Table 2. Covered establishments, employment, and wages in the 10 largest counties,
second quarter 2024
Employment Average weekly
wage(1)
Establishments,
second quarter
County by NAICS supersector 2024 Percent Percent
(thousands) June change, Second change,
2024 June quarter second
(thousands) 2023-24(2) 2024 quarter
2023-24(2)
United States(3) ............................ 12,238.2 155,710.2 0.8 $1,390 4.4
Private industry........................... 11,931.7 133,299.9 0.6 1,384 4.2
Natural resources and mining............. 146.7 1,937.2 -1.5 1,305 3.3
Construction............................. 950.9 8,281.8 1.6 1,486 4.4
Manufacturing............................ 403.0 12,833.8 -0.8 1,569 5.7
Trade, transportation, and utilities..... 2,081.1 28,558.9 -0.2 1,165 4.2
Information.............................. 299.2 2,905.6 -3.2 3,156 11.6
Financial activities..................... 1,087.1 8,728.4 -0.6 2,058 4.4
Professional and business services....... 2,546.9 22,528.1 -1.1 1,891 4.8
Education and health services............ 2,195.0 25,209.1 3.6 1,212 2.8
Leisure and hospitality.................. 988.3 17,305.1 0.7 616 3.5
Other services........................... 902.5 4,726.0 1.6 990 3.4
Government................................. 306.4 22,410.3 2.4 1,422 4.7
Los Angeles, CA.............................. 581.2 4,499.6 0.5 1,534 4.1
Private industry........................... 574.8 3,896.4 0.2 1,482 4.0
Natural resources and mining............. 0.6 6.5 -1.1 1,277 0.2
Construction............................. 19.7 150.1 -0.4 1,600 3.8
Manufacturing............................ 12.4 312.6 -1.4 1,832 9.4
Trade, transportation, and utilities..... 64.2 792.3 -2.0 1,296 4.7
Information.............................. 14.4 182.5 -1.0 3,233 13.0
Financial activities..................... 33.3 204.8 -1.5 2,288 2.5
Professional and business services....... 65.8 632.2 -1.7 1,900 3.9
Education and health services............ 286.2 925.0 5.2 1,117 1.2
Leisure and hospitality.................. 46.7 537.3 -0.3 885 3.5
Other services........................... 31.4 153.0 1.3 1,005 -1.4
Government................................. 6.4 603.2 2.6 1,871 4.3
Cook, IL..................................... 141.9 2,589.1 -0.4 1,570 3.0
Private industry........................... 140.6 2,277.5 -0.9 1,564 3.0
Natural resources and mining............. 0.1 1.3 -25.1 1,257 0.0
Construction............................. 11.3 77.8 -3.1 1,797 3.3
Manufacturing............................ 5.6 178.1 0.1 1,524 2.7
Trade, transportation, and utilities..... 28.9 458.8 -1.7 1,265 1.9
Information.............................. 3.0 46.1 -6.1 3,194 16.4
Financial activities..................... 14.0 205.9 -1.6 2,753 5.0
Professional and business services....... 29.9 453.5 -4.5 2,015 2.9
Education and health services............ 17.7 469.1 2.8 1,268 2.9
Leisure and hospitality.................. 14.3 288.5 1.5 772 3.8
Other services........................... 15.6 98.0 0.3 1,226 4.9
Government................................. 1.3 311.6 3.6 1,613 3.0
New York, NY................................. 130.4 2,459.9 0.5 2,721 4.6
Private industry........................... 129.0 2,234.8 0.4 2,801 4.7
Natural resources and mining............. 0.0 0.2 18.7 2,679 18.7
Construction............................. 2.3 36.5 -1.4 2,240 2.1
Manufacturing............................ 1.7 16.4 -3.2 2,138 17.9
Trade, transportation, and utilities..... 16.7 212.5 -1.9 1,983 0.4
Information.............................. 6.4 191.2 -0.5 4,040 11.4
Financial activities..................... 19.3 412.2 -0.4 4,733 5.2
Professional and business services....... 28.7 595.9 -0.1 3,038 4.3
Education and health services............ 10.7 381.2 2.1 1,799 4.2
Leisure and hospitality.................. 14.6 283.3 1.8 1,209 2.5
Other services........................... 17.2 96.3 0.0 1,619 3.5
Government................................. 1.5 225.2 1.4 1,932 4.8
Harris, TX................................... 124.4 2,444.9 0.9 1,574 4.4
Private industry........................... 123.8 2,165.9 0.8 1,586 4.1
Natural resources and mining............. 1.5 65.7 1.1 3,556 1.5
Construction............................. 8.4 166.5 -1.1 1,672 5.4
Manufacturing............................ 5.2 177.6 2.8 1,860 2.3
Trade, transportation, and utilities..... 26.0 496.0 0.6 1,454 3.7
Information.............................. 1.5 22.1 -3.4 2,136 3.1
Financial activities..................... 13.7 130.0 -0.5 2,253 8.3
Professional and business services....... 26.3 438.4 0.5 1,934 4.5
Education and health services............ 17.5 334.4 2.2 1,303 4.7
Leisure and hospitality.................. 11.6 258.3 0.8 625 3.3
Other services........................... 11.2 75.2 1.1 1,114 4.0
Government................................. 0.6 279.0 1.1 1,484 6.5
Maricopa, AZ................................. 137.8 2,222.3 1.0 1,381 4.6
Private industry........................... 137.0 2,035.6 0.9 1,361 4.4
Natural resources and mining............. 0.5 8.8 3.5 1,576 25.0
Construction............................. 10.9 174.1 3.6 1,546 5.0
Manufacturing............................ 3.6 142.8 0.1 1,770 2.1
Trade, transportation, and utilities..... 23.9 440.5 0.0 1,263 6.4
Information.............................. 3.1 36.3 -5.6 2,644 21.9
Financial activities..................... 18.2 187.2 -0.1 1,741 3.0
Professional and business services....... 36.4 345.2 -1.8 1,526 4.0
Education and health services............ 17.1 385.7 4.1 1,269 2.3
Leisure and hospitality.................. 10.6 249.4 0.7 704 4.5
Other services........................... 8.8 61.8 1.5 1,037 3.9
Government................................. 0.8 186.7 1.2 1,575 6.3
Dallas, TX................................... 84.1 1,820.9 0.3 1,644 5.2
Private industry........................... 83.6 1,638.5 0.0 1,658 5.3
Natural resources and mining............. 0.5 7.0 -0.2 2,904 -6.5
Construction............................. 5.3 102.0 5.5 1,670 4.8
Manufacturing............................ 3.0 126.6 1.0 1,827 10.5
Trade, transportation, and utilities..... 16.4 374.0 0.1 1,444 5.2
Information.............................. 1.6 44.5 -3.5 2,648 4.5
Financial activities..................... 10.7 164.1 -0.4 2,292 2.7
Professional and business services....... 20.4 390.8 -1.7 2,072 8.1
Education and health services............ 10.7 212.2 0.8 1,293 2.7
Leisure and hospitality.................. 7.7 169.2 0.1 685 4.3
Other services........................... 6.8 46.7 -0.4 1,226 0.9
Government................................. 0.5 182.4 2.3 1,517 3.3
Orange, CA................................... 151.5 1,654.0 0.5 1,506 4.2
Private industry........................... 150.0 1,491.1 -0.1 1,491 4.6
Natural resources and mining............. 0.2 2.2 6.8 1,178 4.6
Construction............................. 8.6 105.8 0.6 1,744 3.4
Manufacturing............................ 5.4 155.0 -1.2 1,999 6.8
Trade, transportation, and utilities..... 19.6 255.0 -1.8 1,351 5.2
Information.............................. 1.7 21.1 -7.1 3,479 29.9
Financial activities..................... 14.8 101.7 -0.9 2,277 4.1
Professional and business services....... 27.1 305.5 -1.8 1,792 4.8
Education and health services............ 52.8 258.8 3.8 1,201 1.1
Leisure and hospitality.................. 10.8 234.5 1.3 725 4.6
Other services........................... 8.9 51.4 0.1 932 2.8
Government................................. 1.4 162.9 6.4 1,644 1.2
San Diego, CA................................ 135.7 1,536.4 0.1 1,526 0.1
Private industry........................... 133.8 1,289.3 -0.6 1,499 -0.8
Natural resources and mining............. 0.7 9.8 -4.0 1,003 2.2
Construction............................. 9.2 90.3 0.6 1,579 4.5
Manufacturing............................ 3.8 113.3 -3.9 2,125 2.9
Trade, transportation, and utilities..... 16.0 218.3 -1.1 1,183 4.4
Information.............................. 1.5 20.6 -6.0 2,987 11.2
Financial activities..................... 12.4 69.8 -1.5 1,965 3.1
Professional and business services....... 24.3 259.0 -4.4 2,198 -6.5
Education and health services............ 46.5 247.8 5.0 1,243 1.0
Leisure and hospitality.................. 10.1 204.3 -0.4 746 2.5
Other services........................... 9.4 56.0 4.2 902 3.6
Government................................. 1.9 247.2 3.6 1,671 4.8
King, WA..................................... 81.3 1,471.8 0.1 2,507 10.4
Private industry........................... 80.7 1,291.5 -0.3 2,604 11.4
Natural resources and mining............. 0.4 2.6 2.4 1,588 -6.2
Construction............................. 6.4 72.5 -4.6 1,825 2.2
Manufacturing............................ 2.4 93.7 0.6 2,024 1.8
Trade, transportation, and utilities..... 12.6 228.9 -1.6 1,681 5.5
Information.............................. 4.1 130.7 -4.1 6,188 12.2
Financial activities..................... 7.2 70.2 -1.1 2,335 2.5
Professional and business services....... 21.9 313.4 0.4 3,938 24.5
Education and health services............ 9.5 190.5 3.3 1,392 3.3
Leisure and hospitality.................. 7.5 141.6 1.0 854 0.4
Other services........................... 8.7 47.3 0.6 1,274 6.1
Government................................. 0.6 180.3 3.3 1,817 2.7
Miami-Dade, FL............................... 126.2 1,236.4 1.5 1,400 3.2
Private industry........................... 125.9 1,107.7 1.4 1,370 3.2
Natural resources and mining............. 0.6 9.5 -0.9 870 8.9
Construction............................. 8.4 56.9 5.8 1,269 2.0
Manufacturing............................ 3.5 45.9 2.6 1,268 4.5
Trade, transportation, and utilities..... 26.0 304.5 0.8 1,244 2.9
Information.............................. 2.7 19.9 -4.9 2,583 5.0
Financial activities..................... 13.8 87.2 2.3 2,225 4.6
Professional and business services....... 31.3 184.6 -0.2 1,716 3.1
Education and health services............ 17.1 207.9 1.3 1,266 2.3
Leisure and hospitality.................. 9.1 150.3 2.4 915 5.9
Other services........................... 9.1 38.5 3.7 940 3.3
Government................................. 0.3 128.7 2.4 1,648 3.5
(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.
Note: Data are preliminary. Counties selected are based on 2023 annual average employment.
Includes workers covered by Unemployment Insurance (UI) and Unemployment Compensation for Federal
Employees (UCFE) programs.
United States Department of Labor
