Santa Cruz County, AZ

FIPS 04023 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, Santa Cruz County had an annual average of 13,675 jobs across 1,240 establishments, paying $0.8 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

13,675

-1.1% YoY

Establishments

1,240

Total Wages

$0.8B

Avg Annual Pay

$59,657

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 Santa Cruz County, AZ, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
424 NAICS 424 1,658 163 $1,492 $128.7M
922 NAICS 922 1,506 4 $2,495 $195.3M
722 NAICS 722 1,009 80 $509 $26.7M
455 NAICS 455 755 22 $560 $22.0M
488 NAICS 488 667 77 $947 $32.9M
493 NAICS 493 559 39 $900 $26.2M
921 NAICS 921 535 6 $1,015 $28.2M
621 NAICS 621 451 29 $1,391 $32.6M
484 NAICS 484 442 92 $1,095 $25.2M
445 NAICS 445 350 21 $697 $12.7M
721 NAICS 721 310 14 $597 $9.6M
339 NAICS 339 262 6 $1,284 $17.5M
444 NAICS 444 226 10 $721 $8.5M
926 NAICS 926 223 7 $1,766 $10.3M
423 NAICS 423 208 34 $1,634 $17.7M
115 NAICS 115 196 11 $844 $8.6M
624 NAICS 624 192 32 $540 $5.4M
541 NAICS 541 179 72 $1,206 $11.2M
236 NAICS 236 139 31 $1,005 $7.3M
441 NAICS 441 135 16 $1,054 $7.4M
458 NAICS 458 121 24 $450 $2.8M
457 NAICS 457 117 15 $625 $3.8M
459 NAICS 459 111 29 $547 $3.2M
611 NAICS 611 102 11 $703 $3.7M
524 NAICS 524 90 24 $1,117 $5.2M
811 NAICS 811 79 19 $970 $4.0M
531 NAICS 531 79 31 $842 $3.5M
813 NAICS 813 76 11 $612 $2.4M
312 NAICS 312 73 10 $601 $2.3M
425 NAICS 425 72 12 $1,523 $5.7M
522 NAICS 522 69 12 $1,076 $3.9M
491 NAICS 491 49 5 $1,339 $3.4M
221 NAICS 221 46 3 $1,670 $4.0M
456 NAICS 456 46 6 $649 $1.5M
551 NAICS 551 37 8 $1,221 $2.3M
516 NAICS 516 30 3 $949 $1.5M
924 NAICS 924 24 2 $1,927 $2.4M
812 NAICS 812 21 12 $421 $0.5M
517 NAICS 517 20 5 $1,175 $1.2M
449 NAICS 449 19 7 $496 $0.5M
814 NAICS 814 18 12 $914 $0.9M
311 NAICS 311 17 4 $492 $0.4M
712 NAICS 712 15 1 $1,227 $1.0M
532 NAICS 532 14 5 $314 $0.2M
925 NAICS 925 13 1 $1,528 $1.0M
321 NAICS 321 12 5 $719 $0.4M
523 NAICS 523 12 6 $851 $0.5M
923 NAICS 923 5 1 $1,865 $0.5M
999 NAICS 999 4 13 $1,135 $0.3M

By Ownership (2024)

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

Federal Government

1,656

jobs · $125,421 avg pay

State Government

203

jobs · $37,604 avg pay

Local Government

1,870

jobs · $53,812 avg pay

Private

9,946

jobs · $50,257 avg pay

AZ Unemployment

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

4.7%

April 2026

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