Walker County, TX

FIPS 48471 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, Walker County had an annual average of 26,315 jobs across 1,165 establishments, paying $1.4 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

26,315

+3.7% YoY

Establishments

1,165

Total Wages

$1.4B

Avg Annual Pay

$52,611

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 Walker County, TX, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
722 NAICS 722 2,101 96 $387 $42.3M
445 NAICS 445 790 16 $575 $23.6M
621 NAICS 621 735 66 $830 $31.7M
455 NAICS 455 649 22 $507 $17.1M
321 NAICS 321 594 6 $1,087 $33.6M
541 NAICS 541 563 100 $1,017 $29.8M
441 NAICS 441 471 24 $1,316 $32.2M
623 NAICS 623 471 8 $890 $21.8M
238 NAICS 238 470 76 $1,090 $26.6M
237 NAICS 237 464 14 $1,894 $45.7M
333 NAICS 333 383 7 $1,446 $28.8M
922 NAICS 922 353 9 $2,750 $25.7M
721 NAICS 721 300 17 $423 $6.6M
444 NAICS 444 284 11 $634 $9.4M
611 NAICS 611 253 12 $693 $9.1M
531 NAICS 531 236 68 $702 $8.6M
423 NAICS 423 226 25 $1,228 $14.4M
457 NAICS 457 226 36 $616 $7.2M
522 NAICS 522 222 27 $1,658 $11.3M
459 NAICS 459 204 25 $628 $6.7M
561 NAICS 561 203 49 $613 $6.5M
811 NAICS 811 188 27 $874 $8.5M
236 NAICS 236 185 27 $1,249 $12.0M
921 NAICS 921 160 6 $1,100 $9.1M
524 NAICS 524 151 27 $1,209 $9.5M
456 NAICS 456 148 23 $708 $5.4M
332 NAICS 332 148 19 $1,027 $7.9M
812 NAICS 812 144 28 $495 $3.7M
213 NAICS 213 115 10 $1,639 $9.8M
458 NAICS 458 91 12 $364 $1.7M
449 NAICS 449 82 12 $619 $2.7M
491 NAICS 491 80 4 $1,318 $5.4M
424 NAICS 424 66 6 $966 $3.3M
484 NAICS 484 52 18 $1,050 $2.9M
111 NAICS 111 50 5 $1,045 $2.7M
488 NAICS 488 49 7 $935 $2.4M
221 NAICS 221 42 5 $2,426 $5.3M
924 NAICS 924 42 2 $2,031 $4.5M
532 NAICS 532 36 9 $1,254 $2.3M
115 NAICS 115 32 8 $969 $1.6M
813 NAICS 813 29 6 $969 $1.4M
523 NAICS 523 25 12 $2,087 $2.7M
923 NAICS 923 23 4 $1,079 $1.3M
999 NAICS 999 22 6 $707 $0.8M
425 NAICS 425 18 5 $1,797 $1.7M
926 NAICS 926 13 4 $811 $0.4M
112 NAICS 112 12 6 $830 $0.5M
337 NAICS 337 12 3 $882 $0.6M
113 NAICS 113 8 3 $795 $0.3M
814 NAICS 814 6 6 $676 $0.2M
928 NAICS 928 5 1 $1,594 $0.4M

By Ownership (2024)

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

Federal Government

149

jobs · $87,739 avg pay

State Government

10,964

jobs · $61,753 avg pay

Local Government

2,224

jobs · $52,091 avg pay

Private

12,978

jobs · $44,579 avg pay

TX Unemployment

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

4.3%

April 2026

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