Wayne County, IN

FIPS 18177 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, Wayne County had an annual average of 29,736 jobs across 1,496 establishments, paying $1.5 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

29,736

+1.2% YoY

Establishments

1,496

Total Wages

$1.5B

Avg Annual Pay

$51,067

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 Wayne County, IN, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
611 NAICS 611 3,134 23 $847 $126.3M
722 NAICS 722 2,717 131 $401 $56.7M
621 NAICS 621 2,068 113 $2,014 $108.8M
311 NAICS 311 1,535 16 $1,127 $90.0M
623 NAICS 623 1,102 18 $812 $46.5M
326 NAICS 326 1,091 12 $1,263 $71.7M
921 NAICS 921 893 13 $1,241 $44.9M
455 NAICS 455 880 24 $541 $24.8M
238 NAICS 238 739 79 $1,047 $40.2M
332 NAICS 332 521 19 $1,212 $32.8M
441 NAICS 441 484 34 $981 $24.7M
331 NAICS 331 467 5 $1,209 $29.4M
444 NAICS 444 440 21 $662 $15.1M
522 NAICS 522 438 42 $1,156 $26.4M
459 NAICS 459 426 48 $473 $10.5M
336 NAICS 336 419 6 $1,031 $22.4M
445 NAICS 445 411 31 $495 $10.6M
423 NAICS 423 408 59 $1,277 $27.1M
484 NAICS 484 404 28 $1,338 $28.1M
622 NAICS 622 377 1 $949 $18.6M
322 NAICS 322 362 4 $1,254 $23.6M
524 NAICS 524 307 41 $1,416 $22.6M
333 NAICS 333 296 8 $1,326 $20.4M
813 NAICS 813 287 31 $408 $6.1M
811 NAICS 811 283 45 $1,031 $15.2M
457 NAICS 457 248 32 $552 $7.1M
493 NAICS 493 207 6 $1,414 $15.2M
456 NAICS 456 204 23 $791 $8.4M
325 NAICS 325 184 3 $1,241 $11.9M
221 NAICS 221 177 6 $2,217 $15.7M
449 NAICS 449 167 18 $750 $6.5M
721 NAICS 721 167 13 $549 $4.8M
236 NAICS 236 159 27 $996 $8.3M
713 NAICS 713 146 9 $408 $3.1M
327 NAICS 327 139 3 $1,516 $11.0M
321 NAICS 321 136 7 $1,011 $7.1M
812 NAICS 812 132 22 $496 $3.4M
458 NAICS 458 114 15 $551 $3.3M
492 NAICS 492 108 4 $989 $5.5M
491 NAICS 491 102 12 $1,244 $6.6M
531 NAICS 531 100 38 $1,207 $4.6M
923 NAICS 923 90 6 $1,549 $5.3M
112 NAICS 112 80 4 $1,062 $4.4M
237 NAICS 237 76 10 $1,505 $5.9M
519 NAICS 519 72 5 $494 $1.8M
111 NAICS 111 63 9 $760 $2.5M
323 NAICS 323 57 5 $887 $2.6M
517 NAICS 517 52 6 $1,406 $3.8M
926 NAICS 926 48 4 $1,118 $2.3M
532 NAICS 532 43 8 $931 $2.1M
523 NAICS 523 37 18 $2,623 $5.0M
711 NAICS 711 28 6 $656 $1.0M
513 NAICS 513 25 6 $1,122 $1.4M
712 NAICS 712 24 6 $626 $0.8M
814 NAICS 814 14 6 $207 $0.1M
928 NAICS 928 10 2 $1,417 $0.7M
924 NAICS 924 3 1 $794 $0.1M
541 NAICS 541 1 1 $1,029 $0.1M

By Ownership (2024)

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

Federal Government

163

jobs · $73,949 avg pay

State Government

1,308

jobs · $42,844 avg pay

Local Government

2,700

jobs · $46,704 avg pay

Private

25,565

jobs · $51,803 avg pay

IN Unemployment

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

3.2%

April 2026

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