Wilkes County, NC

FIPS 37193 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, Wilkes County had an annual average of 18,934 jobs across 1,389 establishments, paying $0.9 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

18,934

-0.5% YoY

Establishments

1,389

Total Wages

$0.9B

Avg Annual Pay

$48,001

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 Wilkes County, NC, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
999 NAICS 999 — 2 — —
611 NAICS 611 1,853 36 $908 $81.9M
722 NAICS 722 1,661 93 $379 $32.7M
624 NAICS 624 894 68 $880 $40.9M
921 NAICS 921 876 7 $1,184 $40.0M
621 NAICS 621 856 90 $1,621 $72.1M
423 NAICS 423 739 46 $1,405 $54.0M
455 NAICS 455 606 26 $511 $16.1M
238 NAICS 238 566 102 $1,015 $29.9M
541 NAICS 541 531 110 $1,387 $32.5M
445 NAICS 445 524 24 $636 $10.5M
444 NAICS 444 425 21 $749 $16.5M
321 NAICS 321 350 10 $977 $17.8M
441 NAICS 441 349 39 $954 $17.3M
327 NAICS 327 341 5 $1,111 $19.7M
457 NAICS 457 295 48 $686 $10.5M
484 NAICS 484 226 25 $1,221 $14.4M
926 NAICS 926 219 7 $1,673 $15.5M
459 NAICS 459 202 26 $658 $6.9M
517 NAICS 517 189 8 $1,558 $15.3M
713 NAICS 713 185 11 $279 $2.7M
456 NAICS 456 177 21 $856 $7.9M
323 NAICS 323 160 7 $1,104 $9.2M
811 NAICS 811 159 37 $929 $7.7M
551 NAICS 551 156 10 $1,718 $13.9M
922 NAICS 922 150 4 $1,232 $9.6M
522 NAICS 522 135 22 $1,088 $7.7M
721 NAICS 721 128 8 $422 $2.8M
236 NAICS 236 122 37 $1,107 $7.0M
491 NAICS 491 114 13 $1,161 $6.9M
524 NAICS 524 92 24 $1,383 $6.6M
814 NAICS 814 76 69 $504 $2.0M
531 NAICS 531 75 32 $844 $3.3M
112 NAICS 112 74 12 $745 $2.9M
312 NAICS 312 68 8 $493 $1.7M
813 NAICS 813 61 17 $937 $3.0M
237 NAICS 237 58 12 $1,192 $3.6M
111 NAICS 111 57 10 $686 $2.0M
812 NAICS 812 52 20 $573 $1.6M
458 NAICS 458 49 8 $339 $0.9M
221 NAICS 221 41 7 $1,636 $3.5M
485 NAICS 485 39 1 $602 $1.2M
332 NAICS 332 27 7 $1,049 $1.5M
449 NAICS 449 27 10 $729 $1.0M
519 NAICS 519 22 2 $495 $0.6M
923 NAICS 923 22 3 $1,699 $1.9M
523 NAICS 523 21 12 $3,603 $3.9M
339 NAICS 339 21 4 $455 $0.5M
924 NAICS 924 20 3 $1,031 $1.1M
115 NAICS 115 19 4 $966 $0.9M
488 NAICS 488 13 3 $1,162 $0.8M
925 NAICS 925 10 1 $1,145 $0.6M
561 NAICS 561 7 2 $921 $0.3M

By Ownership (2024)

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

Federal Government

168

jobs · $68,115 avg pay

State Government

890

jobs · $49,508 avg pay

Local Government

2,270

jobs · $46,150 avg pay

Private

15,606

jobs · $47,971 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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