# Counties in Idaho by covered employment (QCEW), 2025

All 44 values come from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for 2025, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `covered_employment`
- Unit: jobs
- 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.
- Source: 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)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/bureau-of-labor-statistics
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: 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.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/covered-employment/idaho-counties

| Rank | Place | jobs |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Ada County | 295,234 |
| 2 | Canyon County | 90,221 |
| 3 | Kootenai County | 71,925 |
| 4 | Bonneville County | 63,586 |
| 5 | Twin Falls County | 42,703 |
| 6 | Bannock County | 38,273 |
| 7 | Nez Perce County | 21,772 |
| 8 | Madison County | 17,803 |
| 9 | Bingham County | 16,585 |
| 10 | Bonner County | 16,176 |
| 11 | Latah County | 15,026 |
| 12 | Blaine County | 14,438 |
| 13 | Cassia County | 12,609 |
| 14 | Jerome County | 12,328 |
| 15 | Butte County | 10,275 |
| 16 | Minidoka County | 9,227 |
| 17 | Jefferson County | 8,326 |
| 18 | Elmore County | 7,522 |
| 19 | Payette County | 7,196 |
| 20 | Gooding County | 6,664 |
| 21 | Valley County | 5,740 |
| 22 | Shoshone County | 4,923 |
| 23 | Teton County | 4,906 |
| 24 | Gem County | 4,595 |
| 25 | Idaho County | 4,573 |
| 26 | Boundary County | 4,167 |
| 26 | Franklin County | 4,167 |
| 28 | Power County | 3,919 |
| 29 | Fremont County | 3,797 |
| 30 | Caribou County | 3,544 |
| 31 | Benewah County | 3,454 |
| 32 | Owyhee County | 3,425 |
| 33 | Washington County | 2,928 |
| 34 | Lemhi County | 2,789 |
| 35 | Clearwater County | 2,758 |
| 36 | Bear Lake County | 2,013 |
| 37 | Boise County | 1,831 |
| 38 | Lincoln County | 1,729 |
| 39 | Oneida County | 1,638 |
| 40 | Custer County | 1,601 |
| 41 | Lewis County | 1,554 |
| 42 | Adams County | 1,007 |
| 43 | Camas County | 352 |
| 44 | Clark County | 296 |