Santa Cruz County, CA

FIPS 06087 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, Santa Cruz County had an annual average of 104,515 jobs across 10,171 establishments, paying $7.1 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

104,515

+1% YoY

Establishments

10,171

Total Wages

$7.1B

Avg Annual Pay

$67,622

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, CA, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
611 NAICS 611 13,045 270 $1,899 $984.3M
722 NAICS 722 10,064 594 $735 $318.8M
621 NAICS 621 7,077 632 $2,850 $728.3M
111 NAICS 111 6,772 195 $863 $304.0M
624 NAICS 624 5,754 2,646 $648 $194.0M
541 NAICS 541 4,380 957 $2,913 $450.3M
561 NAICS 561 3,772 371 $1,316 $204.5M
445 NAICS 445 3,464 137 $754 $135.8M
238 NAICS 238 3,226 532 $1,391 $233.4M
713 NAICS 713 2,712 88 $639 $84.1M
336 NAICS 336 2,018 16 $3,187 $334.5M
424 NAICS 424 1,912 125 $1,620 $161.0M
813 NAICS 813 1,535 207 $3,721 $82.2M
922 NAICS 922 1,485 16 $2,715 $163.4M
236 NAICS 236 1,457 386 $1,350 $102.2M
921 NAICS 921 1,425 10 $2,366 $131.9M
721 NAICS 721 1,421 94 $732 $54.1M
812 NAICS 812 1,328 200 $931 $46.9M
551 NAICS 551 1,256 34 $3,217 $210.0M
459 NAICS 459 1,256 177 $639 $41.7M
444 NAICS 444 1,240 71 $852 $54.9M
311 NAICS 311 1,201 49 $1,042 $65.1M
455 NAICS 455 1,162 24 $711 $43.0M
325 NAICS 325 1,153 12 $1,497 $89.7M
441 NAICS 441 941 55 $1,414 $69.2M
458 NAICS 458 933 105 $570 $27.7M
811 NAICS 811 922 160 $1,223 $58.7M
492 NAICS 492 861 14 $906 $40.6M
334 NAICS 334 854 40 $2,664 $118.3M
522 NAICS 522 803 84 $1,956 $81.7M
423 NAICS 423 798 107 $1,595 $66.2M
456 NAICS 456 756 74 $933 $36.6M
924 NAICS 924 743 20 $2,214 $59.3M
237 NAICS 237 733 29 $1,984 $73.5M
332 NAICS 332 724 38 $1,440 $54.2M
524 NAICS 524 628 93 $2,097 $68.4M
923 NAICS 923 574 3 $1,945 $54.0M
115 NAICS 115 567 37 $909 $26.8M
485 NAICS 485 557 17 $1,558 $40.6M
312 NAICS 312 526 46 $754 $20.7M
221 NAICS 221 502 19 $3,214 $64.2M
484 NAICS 484 425 45 $1,419 $31.4M
449 NAICS 449 404 59 $995 $20.9M
711 NAICS 711 402 68 $670 $14.0M
339 NAICS 339 365 29 $1,371 $26.0M
457 NAICS 457 363 51 $739 $13.9M
814 NAICS 814 330 205 $844 $14.5M
491 NAICS 491 301 14 $1,412 $22.1M
513 NAICS 513 233 36 $2,306 $27.9M
333 NAICS 333 206 13 $1,453 $15.5M
523 NAICS 523 201 63 $3,251 $33.9M
488 NAICS 488 192 19 $1,226 $12.1M
326 NAICS 326 189 9 $1,675 $16.5M
519 NAICS 519 186 1 $1,100 $10.6M
712 NAICS 712 160 10 $707 $5.9M
337 NAICS 337 158 20 $1,226 $10.0M
493 NAICS 493 144 18 $1,302 $8.8M
517 NAICS 517 144 12 $1,741 $13.0M
512 NAICS 512 139 31 $707 $5.1M
323 NAICS 323 130 24 $1,058 $7.1M
487 NAICS 487 124 9 $843 $5.5M
321 NAICS 321 124 7 $1,562 $10.1M
327 NAICS 327 113 6 $1,834 $10.8M
926 NAICS 926 100 7 $1,886 $8.2M
562 NAICS 562 99 14 $1,205 $6.2M
425 NAICS 425 86 32 $1,923 $8.6M
516 NAICS 516 78 14 $2,511 $10.2M
925 NAICS 925 77 2 $1,451 $5.8M
112 NAICS 112 73 12 $996 $3.8M
315 NAICS 315 47 5 $1,254 $3.1M
314 NAICS 314 28 4 $1,046 $1.5M
525 NAICS 525 10 7 $1,106 $0.6M
928 NAICS 928 6 1 $2,252 $0.7M
999 NAICS 999 1 10 $1,620 $0.1M

By Ownership (2024)

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

Federal Government

529

jobs · $96,188 avg pay

State Government

5,443

jobs · $95,456 avg pay

Local Government

12,540

jobs · $78,983 avg pay

Private

86,003

jobs · $64,029 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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