Taos County, NM

FIPS 35055 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, Taos County had an annual average of 11,075 jobs across 1,450 establishments, paying $0.5 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

11,075

+1.9% YoY

Establishments

1,450

Total Wages

$0.5B

Avg Annual Pay

$45,379

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 Taos County, NM, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
722 NAICS 722 1,257 94 $494 $32.3M
713 NAICS 713 899 22 $830 $30.9M
611 NAICS 611 867 52 $1,036 $44.3M
624 NAICS 624 785 111 $1,328 $26.6M
721 NAICS 721 708 56 $617 $22.7M
621 NAICS 621 598 69 $1,839 $40.0M
921 NAICS 921 498 13 $1,210 $23.6M
445 NAICS 445 482 20 $698 $17.5M
459 NAICS 459 365 73 $597 $11.3M
541 NAICS 541 280 157 $1,317 $19.1M
238 NAICS 238 234 70 $946 $11.5M
455 NAICS 455 231 12 $618 $7.4M
924 NAICS 924 218 9 $1,755 $18.3M
237 NAICS 237 213 12 $1,849 $18.1M
922 NAICS 922 209 13 $1,542 $15.8M
236 NAICS 236 184 68 $783 $7.5M
444 NAICS 444 172 11 $665 $5.9M
221 NAICS 221 171 12 $1,286 $11.2M
531 NAICS 531 136 54 $755 $5.4M
522 NAICS 522 121 22 $999 $6.3M
457 NAICS 457 114 18 $677 $4.0M
813 NAICS 813 98 40 $887 $4.5M
811 NAICS 811 82 18 $941 $3.5M
441 NAICS 441 78 8 $789 $3.2M
423 NAICS 423 75 28 $1,298 $5.1M
812 NAICS 812 61 24 $1,513 $2.1M
449 NAICS 449 54 16 $606 $1.7M
524 NAICS 524 53 16 $955 $2.6M
711 NAICS 711 50 18 $891 $2.3M
458 NAICS 458 48 22 $611 $1.5M
456 NAICS 456 46 9 $762 $1.8M
491 NAICS 491 46 18 $1,168 $2.8M
925 NAICS 925 45 2 $1,015 $2.4M
561 NAICS 561 37 3 $844 $1.0M
513 NAICS 513 37 14 $1,365 $2.6M
712 NAICS 712 35 6 $687 $1.3M
311 NAICS 311 27 4 $752 $1.1M
926 NAICS 926 25 6 $1,083 $0.7M
517 NAICS 517 23 6 $1,223 $1.5M
321 NAICS 321 19 4 $622 $0.6M
518 NAICS 518 15 14 $1,827 $1.4M
814 NAICS 814 15 12 $657 $0.5M
339 NAICS 339 12 7 $640 $0.4M
337 NAICS 337 8 3 $628 $0.3M
923 NAICS 923 7 3 $1,253 $0.4M
562 NAICS 562 6 2 $954 $0.3M
551 NAICS 551 6 4 $1,190 $0.4M
485 NAICS 485 3 1 $744 $0.1M
519 NAICS 519 2 1 $672 $0.1M
928 NAICS 928 1 1 $3,100 $0.1M

By Ownership (2024)

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

Federal Government

277

jobs · $84,256 avg pay

State Government

325

jobs · $56,835 avg pay

Local Government

1,434

jobs · $51,098 avg pay

Private

9,039

jobs · $42,864 avg pay

NM Unemployment

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

4.9%

April 2026

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