Schenectady County, NY

FIPS 36093 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, Schenectady County had an annual average of 58,508 jobs across 3,562 establishments, paying $4.3 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

58,508

+1.5% YoY

Establishments

3,562

Total Wages

$4.3B

Avg Annual Pay

$73,795

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 Schenectady County, NY, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
541 NAICS 541 6,138 356 $2,800 $893.8M
722 NAICS 722 3,588 326 $514 $95.9M
921 NAICS 921 2,826 17 $1,915 $228.8M
445 NAICS 445 2,426 113 $943 $118.9M
623 NAICS 623 2,216 50 $934 $107.6M
611 NAICS 611 2,013 52 $868 $90.9M
621 NAICS 621 1,988 166 $1,422 $147.0M
333 NAICS 333 1,844 16 $2,561 $245.6M
238 NAICS 238 1,785 225 $1,397 $129.7M
524 NAICS 524 1,650 56 $2,084 $178.8M
561 NAICS 561 1,533 225 $918 $70.6M
455 NAICS 455 1,277 29 $587 $39.0M
721 NAICS 721 1,090 23 $1,189 $67.4M
485 NAICS 485 991 21 $915 $45.5M
493 NAICS 493 962 13 $1,116 $55.8M
441 NAICS 441 927 52 $1,446 $69.7M
551 NAICS 551 829 40 $2,518 $108.6M
444 NAICS 444 709 26 $895 $33.0M
813 NAICS 813 694 100 $557 $20.1M
423 NAICS 423 634 78 $1,834 $60.4M
923 NAICS 923 607 8 $2,499 $77.5M
312 NAICS 312 507 9 $1,369 $36.1M
457 NAICS 457 507 62 $776 $20.5M
713 NAICS 713 487 40 $1,034 $12.3M
811 NAICS 811 469 91 $1,157 $28.2M
531 NAICS 531 465 104 $1,097 $26.6M
522 NAICS 522 463 74 $1,225 $29.5M
236 NAICS 236 451 120 $1,168 $27.4M
325 NAICS 325 438 7 $1,841 $42.0M
332 NAICS 332 399 12 $1,605 $33.3M
484 NAICS 484 394 34 $1,336 $27.3M
812 NAICS 812 387 87 $599 $12.0M
456 NAICS 456 372 39 $1,071 $20.7M
492 NAICS 492 359 10 $677 $12.6M
322 NAICS 322 348 3 $1,383 $25.0M
459 NAICS 459 317 61 $614 $10.1M
562 NAICS 562 260 20 $1,505 $20.4M
458 NAICS 458 256 25 $513 $6.8M
491 NAICS 491 250 10 $1,480 $19.3M
327 NAICS 327 235 12 $1,352 $16.5M
922 NAICS 922 213 15 $3,093 $30.6M
449 NAICS 449 212 30 $1,266 $14.0M
311 NAICS 311 211 11 $1,312 $14.4M
711 NAICS 711 210 9 $757 $8.3M
928 NAICS 928 205 2 $1,495 $16.0M
424 NAICS 424 196 22 $1,286 $13.1M
999 NAICS 999 191 263 $918 $9.1M
237 NAICS 237 164 10 $2,272 $19.4M
513 NAICS 513 128 21 $1,639 $10.9M
323 NAICS 323 115 7 $1,377 $8.3M
516 NAICS 516 104 5 $1,650 $9.0M
336 NAICS 336 100 4 $3,113 $16.1M
926 NAICS 926 89 8 $2,554 $11.4M
512 NAICS 512 82 10 $419 $1.8M
212 NAICS 212 79 4 $1,425 $5.8M
488 NAICS 488 77 13 $1,244 $5.0M
321 NAICS 321 75 3 $1,159 $4.5M
335 NAICS 335 67 4 $1,667 $5.8M
712 NAICS 712 53 5 $697 $1.9M
339 NAICS 339 35 6 $1,324 $2.4M
814 NAICS 814 33 31 $616 $1.0M
518 NAICS 518 28 9 $1,254 $1.8M
115 NAICS 115 7 4 $343 $0.1M

By Ownership (2024)

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

Federal Government

558

jobs · $81,367 avg pay

State Government

2,165

jobs · $117,195 avg pay

Local Government

7,252

jobs · $67,098 avg pay

Private

48,533

jobs · $72,771 avg pay

NY Unemployment

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

4.6%

April 2026

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