Covered employment (QCEW) in Butler County

Covered employment (QCEW) in Butler County was 163,638 jobs in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is up 0.3% from 2024. That is the 7th highest of 88 counties in 2025.

2025, jobs163,638
Change on 2024+0.3%
Series high163,6382025
Series low126,2872002

Next release: Saturday, 21 August 2027, estimated by Invokely from past publication dates (low confidence), not announced by the publisher. Release calendar

Get an email when a new figure is out or this one is revised.
Keep it in a collection in your library.

Covered employment (QCEW) in Butler County, 2001 to 2025

120K130K140K150K160K170K20012005200920132017202120252001: 126,863 jobs2002: 126,287 jobs2003: 128,615 jobs2004: 133,269 jobs2005: 136,387 jobs2006: 144,391 jobs2007: 147,056 jobs2008: 147,072 jobs2009: 137,461 jobs2010: 137,975 jobs2011: 138,752 jobs2012: 138,754 jobs2013: 138,994 jobs2014: 142,924 jobs2015: 145,219 jobs2016: 150,345 jobs2017: 153,926 jobs2018: 155,213 jobs2019: 157,990 jobs2020: 148,967 jobs2021: 150,387 jobs2022: 153,980 jobs2023: 160,057 jobs2024: 163,093 jobs2025: 163,638 jobs120K130K140K150K160K170K2001201020252001: 126,863 jobs2002: 126,287 jobs2003: 128,615 jobs2004: 133,269 jobs2005: 136,387 jobs2006: 144,391 jobs2007: 147,056 jobs2008: 147,072 jobs2009: 137,461 jobs2010: 137,975 jobs2011: 138,752 jobs2012: 138,754 jobs2013: 138,994 jobs2014: 142,924 jobs2015: 145,219 jobs2016: 150,345 jobs2017: 153,926 jobs2018: 155,213 jobs2019: 157,990 jobs2020: 148,967 jobs2021: 150,387 jobs2022: 153,980 jobs2023: 160,057 jobs2024: 163,093 jobs2025: 163,638 jobs
jobs. Source: BLS, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average employment, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties. Retrieved 2026-10-12, published 2026-08-21.
All 25 values
Periodjobs
2025163,638
2024163,093
2023160,057
2022153,980
2021150,387
2020148,967
2019157,990
2018155,213
2017153,926
2016150,345
2015145,219
2014142,924
2013138,994
2012138,754
2011138,752
2010137,975
2009137,461
2008147,072
2007147,056
2006144,391
2005136,387
2004133,269
2003128,615
2002126,287
2001126,863

Compared with Ohio and United States

Place2025
Butler County163,638
Ohio5,534,587
United States155,732,363

Butler County compared with nearby places

Adams County: 6,923 jobsAllen County: 50,015 jobsAshland County: 18,625 jobsAshtabula County: 29,106 jobsAthens County: 21,434 jobsAuglaize County: 22,204 jobsBelmont County: 20,522 jobsBrown County: 8,026 jobsButler County: 163,638 jobsCarroll County: 6,119 jobsChampaign County: 11,364 jobsClark County: 45,578 jobsClermont County: 63,011 jobsClinton County: 19,013 jobsColumbiana County: 28,389 jobsCoshocton County: 9,745 jobsCrawford County: 12,572 jobsCuyahoga County: 692,694 jobsDarke County: 18,317 jobsDefiance County: 15,438 jobsDelaware County: 100,816 jobsErie County: 36,374 jobsFairfield County: 48,050 jobsFayette County: 11,945 jobsFranklin County: 791,805 jobsFulton County: 17,855 jobsGallia County: 11,333 jobsGeauga County: 36,738 jobsGreene County: 80,454 jobsGuernsey County: 14,750 jobsHamilton County: 514,266 jobsHancock County: 43,831 jobsHardin County: 7,632 jobsHarrison County: 3,927 jobsHenry County: 10,706 jobsHighland County: 10,748 jobsHocking County: 7,527 jobsHolmes County: 21,972 jobsHuron County: 21,321 jobsJackson County: 10,220 jobsJefferson County: 19,530 jobsKnox County: 20,365 jobsLake County: 99,690 jobsLawrence County: 13,984 jobsLicking County: 75,544 jobsLogan County: 19,538 jobsLorain County: 99,738 jobsLucas County: 194,976 jobsMadison County: 24,269 jobsMahoning County: 93,307 jobsMarion County: 23,441 jobsMedina County: 63,249 jobsMeigs County: 3,493 jobsMercer County: 20,220 jobsMiami County: 41,783 jobsMonroe County: 2,736 jobsMontgomery County: 251,925 jobsMorgan County: 2,819 jobsMorrow County: 5,310 jobsMuskingum County: 35,758 jobsNoble County: 3,023 jobsOttawa County: 14,252 jobsPaulding County: 5,160 jobsPerry County: 6,295 jobsPickaway County: 16,482 jobsPike County: 10,637 jobsPortage County: 56,790 jobsPreble County: 11,523 jobsPutnam County: 12,444 jobsRichland County: 48,532 jobsRoss County: 28,735 jobsSandusky County: 24,435 jobsScioto County: 25,000 jobsSeneca County: 18,700 jobsShelby County: 26,404 jobsStark County: 157,374 jobsSummit County: 259,891 jobsTrumbull County: 65,092 jobsTuscarawas County: 37,311 jobsUnion County: 36,813 jobsVan Wert County: 11,050 jobsVinton County: 2,259 jobsWarren County: 102,347 jobsWashington County: 25,437 jobsWayne County: 48,168 jobsWilliams County: 16,008 jobsWood County: 74,868 jobsWyandot County: 10,036 jobs
  • Under 10K
  • 10K to 15K
  • 15K to 21K
  • 21K to 37K
  • 37K to 75K
  • 75K and over
Covered employment (QCEW), 2025, jobs. Butler County is outlined. Same source and period for every area shown. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Boundaries: U.S. Census Bureau cartographic boundary files.

Rankings

Definition

Average number of jobs covered by unemployment insurance during the year, all industries, private and government, from the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Counted where the job is located, from the reports employers file each quarter; monthly employment counts the jobs in the pay period that includes the 12th.

Counts jobs, not people: someone with two jobs counts twice. Covers about 95 percent of US wage and salary jobs. Excludes the self-employed, most agricultural workers on small farms, the armed forces, elected officials in most states, most railroad employees, some domestic workers and most student workers at schools. A count of employer reports, not a survey estimate like oews_employment.

Report a problem with this figure

How to cite

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average employment, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties. https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/10.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Citation styles

The publisher is the author. Invokely is named only as the place the figures were read, where a style asks for it.

APA 7

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2026). Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average employment, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties (Covered employment (QCEW), Butler County, 2001 to 2025) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/10.csv

MLA 9

Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average employment, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties, Covered employment (QCEW), Butler County, 2001 to 2025. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, 21 Aug. 2026, https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/10.csv. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/covered-employment/butler-county-ohio. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. 2026. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average employment, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties. Covered employment (QCEW), Butler County, 2001 to 2025. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/10.csv. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/covered-employment/butler-county-ohio.

Harvard

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (2026) Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average employment, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties, Covered employment (QCEW), Butler County, 2001 to 2025 [Dataset]. Available at: https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/10.csv, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/en/covered-employment/butler-county-ohio (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX
@misc{bureau_covered_employment_qcew_butler_2025,
  author = {{U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics}},
  title = {{Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average employment, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties: Covered employment (QCEW), Butler County, 2001 to 2025}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/10.csv},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/covered-employment/butler-county-ohio. Publisher attribution: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average employment, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties. https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/10.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-12.},
}
RIS
TY  - DATA
AU  - U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
TI  - Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average employment, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties: Covered employment (QCEW), Butler County, 2001 to 2025
PY  - 2026
DA  - 2026/08/21
PB  - U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
DB  - Invokely
UR  - https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/10.csv
L2  - https://invokely.ai/en/covered-employment/butler-county-ohio
Y2  - 2026/10/12
N1  - Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/en/covered-employment/butler-county-ohio.
N1  - Publisher attribution: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average employment, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties. https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/10.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
ER  - 
Embed this chart

Paste this code into a web page or a blog post. The chart shows the latest figures as they are published, with the source and a link back to this page.

Sites that read oEmbed links, such as WordPress, can show the chart when you paste the link to this page.

Use this data in your AI agent

Invokely serves this figure to AI assistants through MCP and to code through a REST API, with the source and citation attached. Ask your assistant:

What is the latest covered employment (QCEW) in Butler County? Cite the source.
get_value {"indicator":"covered_employment","place":"us-county-39017"}
GET https://invokely.ai/api/v1/value?indicator=covered_employment&place=us-county-39017

Connect Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor in one step. The trial answers 25 calls a day without an account.

Questions

What is the covered employment (QCEW) in Butler County?

Covered employment (QCEW) in Butler County was 163,638 jobs in 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. That is up 0.3% from 2024. That is the 7th highest of 88 counties in 2025.

Where does this figure come from?

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average employment, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties. Retrieved by Invokely on 2026-10-12.

What was the highest covered employment (QCEW) in Butler County?

163,638 jobs in 2025, the highest value since 2001 in this series.

Related statistics for Butler County

All statistics for Butler County | Butler County in figures