Shelby County, AL

FIPS 01117 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, Shelby County had an annual average of 85,170 jobs across 7,251 establishments, paying $5.7 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

85,170

-0.5% YoY

Establishments

7,251

Total Wages

$5.7B

Avg Annual Pay

$66,771

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 Shelby County, AL, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
999 NAICS 999 — — $529 $0.0M
722 NAICS 722 7,372 436 $475 $182.1M
611 NAICS 611 6,556 164 $1,122 $339.4M
541 NAICS 541 6,334 1,018 $2,468 $567.4M
561 NAICS 561 5,301 440 $995 $274.2M
621 NAICS 621 4,922 511 $1,371 $350.9M
524 NAICS 524 4,494 229 $2,149 $435.8M
522 NAICS 522 3,505 172 $1,946 $354.6M
238 NAICS 238 3,462 394 $1,388 $249.8M
455 NAICS 455 2,890 56 $590 $88.7M
423 NAICS 423 2,810 276 $1,872 $273.5M
921 NAICS 921 2,082 18 $1,149 $124.4M
551 NAICS 551 1,955 54 $2,235 $227.2M
445 NAICS 445 1,931 64 $751 $57.3M
424 NAICS 424 1,566 84 $1,533 $124.9M
624 NAICS 624 1,496 273 $623 $48.5M
444 NAICS 444 1,375 62 $867 $62.0M
441 NAICS 441 1,372 107 $1,389 $99.1M
236 NAICS 236 1,313 232 $1,607 $109.7M
811 NAICS 811 1,304 168 $1,290 $87.5M
332 NAICS 332 1,093 48 $1,445 $82.1M
531 NAICS 531 1,022 297 $1,720 $91.4M
713 NAICS 713 1,011 61 $423 $22.2M
327 NAICS 327 1,005 33 $1,706 $89.2M
425 NAICS 425 993 231 $2,402 $124.0M
221 NAICS 221 960 29 $3,479 $173.7M
812 NAICS 812 917 171 $1,514 $34.0M
459 NAICS 459 878 125 $645 $29.4M
237 NAICS 237 808 61 $1,405 $59.0M
449 NAICS 449 755 85 $1,059 $41.6M
484 NAICS 484 720 82 $1,273 $47.7M
333 NAICS 333 718 20 $2,137 $79.8M
456 NAICS 456 715 90 $807 $30.0M
457 NAICS 457 625 128 $554 $18.0M
813 NAICS 813 518 56 $1,012 $27.2M
721 NAICS 721 437 35 $564 $12.8M
311 NAICS 311 400 24 $929 $19.3M
517 NAICS 517 371 25 $1,857 $35.9M
325 NAICS 325 368 28 $1,644 $31.5M
488 NAICS 488 329 44 $1,683 $28.8M
523 NAICS 523 315 92 $2,575 $42.2M
491 NAICS 491 305 18 $1,212 $19.2M
922 NAICS 922 289 8 $1,136 $17.0M
337 NAICS 337 287 14 $1,311 $19.6M
212 NAICS 212 259 11 $1,746 $23.5M
339 NAICS 339 258 19 $1,292 $17.4M
513 NAICS 513 252 112 $1,830 $24.0M
458 NAICS 458 252 50 $593 $7.8M
323 NAICS 323 248 23 $1,361 $17.6M
493 NAICS 493 234 9 $1,085 $13.2M
321 NAICS 321 216 8 $1,182 $13.3M
923 NAICS 923 200 7 $2,264 $10.0M
562 NAICS 562 194 21 $1,315 $13.3M
326 NAICS 326 180 6 $1,244 $11.6M
512 NAICS 512 144 21 $869 $6.5M
518 NAICS 518 119 62 $2,102 $13.0M
516 NAICS 516 112 13 $1,684 $9.9M
924 NAICS 924 109 3 $493 $2.8M
519 NAICS 519 65 13 $1,735 $5.8M
926 NAICS 926 60 4 $1,293 $4.0M
111 NAICS 111 59 11 $1,346 $4.1M
115 NAICS 115 56 5 $2,211 $6.5M
334 NAICS 334 55 11 $1,550 $4.5M
814 NAICS 814 50 55 $775 $2.0M
312 NAICS 312 46 9 $678 $1.6M
213 NAICS 213 43 5 $1,767 $4.0M
485 NAICS 485 40 6 $645 $1.3M
928 NAICS 928 15 1 $1,461 $1.1M

By Ownership (2024)

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

Federal Government

402

jobs · $71,675 avg pay

State Government

1,223

jobs · $53,669 avg pay

Local Government

7,574

jobs · $54,552 avg pay

Private

75,971

jobs · $68,175 avg pay

AL Unemployment

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

2.8%

April 2026

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