Thurston County, WA

FIPS 53067 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, Thurston County had an annual average of 128,825 jobs across 8,476 establishments, paying $9.3 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

128,825

+1.6% YoY

Establishments

8,476

Total Wages

$9.3B

Avg Annual Pay

$72,043

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 Thurston County, WA, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
923 NAICS 923 12,383 21 $1,989 $1,059.2M
611 NAICS 611 10,617 158 $1,354 $647.7M
722 NAICS 722 8,391 580 $551 $240.3M
541 NAICS 541 7,268 1,446 $2,373 $774.0M
561 NAICS 561 7,059 615 $1,485 $407.8M
921 NAICS 921 6,873 43 $2,491 $632.4M
621 NAICS 621 6,132 536 $1,316 $419.7M
624 NAICS 624 4,448 259 $1,602 $188.8M
238 NAICS 238 3,947 620 $1,460 $299.7M
622 NAICS 622 3,907 13 $2,310 $411.3M
926 NAICS 926 3,800 19 $2,094 $345.7M
922 NAICS 922 3,721 30 $2,638 $373.4M
924 NAICS 924 3,457 10 $1,946 $302.8M
455 NAICS 455 3,422 34 $780 $138.7M
445 NAICS 445 2,486 105 $1,582 $113.5M
623 NAICS 623 2,066 122 $1,018 $109.4M
423 NAICS 423 1,997 232 $1,966 $204.2M
813 NAICS 813 1,767 244 $1,646 $123.4M
459 NAICS 459 1,731 175 $593 $53.4M
424 NAICS 424 1,676 112 $1,526 $133.1M
236 NAICS 236 1,656 371 $1,728 $148.8M
493 NAICS 493 1,638 14 $1,103 $94.0M
441 NAICS 441 1,522 81 $1,289 $102.0M
524 NAICS 524 1,492 153 $2,127 $164.3M
444 NAICS 444 1,363 68 $841 $59.6M
721 NAICS 721 1,214 34 $725 $45.8M
713 NAICS 713 1,185 80 $488 $30.0M
811 NAICS 811 1,182 160 $1,657 $101.8M
551 NAICS 551 1,150 16 $2,166 $129.5M
812 NAICS 812 1,130 206 $761 $44.7M
522 NAICS 522 1,126 145 $2,009 $94.2M
531 NAICS 531 918 233 $1,088 $51.9M
111 NAICS 111 721 58 $822 $30.8M
484 NAICS 484 633 73 $1,313 $43.2M
237 NAICS 237 581 54 $2,083 $62.9M
456 NAICS 456 550 71 $1,388 $39.7M
518 NAICS 518 504 47 $2,360 $56.1M
449 NAICS 449 474 59 $1,007 $24.8M
925 NAICS 925 464 2 $1,719 $41.4M
485 NAICS 485 446 16 $724 $16.8M
513 NAICS 513 431 126 $3,014 $67.6M
425 NAICS 425 424 84 $2,890 $63.7M
311 NAICS 311 413 26 $948 $20.4M
458 NAICS 458 403 63 $604 $12.7M
457 NAICS 457 399 69 $638 $13.3M
492 NAICS 492 385 18 $1,132 $22.7M
312 NAICS 312 381 12 $1,433 $28.4M
112 NAICS 112 343 33 $963 $17.2M
488 NAICS 488 341 35 $1,522 $27.0M
712 NAICS 712 327 8 $2,462 $23.9M
491 NAICS 491 316 12 $1,377 $22.6M
327 NAICS 327 314 11 $1,576 $25.7M
337 NAICS 337 304 14 $1,457 $18.1M
562 NAICS 562 295 26 $1,448 $22.2M
519 NAICS 519 285 31 $6,248 $56.0M
332 NAICS 332 273 22 $1,129 $16.0M
221 NAICS 221 267 10 $3,173 $38.7M
512 NAICS 512 265 16 $1,032 $14.2M
322 NAICS 322 265 5 $1,819 $25.1M
113 NAICS 113 264 26 $1,558 $21.4M
517 NAICS 517 254 37 $1,968 $26.0M
711 NAICS 711 245 30 $530 $6.8M
339 NAICS 339 221 23 $1,216 $14.0M
321 NAICS 321 171 12 $1,273 $11.3M
115 NAICS 115 130 26 $990 $6.7M
814 NAICS 814 130 124 $514 $3.5M
323 NAICS 323 116 16 $1,214 $7.3M
516 NAICS 516 114 17 $1,849 $10.9M
333 NAICS 333 102 12 $1,204 $6.4M
325 NAICS 325 102 10 $2,029 $10.8M
481 NAICS 481 97 8 $1,489 $7.5M
928 NAICS 928 39 2 $1,717 $3.5M
313 NAICS 313 19 3 $2,438 $2.5M
525 NAICS 525 8 1 $2,362 $1.0M
335 NAICS 335 7 4 $1,657 $0.6M
483 NAICS 483 2 1 $1,365 $0.2M

By Ownership (2024)

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

Federal Government

935

jobs · $98,344 avg pay

State Government

29,535

jobs · $88,375 avg pay

Local Government

13,154

jobs · $74,516 avg pay

Private

85,201

jobs · $65,712 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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