Vance County, NC

FIPS 37181 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, Vance County had an annual average of 14,120 jobs across 958 establishments, paying $0.7 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

14,120

-0.4% YoY

Establishments

958

Total Wages

$0.7B

Avg Annual Pay

$47,259

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 Vance County, NC, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
999 NAICS 999 — 2 — —
611 NAICS 611 1,508 26 $1,028 $74.7M
722 NAICS 722 1,275 63 $348 $23.1M
621 NAICS 621 791 57 $1,241 $44.3M
921 NAICS 921 665 3 $946 $32.7M
455 NAICS 455 568 22 $470 $13.9M
624 NAICS 624 566 40 $638 $18.8M
327 NAICS 327 394 4 $1,550 $31.8M
441 NAICS 441 347 29 $1,099 $19.8M
424 NAICS 424 347 15 $1,221 $22.0M
445 NAICS 445 343 23 $609 $9.4M
311 NAICS 311 342 9 $1,318 $23.5M
541 NAICS 541 337 72 $1,882 $33.0M
321 NAICS 321 301 7 $912 $14.3M
444 NAICS 444 256 11 $720 $9.6M
238 NAICS 238 208 51 $960 $10.4M
332 NAICS 332 160 5 $979 $8.1M
457 NAICS 457 147 37 $548 $4.2M
456 NAICS 456 141 15 $800 $5.9M
531 NAICS 531 130 33 $1,031 $7.0M
423 NAICS 423 120 13 $1,858 $11.6M
721 NAICS 721 118 10 $364 $2.2M
811 NAICS 811 116 30 $811 $4.9M
236 NAICS 236 112 30 $1,253 $7.3M
458 NAICS 458 107 14 $314 $1.7M
522 NAICS 522 106 19 $1,829 $6.0M
813 NAICS 813 89 11 $518 $2.4M
459 NAICS 459 77 21 $1,206 $4.8M
517 NAICS 517 77 4 $1,602 $6.4M
485 NAICS 485 67 1 $521 $1.8M
924 NAICS 924 65 3 $761 $2.6M
923 NAICS 923 65 5 $1,746 $3.8M
812 NAICS 812 60 16 $594 $1.9M
922 NAICS 922 59 4 $1,217 $3.7M
926 NAICS 926 58 7 $1,150 $3.4M
449 NAICS 449 57 15 $750 $2.2M
221 NAICS 221 56 4 $2,253 $6.5M
551 NAICS 551 52 8 $1,425 $3.9M
491 NAICS 491 50 4 $1,269 $3.3M
484 NAICS 484 34 22 $833 $1.5M
237 NAICS 237 33 7 $984 $1.7M
111 NAICS 111 27 6 $704 $1.0M
113 NAICS 113 22 3 $1,155 $1.3M
519 NAICS 519 17 1 $556 $0.5M
513 NAICS 513 14 3 $2,322 $1.6M
814 NAICS 814 9 10 $544 $0.2M
561 NAICS 561 5 1 $955 $0.2M
425 NAICS 425 4 3 $1,740 $0.4M

By Ownership (2024)

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

Federal Government

76

jobs · $71,964 avg pay

State Government

498

jobs · $47,692 avg pay

Local Government

1,605

jobs · $50,247 avg pay

Private

11,941

jobs · $46,685 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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