304 30 $3,924 $449.4M
623 NAICS 623 2,247 98 $941 $110.0M
236 NAICS 236 2,083 387 $1,437 $155.7M
459 NAICS 459 1,993 238 $722 $74.8M
237 NAICS 237 1,819 67 $2,039 $192.5M
455 NAICS 455 1,796 37 $702 $65.6M
111 NAICS 111 1,617 155 $864 $72.6M
713 NAICS 713 1,593 101 $424 $35.2M
444 NAICS 444 1,533 94 $871 $69.4M
531 NAICS 531 1,492 472 $1,075 $83.4M
441 NAICS 441 1,485 86 $1,417 $109.4M
424 NAICS 424 1,468 121 $1,240 $94.6M
813 NAICS 813 1,424 169 $2,408 $49.2M
811 NAICS 811 1,221 211 $1,476 $72.2M
926 NAICS 926 1,151 32 $1,938 $114.5M
923 NAICS 923 1,127 23 $1,731 $89.8M
458 NAICS 458 1,049 116 $495 $27.0M
812 NAICS 812 980 193 $1,316 $32.2M
924 NAICS 924 974 31 $2,310 $71.0M
522 NAICS 522 971 115 $1,976 $99.8M
311 NAICS 311 934 64 $874 $42.5M
456 NAICS 456 845 92 $970 $42.6M
449 NAICS 449 825 88 $1,019 $43.7M
423 NAICS 423 823 120 $1,336 $57.2M
333 NAICS 333 713 27 $1,622 $60.2M
332 NAICS 332 617 44 $1,454 $46.6M
335 NAICS 335 546 15 $1,588 $45.1M
513 NAICS 513 540 37 $3,161 $88.7M
524 NAICS 524 531 124 $1,721 $47.5M
457 NAICS 457 517 65 $756 $20.3M
551 NAICS 551 478 30 $1,700 $42.3M
711 NAICS 711 477 52 $573 $14.1M
481 NAICS 481 461 9 $1,319 $31.6M
325 NAICS 325 440 20 $1,548 $35.4M
562 NAICS 562 414 31 $1,391 $29.9M
336 NAICS 336 413 18 $1,545 $33.2M
484 NAICS 484 384 60 $1,213 $24.3M
339 NAICS 339 379 34 $1,288 $25.4M
491 NAICS 491 365 20 $1,448 $27.5M
488 NAICS 488 346 28 $786 $14.2M
523 NAICS 523 314 109 $2,830 $46.2M
492 NAICS 492 308 11 $1,061 $17.0M
485 NAICS 485 280 17 $1,454 $16.8M
814 NAICS 814 249 146 $665 $8.6M
334 NAICS 334 218 19 $1,610 $18.3M
517 NAICS 517 209 22 $1,764 $19.2M
323 NAICS 323 181 18 $1,193 $11.2M
326 NAICS 326 176 9 $1,335 $12.2M
512 NAICS 512 148 25 $533 $4.1M
925 NAICS 925 142 4 $1,558 $11.5M
315 NAICS 315 142 4 $953 $7.0M
327 NAICS 327 138 16 $1,293 $9.3M
425 NAICS 425 138 35 $1,703 $12.2M
493 NAICS 493 131 3 $967 $6.6M
516 NAICS 516 129 6 $1,377 $9.2M
519 NAICS 519 114 9 $1,219 $6.5M
337 NAICS 337 110 16 $1,335 $7.7M
712 NAICS 712 73 15 $589 $2.2M
212 NAICS 212 56 7 $1,732 $5.1M
314 NAICS 314 47 5 $950 $2.3M
518 NAICS 518 32 10 $1,841 $3.1M
928 NAICS 928 29 2 $1,489 $2.3M
321 NAICS 321 14 5 $1,189 $0.9M
525 NAICS 525 10 4 $3,360 $1.7M
999 NAICS 999 6 19 $902 $0.3M

By Ownership (2024)

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

Federal Government

602

jobs · $83,647 avg pay

State Government

9,484

jobs · $83,507 avg pay

Local Government

11,625

jobs · $72,132 avg pay

Private

100,247

jobs · $57,850 avg pay

CA Unemployment

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

5.3%

April 2026

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