Whitman County, WA

FIPS 53075 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, Whitman County had an annual average of 19,125 jobs across 1,243 establishments, paying $1.2 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

19,125

-2.1% YoY

Establishments

1,243

Total Wages

$1.2B

Avg Annual Pay

$64,510

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 Whitman County, WA, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
712 NAICS 712 — 1 — —
611 NAICS 611 6,360 29 $1,463 $455.9M
722 NAICS 722 1,351 89 $432 $30.3M
921 NAICS 921 700 20 $1,985 $43.6M
541 NAICS 541 632 116 $1,772 $58.3M
623 NAICS 623 499 26 $754 $19.6M
621 NAICS 621 466 46 $1,121 $27.2M
424 NAICS 424 383 30 $1,404 $27.9M
111 NAICS 111 380 184 $828 $16.4M
445 NAICS 445 338 15 $564 $9.9M
238 NAICS 238 318 55 $1,275 $21.1M
531 NAICS 531 283 44 $791 $11.7M
334 NAICS 334 270 4 $1,695 $23.8M
926 NAICS 926 189 7 $1,622 $14.9M
441 NAICS 441 184 11 $1,087 $10.4M
721 NAICS 721 181 25 $506 $4.8M
423 NAICS 423 149 23 $1,360 $10.6M
444 NAICS 444 136 9 $898 $6.3M
459 NAICS 459 125 20 $430 $2.8M
811 NAICS 811 116 21 $840 $5.1M
522 NAICS 522 109 21 $1,322 $7.5M
484 NAICS 484 104 15 $897 $4.8M
713 NAICS 713 100 12 $575 $3.0M
812 NAICS 812 90 20 $506 $2.3M
456 NAICS 456 84 8 $863 $3.8M
491 NAICS 491 76 15 $1,138 $4.5M
813 NAICS 813 73 25 $767 $2.9M
311 NAICS 311 66 5 $557 $1.9M
457 NAICS 457 65 7 $655 $2.2M
312 NAICS 312 54 6 $567 $1.6M
922 NAICS 922 53 15 $2,295 $2.7M
327 NAICS 327 52 4 $1,183 $3.2M
924 NAICS 924 49 9 $1,613 $2.7M
517 NAICS 517 48 6 $1,350 $3.4M
519 NAICS 519 37 14 $393 $0.8M
923 NAICS 923 32 7 $1,486 $2.5M
524 NAICS 524 32 11 $1,599 $2.7M
814 NAICS 814 31 20 $618 $1.0M
449 NAICS 449 27 8 $1,149 $1.6M
523 NAICS 523 22 8 $3,198 $3.7M
513 NAICS 513 20 12 $3,752 $3.9M
551 NAICS 551 18 5 $987 $0.9M
488 NAICS 488 15 4 $1,007 $0.8M
333 NAICS 333 14 3 $723 $0.5M
332 NAICS 332 11 4 $899 $0.5M
532 NAICS 532 8 4 $474 $0.2M
518 NAICS 518 6 5 $1,854 $0.6M
425 NAICS 425 5 4 $3,764 $0.9M
928 NAICS 928 3 1 $1,082 $0.2M
624 NAICS 624 3 1 $1,198 $0.2M

By Ownership (2024)

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

Federal Government

226

jobs · $75,027 avg pay

State Government

5,405

jobs · $76,145 avg pay

Local Government

2,432

jobs · $62,412 avg pay

Private

11,062

jobs · $59,075 avg pay

WA Unemployment

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

5.2%

April 2026

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