Tuscaloosa County, AL

FIPS 01125 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, Tuscaloosa County had an annual average of 99,288 jobs across 5,405 establishments, paying $5.9 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

99,288

+1.6% YoY

Establishments

5,405

Total Wages

$5.9B

Avg Annual Pay

$59,535

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 Tuscaloosa County, AL, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
999 NAICS 999 — 1 — —
722 NAICS 722 9,909 459 $412 $212.3M
611 NAICS 611 8,965 58 $1,484 $656.2M
336 NAICS 336 8,692 24 $1,676 $757.4M
561 NAICS 561 4,507 270 $740 $173.3M
621 NAICS 621 4,378 349 $1,269 $289.0M
541 NAICS 541 3,427 518 $1,742 $272.5M
326 NAICS 326 3,150 9 $1,336 $218.8M
238 NAICS 238 3,044 302 $1,172 $185.6M
455 NAICS 455 2,188 59 $499 $56.7M
622 NAICS 622 2,141 4 $1,650 $163.8M
445 NAICS 445 1,814 60 $739 $50.0M
623 NAICS 623 1,810 50 $563 $53.0M
441 NAICS 441 1,509 95 $1,142 $89.6M
531 NAICS 531 1,369 234 $947 $67.5M
522 NAICS 522 1,259 143 $1,760 $88.7M
423 NAICS 423 1,234 102 $1,523 $97.7M
713 NAICS 713 1,218 59 $398 $24.5M
457 NAICS 457 1,156 139 $548 $33.0M
212 NAICS 212 1,134 19 $2,509 $147.9M
321 NAICS 321 1,087 9 $1,197 $67.7M
493 NAICS 493 1,057 10 $884 $48.6M
721 NAICS 721 1,045 81 $551 $29.9M
332 NAICS 332 986 36 $1,309 $67.2M
444 NAICS 444 975 48 $800 $40.6M
459 NAICS 459 958 108 $528 $26.3M
237 NAICS 237 918 50 $1,385 $66.1M
236 NAICS 236 875 128 $1,443 $65.6M
458 NAICS 458 851 102 $453 $20.1M
811 NAICS 811 849 130 $1,140 $50.3M
456 NAICS 456 844 80 $968 $42.5M
484 NAICS 484 806 88 $1,276 $53.5M
331 NAICS 331 794 6 $2,212 $91.3M
324 NAICS 324 779 13 $2,589 $104.9M
812 NAICS 812 746 123 $664 $25.8M
311 NAICS 311 657 14 $1,174 $40.1M
327 NAICS 327 649 17 $1,187 $40.1M
449 NAICS 449 565 74 $786 $23.1M
488 NAICS 488 532 24 $991 $27.4M
551 NAICS 551 457 22 $3,806 $90.4M
424 NAICS 424 456 44 $1,214 $28.8M
524 NAICS 524 406 100 $1,658 $35.0M
492 NAICS 492 364 8 $963 $18.2M
923 NAICS 923 276 10 $1,768 $16.5M
922 NAICS 922 273 12 $2,075 $15.3M
491 NAICS 491 255 14 $1,370 $18.2M
425 NAICS 425 244 46 $1,815 $23.0M
562 NAICS 562 241 22 $1,446 $18.1M
221 NAICS 221 225 16 $2,276 $26.6M
813 NAICS 813 223 41 $938 $10.9M
517 NAICS 517 204 20 $1,654 $17.6M
924 NAICS 924 178 9 $2,103 $15.0M
339 NAICS 339 164 10 $1,179 $10.1M
325 NAICS 325 155 11 $1,983 $16.0M
926 NAICS 926 145 7 $1,536 $8.3M
518 NAICS 518 138 17 $2,029 $14.6M
213 NAICS 213 118 14 $1,393 $8.6M
814 NAICS 814 108 106 $409 $2.3M
113 NAICS 113 103 18 $1,168 $6.3M
323 NAICS 323 100 16 $529 $2.7M
485 NAICS 485 94 8 $496 $2.4M
513 NAICS 513 89 45 $1,825 $8.4M
211 NAICS 211 76 4 $1,870 $7.4M
624 NAICS 624 57 3 $1,204 $3.6M
516 NAICS 516 49 13 $1,014 $2.6M
712 NAICS 712 36 1 $449 $0.8M
337 NAICS 337 34 10 $860 $1.5M
928 NAICS 928 32 1 $1,273 $2.1M
312 NAICS 312 23 4 $611 $0.7M
314 NAICS 314 17 4 $569 $0.5M

By Ownership (2024)

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

Federal Government

1,815

jobs · $84,968 avg pay

State Government

9,743

jobs · $74,111 avg pay

Local Government

11,657

jobs · $60,313 avg pay

Private

76,073

jobs · $56,943 avg pay

AL Unemployment

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

2.8%

April 2026

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