Webster County, IA

FIPS 19187 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, Webster County had an annual average of 17,547 jobs across 1,199 establishments, paying $1.0 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

17,547

+0.2% YoY

Establishments

1,199

Total Wages

$1.0B

Avg Annual Pay

$56,710

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 Webster County, IA, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
611 NAICS 611 1,724 27 $891 $77.4M
722 NAICS 722 1,253 72 $371 $24.1M
325 NAICS 325 1,103 11 $1,587 $91.0M
484 NAICS 484 946 48 $1,264 $62.2M
621 NAICS 621 777 75 $1,521 $61.5M
623 NAICS 623 745 8 $739 $28.6M
238 NAICS 238 692 73 $1,308 $47.1M
311 NAICS 311 645 8 $1,515 $50.8M
455 NAICS 455 596 10 $550 $17.1M
236 NAICS 236 556 28 $1,444 $41.8M
921 NAICS 921 549 14 $1,051 $30.0M
445 NAICS 445 445 14 $494 $11.4M
327 NAICS 327 429 8 $1,716 $38.2M
561 NAICS 561 397 53 $1,086 $22.4M
922 NAICS 922 346 8 $1,383 $24.9M
424 NAICS 424 340 34 $1,563 $27.7M
423 NAICS 423 322 35 $1,476 $24.7M
541 NAICS 541 289 87 $1,102 $16.5M
441 NAICS 441 286 21 $957 $14.2M
457 NAICS 457 284 25 $465 $6.9M
811 NAICS 811 257 33 $1,415 $18.9M
444 NAICS 444 250 13 $736 $9.5M
459 NAICS 459 221 23 $523 $6.0M
522 NAICS 522 208 21 $1,252 $13.5M
551 NAICS 551 189 10 $2,235 $22.0M
332 NAICS 332 188 5 $1,525 $14.9M
237 NAICS 237 133 13 $1,443 $10.0M
513 NAICS 513 128 16 $1,165 $7.7M
524 NAICS 524 128 34 $1,352 $9.0M
721 NAICS 721 123 13 $399 $2.5M
713 NAICS 713 121 11 $323 $2.0M
449 NAICS 449 94 14 $951 $4.7M
491 NAICS 491 89 12 $1,334 $6.2M
517 NAICS 517 81 8 $1,341 $5.6M
111 NAICS 111 79 14 $627 $2.6M
562 NAICS 562 69 8 $1,011 $3.6M
456 NAICS 456 69 13 $788 $2.8M
458 NAICS 458 60 11 $501 $1.6M
312 NAICS 312 60 4 $465 $1.5M
531 NAICS 531 59 35 $735 $2.3M
493 NAICS 493 38 6 $1,308 $2.6M
488 NAICS 488 36 8 $1,029 $1.9M
523 NAICS 523 34 16 $2,324 $4.1M
926 NAICS 926 32 4 $1,484 $2.5M
532 NAICS 532 28 7 $858 $1.3M
924 NAICS 924 27 8 $1,431 $1.6M
323 NAICS 323 22 4 $745 $0.9M
928 NAICS 928 22 1 $1,596 $1.8M
337 NAICS 337 20 3 $873 $0.9M
923 NAICS 923 7 1 $1,402 $0.5M

By Ownership (2024)

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

Federal Government

161

jobs · $73,277 avg pay

State Government

482

jobs · $67,899 avg pay

Local Government

2,232

jobs · $48,108 avg pay

Private

14,672

jobs · $57,469 avg pay

IA Unemployment

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

3.3%

April 2026

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