Steele County, MN

FIPS 27147 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, Steele County had an annual average of 18,956 jobs across 1,130 establishments, paying $1.2 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

18,956

+0.3% YoY

Establishments

1,130

Total Wages

$1.2B

Avg Annual Pay

$61,897

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 Steele County, MN, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
722 NAICS 722 1,216 77 $420 $26.6M
611 NAICS 611 1,168 28 $1,160 $68.0M
332 NAICS 332 1,149 14 $1,353 $80.9M
333 NAICS 333 864 8 $1,448 $65.1M
455 NAICS 455 812 14 $619 $26.2M
621 NAICS 621 763 38 $1,624 $64.4M
623 NAICS 623 687 33 $781 $27.9M
921 NAICS 921 595 9 $1,638 $31.5M
445 NAICS 445 442 12 $466 $10.7M
238 NAICS 238 426 72 $1,422 $31.5M
423 NAICS 423 401 25 $1,684 $35.1M
311 NAICS 311 386 11 $1,147 $23.0M
458 NAICS 458 376 17 $1,285 $25.1M
457 NAICS 457 327 16 $602 $10.2M
484 NAICS 484 288 35 $1,502 $22.5M
111 NAICS 111 269 17 $1,128 $15.8M
441 NAICS 441 238 22 $989 $12.2M
713 NAICS 713 234 19 $333 $4.1M
811 NAICS 811 225 46 $985 $11.5M
444 NAICS 444 204 13 $696 $7.4M
459 NAICS 459 181 20 $562 $5.3M
812 NAICS 812 174 33 $823 $7.4M
813 NAICS 813 161 25 $506 $4.1M
522 NAICS 522 156 19 $1,401 $11.4M
326 NAICS 326 152 4 $764 $6.1M
323 NAICS 323 151 6 $1,424 $11.2M
923 NAICS 923 144 7 $1,322 $9.9M
485 NAICS 485 137 6 $442 $3.2M
456 NAICS 456 110 10 $942 $5.4M
237 NAICS 237 95 2 $1,574 $7.5M
517 NAICS 517 93 7 $1,612 $7.8M
624 NAICS 624 87 1 $1,621 $7.4M
449 NAICS 449 86 16 $939 $4.2M
721 NAICS 721 78 11 $443 $1.8M
524 NAICS 524 71 36 $1,168 $4.3M
221 NAICS 221 62 1 $2,121 $6.8M
493 NAICS 493 61 4 $1,267 $4.0M
491 NAICS 491 60 5 $1,346 $4.2M
112 NAICS 112 57 9 $867 $2.6M
922 NAICS 922 38 3 $1,365 $2.7M
488 NAICS 488 30 4 $1,249 $1.9M
513 NAICS 513 26 9 $1,256 $1.7M
924 NAICS 924 14 3 $1,698 $1.0M
814 NAICS 814 13 7 $137 $0.1M
926 NAICS 926 11 1 $1,039 $0.6M
562 NAICS 562 9 1 $936 $0.4M

By Ownership (2024)

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

Federal Government

73

jobs · $67,891 avg pay

State Government

161

jobs · $75,320 avg pay

Local Government

1,955

jobs · $61,021 avg pay

Private

16,767

jobs · $61,844 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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