Tompkins County, NY

FIPS 36109 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, Tompkins County had an annual average of 48,052 jobs across 2,766 establishments, paying $3.4 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

48,052

+1.6% YoY

Establishments

2,766

Total Wages

$3.4B

Avg Annual Pay

$69,769

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 Tompkins County, NY, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
722 NAICS 722 2,845 231 $539 $79.7M
541 NAICS 541 2,394 347 $1,857 $231.2M
621 NAICS 621 1,934 172 $1,695 $170.5M
623 NAICS 623 1,911 53 $2,652 $126.0M
921 NAICS 921 1,623 12 $1,309 $110.5M
445 NAICS 445 1,217 57 $654 $41.4M
624 NAICS 624 1,049 91 $758 $41.3M
813 NAICS 813 838 101 $787 $34.3M
485 NAICS 485 819 10 $1,063 $44.2M
455 NAICS 455 783 19 $603 $24.6M
522 NAICS 522 692 43 $1,927 $69.4M
459 NAICS 459 631 83 $635 $20.8M
238 NAICS 238 565 114 $1,276 $37.5M
721 NAICS 721 558 62 $639 $18.5M
441 NAICS 441 493 29 $1,146 $29.4M
531 NAICS 531 477 107 $1,003 $24.9M
444 NAICS 444 438 20 $764 $17.4M
551 NAICS 551 435 14 $1,631 $36.9M
811 NAICS 811 402 45 $777 $16.2M
713 NAICS 713 397 29 $401 $8.3M
812 NAICS 812 375 60 $630 $12.3M
236 NAICS 236 343 75 $1,107 $19.8M
334 NAICS 334 337 19 $1,807 $31.6M
524 NAICS 524 255 27 $1,704 $22.6M
115 NAICS 115 245 6 $1,235 $15.7M
457 NAICS 457 240 25 $772 $9.6M
311 NAICS 311 233 13 $894 $10.8M
423 NAICS 423 232 32 $1,550 $18.7M
112 NAICS 112 211 21 $944 $10.4M
456 NAICS 456 208 25 $792 $8.6M
221 NAICS 221 192 10 $2,886 $28.7M
449 NAICS 449 183 27 $804 $7.6M
333 NAICS 333 158 9 $1,571 $12.9M
491 NAICS 491 146 12 $1,306 $9.9M
924 NAICS 924 143 10 $1,779 $12.1M
424 NAICS 424 138 17 $1,081 $7.7M
332 NAICS 332 137 4 $1,596 $11.4M
111 NAICS 111 137 27 $657 $4.7M
312 NAICS 312 122 10 $550 $3.5M
458 NAICS 458 119 20 $537 $3.3M
999 NAICS 999 117 143 $1,177 $7.2M
513 NAICS 513 101 37 $2,307 $12.2M
711 NAICS 711 100 25 $551 $2.9M
922 NAICS 922 91 6 $3,589 $16.5M
517 NAICS 517 81 8 $1,664 $7.0M
926 NAICS 926 81 6 $1,790 $7.5M
712 NAICS 712 79 5 $851 $3.5M
523 NAICS 523 72 20 $3,903 $14.6M
532 NAICS 532 66 8 $999 $3.4M
512 NAICS 512 56 11 $854 $2.5M
327 NAICS 327 50 4 $1,097 $2.8M
814 NAICS 814 37 45 $506 $1.0M
516 NAICS 516 37 5 $889 $1.7M
519 NAICS 519 34 9 $737 $1.3M
339 NAICS 339 31 10 $801 $1.3M
484 NAICS 484 28 9 $1,143 $1.6M
518 NAICS 518 22 7 $2,551 $2.9M
425 NAICS 425 20 9 $1,609 $1.6M
488 NAICS 488 15 6 $2,920 $2.2M
237 NAICS 237 15 6 $2,100 $1.6M
525 NAICS 525 10 6 $1,923 $1.0M
923 NAICS 923 9 1 $1,567 $0.7M
928 NAICS 928 5 1 $1,716 $0.4M

By Ownership (2024)

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

Federal Government

264

jobs · $79,352 avg pay

State Government

539

jobs · $130,968 avg pay

Local Government

4,965

jobs · $61,739 avg pay

Private

42,284

jobs · $69,874 avg pay

NY Unemployment

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

4.6%

April 2026

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