Union County, NC

FIPS 37179 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, Union County had an annual average of 74,299 jobs across 7,849 establishments, paying $4.6 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

74,299

+3% YoY

Establishments

7,849

Total Wages

$4.6B

Avg Annual Pay

$61,499

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 Union County, NC, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
611 NAICS 611 7,054 165 $1,086 $361.9M
722 NAICS 722 6,137 364 $409 $130.6M
238 NAICS 238 5,784 732 $1,413 $425.1M
561 NAICS 561 4,128 634 $1,064 $228.4M
541 NAICS 541 3,217 1,248 $3,683 $288.8M
621 NAICS 621 2,943 382 $2,105 $200.3M
921 NAICS 921 2,862 15 $1,093 $162.7M
237 NAICS 237 2,671 68 $1,645 $228.6M
311 NAICS 311 2,362 32 $1,026 $126.1M
423 NAICS 423 2,069 319 $2,132 $229.3M
445 NAICS 445 2,047 62 $589 $56.2M
455 NAICS 455 1,710 52 $565 $50.2M
236 NAICS 236 1,602 321 $2,038 $169.8M
326 NAICS 326 1,434 11 $1,488 $110.9M
441 NAICS 441 1,408 125 $1,324 $96.9M
811 NAICS 811 1,311 258 $955 $64.7M
332 NAICS 332 1,232 52 $1,397 $89.5M
339 NAICS 339 1,017 14 $1,373 $72.6M
444 NAICS 444 930 50 $765 $37.0M
484 NAICS 484 896 225 $1,228 $57.2M
424 NAICS 424 876 135 $1,301 $59.3M
713 NAICS 713 848 70 $491 $21.6M
493 NAICS 493 780 10 $1,097 $44.5M
524 NAICS 524 747 169 $1,772 $68.9M
812 NAICS 812 712 157 $624 $23.1M
562 NAICS 562 692 36 $1,319 $47.4M
456 NAICS 456 688 66 $697 $24.9M
333 NAICS 333 663 31 $1,600 $55.1M
325 NAICS 325 615 12 $1,589 $50.8M
321 NAICS 321 587 12 $1,077 $32.9M
522 NAICS 522 555 113 $2,062 $59.5M
337 NAICS 337 529 19 $943 $25.9M
457 NAICS 457 525 78 $527 $14.4M
622 NAICS 622 471 17 $1,873 $45.9M
459 NAICS 459 467 119 $677 $16.4M
492 NAICS 492 459 14 $855 $20.4M
531 NAICS 531 395 321 $1,313 $26.8M
327 NAICS 327 364 18 $1,244 $23.5M
323 NAICS 323 324 26 $1,027 $17.3M
334 NAICS 334 290 13 $1,923 $28.9M
813 NAICS 813 271 64 $857 $12.0M
112 NAICS 112 265 15 $1,228 $16.9M
425 NAICS 425 260 87 $2,676 $36.2M
449 NAICS 449 256 55 $885 $11.8M
488 NAICS 488 255 46 $1,227 $16.2M
313 NAICS 313 254 7 $1,068 $14.1M
458 NAICS 458 248 48 $580 $7.5M
221 NAICS 221 240 11 $2,074 $25.9M
111 NAICS 111 235 33 $877 $10.7M
513 NAICS 513 233 100 $2,827 $34.3M
491 NAICS 491 226 5 $1,401 $16.4M
335 NAICS 335 201 8 $1,276 $13.3M
115 NAICS 115 198 17 $974 $10.0M
517 NAICS 517 193 22 $1,555 $15.6M
922 NAICS 922 191 4 $1,270 $12.6M
523 NAICS 523 180 111 $3,397 $31.8M
721 NAICS 721 160 19 $553 $4.6M
532 NAICS 532 142 25 $1,230 $9.1M
926 NAICS 926 138 10 $1,810 $10.2M
551 NAICS 551 138 41 $1,919 $13.7M
814 NAICS 814 128 143 $610 $4.0M
336 NAICS 336 120 6 $1,554 $9.7M
512 NAICS 512 83 22 $513 $2.2M
518 NAICS 518 76 42 $2,437 $9.6M
923 NAICS 923 68 4 $1,429 $4.4M
312 NAICS 312 49 8 $515 $1.3M
516 NAICS 516 44 11 $1,266 $2.9M
485 NAICS 485 28 10 $977 $1.4M
519 NAICS 519 26 8 $2,855 $3.9M
999 NAICS 999 10 30 $1,704 $0.8M
533 NAICS 533 8 5 $2,442 $1.0M
924 NAICS 924 7 3 $1,699 $0.6M
928 NAICS 928 7 2 $2,140 $0.8M

By Ownership (2024)

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

Federal Government

283

jobs · $77,495 avg pay

State Government

633

jobs · $52,755 avg pay

Local Government

8,719

jobs · $61,615 avg pay

Private

64,664

jobs · $61,500 avg pay

NC Unemployment

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

3.7%

April 2026

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