Stearns County, MN

FIPS 27145 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, Stearns County had an annual average of 87,251 jobs across 4,733 establishments, paying $5.4 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

87,251

+1.4% YoY

Establishments

4,733

Total Wages

$5.4B

Avg Annual Pay

$62,314

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 Stearns County, MN, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
622 NAICS 622 7,961 11 $1,806 $594.2M
611 NAICS 611 7,065 108 $1,587 $414.0M
722 NAICS 722 5,379 338 $401 $112.3M
621 NAICS 621 5,128 257 $2,001 $533.6M
423 NAICS 423 2,982 119 $1,468 $227.6M
238 NAICS 238 2,863 317 $1,471 $219.1M
623 NAICS 623 2,810 78 $704 $102.9M
311 NAICS 311 2,654 23 $1,156 $159.5M
624 NAICS 624 2,486 244 $1,594 $79.3M
561 NAICS 561 2,418 173 $1,617 $116.4M
455 NAICS 455 2,383 44 $587 $72.7M
921 NAICS 921 2,270 45 $2,406 $162.9M
441 NAICS 441 2,230 94 $1,175 $136.3M
237 NAICS 237 2,004 53 $2,476 $248.5M
522 NAICS 522 1,966 85 $1,751 $179.0M
541 NAICS 541 1,924 293 $1,712 $171.3M
332 NAICS 332 1,866 52 $1,460 $141.7M
445 NAICS 445 1,732 91 $539 $48.6M
336 NAICS 336 1,658 12 $1,247 $107.5M
484 NAICS 484 1,606 106 $1,455 $121.5M
459 NAICS 459 1,263 96 $791 $51.9M
327 NAICS 327 1,231 30 $1,399 $89.5M
457 NAICS 457 1,224 80 $558 $35.6M
813 NAICS 813 1,157 105 $717 $43.1M
424 NAICS 424 1,114 55 $1,189 $68.9M
551 NAICS 551 939 30 $1,968 $96.1M
524 NAICS 524 938 135 $1,643 $80.1M
812 NAICS 812 884 115 $673 $30.9M
444 NAICS 444 867 57 $866 $39.1M
112 NAICS 112 853 74 $915 $40.6M
531 NAICS 531 829 133 $761 $32.8M
713 NAICS 713 781 69 $284 $11.5M
236 NAICS 236 757 155 $1,348 $53.1M
339 NAICS 339 728 32 $1,103 $41.8M
811 NAICS 811 697 150 $1,082 $39.2M
721 NAICS 721 680 44 $461 $16.3M
458 NAICS 458 654 60 $463 $15.8M
492 NAICS 492 649 11 $899 $30.3M
333 NAICS 333 631 19 $1,695 $55.6M
323 NAICS 323 592 22 $1,393 $42.9M
485 NAICS 485 588 20 $633 $19.3M
513 NAICS 513 558 23 $1,677 $48.6M
456 NAICS 456 502 46 $846 $22.1M
449 NAICS 449 490 52 $961 $24.5M
488 NAICS 488 366 10 $1,769 $33.6M
491 NAICS 491 310 23 $1,414 $22.8M
922 NAICS 922 293 9 $1,797 $24.9M
326 NAICS 326 292 9 $1,202 $18.2M
337 NAICS 337 292 20 $1,059 $16.1M
519 NAICS 519 264 8 $1,376 $8.7M
321 NAICS 321 241 17 $1,111 $13.9M
517 NAICS 517 234 16 $1,415 $17.2M
221 NAICS 221 215 13 $2,332 $25.4M
814 NAICS 814 176 203 $389 $3.6M
923 NAICS 923 164 11 $1,852 $15.0M
115 NAICS 115 124 25 $1,012 $6.5M
562 NAICS 562 124 10 $1,250 $8.0M
711 NAICS 711 112 15 $495 $2.9M
928 NAICS 928 92 1 $1,506 $7.2M
926 NAICS 926 91 9 $1,746 $7.8M
512 NAICS 512 88 8 $407 $1.9M
516 NAICS 516 79 6 $2,085 $8.6M
518 NAICS 518 72 11 $1,782 $6.6M
924 NAICS 924 71 6 $1,493 $4.1M
925 NAICS 925 51 2 $1,198 $3.2M
314 NAICS 314 33 5 $917 $1.6M
425 NAICS 425 32 9 $1,295 $2.2M
712 NAICS 712 23 7 $755 $0.9M

By Ownership (2024)

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

Federal Government

2,405

jobs · $90,574 avg pay

State Government

1,879

jobs · $83,212 avg pay

Local Government

6,995

jobs · $58,535 avg pay

Private

75,972

jobs · $61,249 avg pay

MN Unemployment

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

4.5%

April 2026

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