Skagit County, WA

FIPS 53057 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, Skagit County had an annual average of 53,885 jobs across 3,855 establishments, paying $3.5 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

53,885

+2.8% YoY

Establishments

3,855

Total Wages

$3.5B

Avg Annual Pay

$65,373

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 Skagit County, WA, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
611 NAICS 611 4,608 71 $1,350 $310.5M
722 NAICS 722 3,911 316 $597 $121.5M
622 NAICS 622 3,271 12 $1,756 $283.7M
621 NAICS 621 2,571 186 $2,268 $205.5M
238 NAICS 238 2,483 338 $1,699 $219.4M
921 NAICS 921 2,301 20 $1,583 $183.9M
541 NAICS 541 2,090 364 $1,700 $184.7M
624 NAICS 624 2,027 136 $1,245 $90.8M
333 NAICS 333 1,858 8 $1,654 $159.8M
111 NAICS 111 1,815 96 $836 $78.9M
311 NAICS 311 1,392 42 $1,012 $73.3M
561 NAICS 561 1,392 213 $1,894 $89.9M
455 NAICS 455 1,373 11 $792 $56.5M
236 NAICS 236 1,336 193 $1,556 $108.0M
713 NAICS 713 1,321 43 $1,056 $60.1M
445 NAICS 445 1,311 71 $1,515 $48.1M
441 NAICS 441 1,179 62 $1,326 $81.2M
623 NAICS 623 1,148 36 $878 $52.4M
459 NAICS 459 870 106 $582 $26.3M
524 NAICS 524 842 57 $1,340 $58.7M
321 NAICS 321 820 11 $1,447 $61.7M
444 NAICS 444 776 43 $798 $32.2M
424 NAICS 424 771 58 $1,408 $56.5M
336 NAICS 336 760 23 $1,557 $61.5M
811 NAICS 811 725 112 $1,196 $45.1M
813 NAICS 813 646 79 $712 $23.9M
423 NAICS 423 592 75 $1,608 $49.5M
522 NAICS 522 583 71 $1,745 $52.8M
237 NAICS 237 528 32 $2,033 $55.8M
484 NAICS 484 492 41 $1,494 $38.2M
721 NAICS 721 473 50 $684 $16.8M
492 NAICS 492 456 12 $842 $20.0M
332 NAICS 332 436 19 $1,448 $32.8M
924 NAICS 924 358 7 $2,034 $29.5M
812 NAICS 812 340 73 $648 $11.4M
458 NAICS 458 329 39 $624 $10.7M
449 NAICS 449 316 35 $1,165 $19.1M
457 NAICS 457 294 44 $632 $9.6M
531 NAICS 531 278 104 $835 $12.1M
112 NAICS 112 267 36 $825 $11.4M
456 NAICS 456 267 28 $852 $11.8M
221 NAICS 221 250 13 $2,578 $33.5M
488 NAICS 488 220 22 $1,634 $18.7M
115 NAICS 115 209 15 $685 $7.4M
712 NAICS 712 208 12 $1,686 $13.2M
532 NAICS 532 202 19 $1,320 $13.8M
923 NAICS 923 185 8 $1,924 $14.3M
491 NAICS 491 172 14 $1,276 $11.4M
312 NAICS 312 152 15 $631 $5.0M
926 NAICS 926 147 10 $1,639 $12.4M
922 NAICS 922 120 21 $2,652 $8.4M
327 NAICS 327 118 12 $1,751 $10.7M
562 NAICS 562 116 14 $1,797 $10.8M
339 NAICS 339 115 15 $1,382 $8.3M
523 NAICS 523 107 42 $3,543 $19.7M
513 NAICS 513 97 22 $1,641 $8.3M
334 NAICS 334 95 7 $1,679 $8.3M
337 NAICS 337 87 8 $1,049 $4.8M
551 NAICS 551 85 8 $1,960 $8.6M
325 NAICS 325 65 4 $2,289 $7.7M
314 NAICS 314 63 6 $1,266 $4.1M
425 NAICS 425 57 21 $2,675 $7.9M
711 NAICS 711 55 14 $562 $1.6M
512 NAICS 512 48 6 $572 $1.4M
814 NAICS 814 47 58 $537 $1.3M
212 NAICS 212 44 4 $1,265 $2.9M
517 NAICS 517 36 10 $1,887 $3.6M
518 NAICS 518 36 6 $3,091 $5.8M
485 NAICS 485 25 5 $763 $1.0M
483 NAICS 483 24 1 $1,670 $2.1M
928 NAICS 928 19 3 $1,735 $1.7M
323 NAICS 323 10 4 $421 $0.2M
925 NAICS 925 3 1 $1,519 $0.2M

By Ownership (2024)

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

Federal Government

397

jobs · $82,755 avg pay

State Government

1,303

jobs · $75,229 avg pay

Local Government

10,786

jobs · $78,844 avg pay

Private

41,399

jobs · $61,388 avg pay

WA Unemployment

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

5.2%

April 2026

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