Table 2. Covered establishments, employment, and wages in the 10 largest counties,
fourth quarter 2021
Employment Average weekly
wage(1)
Establishments,
fourth quarter
County by NAICS supersector 2021 Percent Percent
(thousands) December change, Fourth change,
2021 December quarter fourth
(thousands) 2020-21(2) 2021 quarter
2020-21(2)
United States(3) ............................ 11,194.1 148,293.6 5.2 $1,418 5.9
Private industry........................... 10,891.6 126,754.0 5.8 1,435 6.1
Natural resources and mining............. 142.1 1,688.8 2.0 1,291 6.2
Construction............................. 887.5 7,478.5 3.1 1,527 4.4
Manufacturing............................ 371.2 12,531.9 2.9 1,621 4.5
Trade, transportation, and utilities..... 2,006.8 29,019.8 4.0 1,163 8.2
Information.............................. 238.2 2,953.8 8.2 3,047 9.6
Financial activities..................... 1,007.2 8,520.7 3.0 2,345 7.4
Professional and business services....... 2,188.6 22,068.4 6.1 1,935 7.2
Education and health services............ 1,975.3 23,015.0 1.9 1,237 4.7
Leisure and hospitality.................. 919.9 14,904.1 21.3 625 10.4
Other services........................... 851.2 4,279.1 7.9 965 6.0
Government................................. 302.5 21,539.6 1.3 1,319 3.9
Los Angeles, CA.............................. 539.2 4,451.3 7.4 1,698 5.9
Private industry........................... 532.9 3,887.8 8.2 1,693 6.1
Natural resources and mining............. 0.6 6.5 5.0 1,360 4.7
Construction............................. 18.4 148.3 0.3 1,601 2.1
Manufacturing............................ 12.5 316.1 1.5 1,803 6.1
Trade, transportation, and utilities..... 62.0 848.8 3.5 1,302 8.0
Information.............................. 14.6 223.6 7.0 3,489 11.1
Financial activities..................... 32.9 216.6 1.8 2,679 10.0
Professional and business services....... 62.3 650.7 7.4 2,268 7.4
Education and health services............ 254.9 839.9 2.7 1,156 3.3
Leisure and hospitality.................. 43.0 494.2 44.2 1,408 -0.5
Other services........................... 29.7 141.8 20.3 1,018 2.7
Government................................. 6.4 563.5 2.1 1,729 3.9
Cook, IL..................................... 143.0 2,504.1 5.3 1,671 6.4
Private industry........................... 141.7 2,222.9 5.7 1,687 6.5
Natural resources and mining............. 0.1 1.7 15.5 1,353 -2.3
Construction............................. 11.4 72.3 5.2 1,846 2.5
Manufacturing............................ 5.7 174.9 -0.1 1,634 7.0
Trade, transportation, and utilities..... 29.2 473.3 2.8 1,286 9.9
Information.............................. 2.8 50.6 3.4 2,814 11.5
Financial activities..................... 14.4 201.1 -0.8 3,383 16.3
Professional and business services....... 30.4 471.8 3.8 2,222 6.5
Education and health services............ 16.7 444.0 1.0 1,272 2.2
Leisure and hospitality.................. 14.2 241.9 47.3 706 15.7
Other services........................... 16.5 91.3 5.5 1,202 4.6
Government................................. 1.3 281.1 1.7 1,545 5.1
Harris, TX................................... 125.4 2,341.1 5.0 1,586 5.7
Private industry........................... 124.8 2,051.8 5.5 1,614 5.6
Natural resources and mining............. 1.6 51.0 -1.9 3,680 -2.0
Construction............................. 8.4 157.7 4.6 1,724 5.1
Manufacturing............................ 5.1 164.1 2.4 1,893 5.6
Trade, transportation, and utilities..... 26.4 490.7 4.4 1,393 7.7
Information.............................. 1.5 24.4 14.4 2,148 14.5
Financial activities..................... 13.8 132.9 3.8 2,344 10.5
Professional and business services....... 26.1 416.8 5.1 2,059 6.6
Education and health services............ 17.6 314.6 4.8 1,306 4.3
Leisure and hospitality.................. 11.3 230.1 13.8 626 11.8
Other services........................... 11.8 67.2 8.5 1,095 9.4
Government................................. 0.6 289.3 1.6 1,391 6.4
New York, NY................................. 124.8 2,331.2 7.9 3,240 5.4
Private industry........................... 123.4 2,107.0 9.0 3,392 5.0
Natural resources and mining............. 0.0 0.2 -33.7 2,015 -26.0
Construction............................. 2.4 36.5 -4.1 2,493 0.8
Manufacturing............................ 1.7 16.9 15.3 1,947 -1.2
Trade, transportation, and utilities..... 17.0 218.0 6.6 1,991 7.0
Information.............................. 5.7 197.5 8.3 4,104 8.2
Financial activities..................... 18.9 381.7 0.7 6,705 13.6
Professional and business services....... 28.0 566.3 6.2 3,674 5.2
Education and health services............ 10.2 356.6 3.0 1,751 2.2
Leisure and hospitality.................. 13.9 233.0 62.8 1,398 -1.2
Other services........................... 17.5 92.0 4.8 1,607 2.6
Government................................. 1.5 224.2 -1.3 1,826 3.3
Maricopa, AZ................................. 122.9 2,165.0 4.7 1,344 5.5
Private industry........................... 122.1 1,953.5 5.2 1,350 5.7
Natural resources and mining............. 0.5 7.9 6.1 1,268 -1.8
Construction............................. 9.5 140.2 4.9 1,578 7.6
Manufacturing............................ 3.6 135.9 3.3 1,776 2.8
Trade, transportation, and utilities..... 23.1 446.7 4.6 1,181 6.4
Information.............................. 3.0 39.6 9.8 2,067 8.9
Financial activities..................... 16.5 199.9 1.8 1,799 3.3
Professional and business services....... 32.2 363.3 3.6 1,534 11.1
Education and health services............ 15.2 342.5 2.4 1,282 4.2
Leisure and hospitality.................. 9.7 219.1 15.4 648 8.7
Other services........................... 7.9 56.5 11.2 961 6.2
Government................................. 0.8 211.5 0.2 1,287 3.8
Dallas, TX................................... 85.2 1,803.1 5.9 1,637 6.1
Private industry........................... 84.7 1,626.9 6.7 1,656 6.2
Natural resources and mining............. 0.5 7.1 -3.6 3,563 16.1
Construction............................. 5.3 90.1 2.2 1,708 6.8
Manufacturing............................ 2.9 120.9 3.8 1,737 1.8
Trade, transportation, and utilities..... 16.9 392.5 4.8 1,429 9.3
Information.............................. 1.7 45.2 4.1 2,331 4.2
Financial activities..................... 10.9 170.7 6.3 2,360 7.1
Professional and business services....... 20.2 400.1 10.2 1,987 5.9
Education and health services............ 10.4 206.1 2.5 1,414 2.2
Leisure and hospitality.................. 7.6 151.9 14.7 668 17.6
Other services........................... 7.4 41.1 7.9 1,078 1.1
Government................................. 0.5 176.2 -0.4 1,462 4.6
Orange, CA................................... 137.6 1,614.7 6.8 1,553 3.2
Private industry........................... 136.2 1,475.9 7.4 1,559 3.2
Natural resources and mining............. 0.2 2.2 -11.1 1,153 2.1
Construction............................. 8.1 102.3 1.5 1,814 3.2
Manufacturing............................ 5.4 149.7 1.7 1,983 3.4
Trade, transportation, and utilities..... 19.2 259.4 2.3 1,351 8.9
Information.............................. 1.7 24.3 6.3 2,709 4.3
Financial activities..................... 14.3 117.1 0.3 2,756 5.6
Professional and business services....... 25.5 326.6 3.1 1,825 5.4
Education and health services............ 42.8 237.9 5.4 1,216 2.2
Leisure and hospitality.................. 10.2 207.9 40.0 684 13.1
Other services........................... 8.2 47.9 20.5 929 4.4
Government................................. 1.4 138.8 0.7 1,492 3.2
San Diego, CA................................ 123.3 1,487.5 8.1 1,609 2.9
Private industry........................... 121.4 1,252.4 9.2 1,608 3.1
Natural resources and mining............. 0.7 8.5 -2.3 1,002 3.4
Construction............................. 8.4 85.8 4.1 1,581 1.2
Manufacturing............................ 3.6 116.6 3.6 2,079 6.6
Trade, transportation, and utilities..... 15.7 227.2 4.0 1,169 5.8
Information.............................. 1.5 22.3 6.6 2,963 5.7
Financial activities..................... 12.1 77.5 2.8 2,152 -0.3
Professional and business services....... 22.9 271.6 7.9 2,561 4.6
Education and health services............ 38.0 213.1 2.2 1,257 5.2
Leisure and hospitality.................. 9.4 180.6 40.1 678 6.8
Other services........................... 8.6 48.8 25.0 874 5.4
Government................................. 1.9 235.0 2.7 1,614 2.3
King, WA..................................... 97.9 1,429.6 7.4 2,333 6.7
Private industry........................... 97.2 1,260.1 8.2 2,419 7.0
Natural resources and mining............. 0.4 3.2 7.2 1,399 2.0
Construction............................. 7.3 75.5 2.4 1,840 4.5
Manufacturing............................ 2.6 89.7 2.1 1,949 -3.2
Trade, transportation, and utilities..... 13.7 292.2 5.5 2,454 5.2
Information.............................. 3.4 138.3 6.6 5,335 12.2
Financial activities..................... 7.6 70.7 3.6 2,723 10.8
Professional and business services....... 21.6 253.6 8.9 2,718 10.2
Education and health services............ 23.5 177.9 3.1 1,344 4.7
Leisure and hospitality.................. 7.6 115.8 44.7 816 11.6
Other services........................... 9.4 43.2 8.7 1,405 21.0
Government................................. 0.6 169.5 2.0 1,695 0.9
Miami-Dade, FL............................... 118.8 1,174.1 7.2 1,447 11.1
Private industry........................... 118.4 1,036.9 8.1 1,437 12.1
Natural resources and mining............. 0.6 10.1 11.7 854 6.1
Construction............................. 7.8 50.6 -0.5 1,476 25.9
Manufacturing............................ 3.1 40.8 2.5 1,294 10.6
Trade, transportation, and utilities..... 26.8 298.7 (4) 1,217 7.3
Information.............................. 2.4 18.9 8.0 2,426 21.6
Financial activities..................... 12.9 79.7 4.2 2,515 24.3
Professional and business services....... 28.8 175.8 7.9 1,950 13.7
Education and health services............ 15.0 192.7 5.3 1,284 7.1
Leisure and hospitality.................. 8.6 130.7 21.1 892 15.8
Other services........................... 8.7 36.5 5.7 910 10.0
Government................................. 0.3 137.2 0.4 1,523 5.5
(1) Average weekly wages were calculated using unrounded data.
(2) Percent changes were computed from quarterly employment and pay data adjusted for noneconomic
county reclassifications. See Technical Note.
(3) Totals for the United States do not include data for Puerto Rico or the Virgin Islands.
(4) Data do not meet BLS or state agency disclosure standards.
Note: Data are preliminary. Counties selected are based on 2020 annual average employment.
Includes workers covered by Unemployment Insurance (UI) and Unemployment Compensation for Federal
Employees (UCFE) programs.
United States Department of Labor
