What is the average weekly pay in Wells County?

Across the 11 trades on this page, the middle one pays $886 a week. The highest pays $1,440 and the lowest $328.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the payroll that employers in Wells County report to the government by law for unemployment insurance, published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics for 2024. They are not salaries people report about themselves.

Why is my trade not listed?

The government hides the pay for a trade when a county has few employers in it, because the figure would point at a specific business. We leave those out rather than show a zero.

Wells County · Indiana · United States

What trades pay in Wells County

This is what each kind of business actually pays in Wells County. The numbers come from the payroll that employers report to the government by law, not from salaries people type into a website.

$886 Median weekly pay across these 11 trades. $1,440 — $328.

Weekly pay, highest to lowest

Trade	Per week	vs 2023
Engineering servicesNAICS 541330 · 8 businesses · 23 employees	$1,440$74,871 a year	-8.3%down
Long-distance truck driving (general freight)NAICS 484121 · 4 businesses · 203 employees	$1,411$73,366 a year	—
Plumbing, electrical and HVAC contractorsgroupNAICS 2382 · 27 businesses · 246 employees	$1,248$64,916 a year	+6.7%up
Offices of dentistsNAICS 621210 · 5 businesses · 63 employees	$905$47,076 a year	-1.0%down
New car dealersNAICS 441110 · 4 businesses · 90 employees	$887$46,105 a year	+1.4%up
Real estate agents and brokersNAICS 531210 · 12 businesses · 15 employees	$886$46,052 a year	—
Local truck driving (general freight)NAICS 484110 · 6 businesses · 36 employees	$856$44,502 a year	—
Landscaping servicesNAICS 561730 · 18 businesses · 63 employees	$762$39,637 a year	+3.4%up
Used car dealersNAICS 441120 · 7 businesses · 20 employees	$650$33,815 a year	-3.0%down
Full-service restaurantsNAICS 722511 · 13 businesses · 159 employees	$394$20,507 a year	+10.4%up
Limited-service restaurantsNAICS 722513 · 15 businesses · 237 employees	$328$17,056 a year	+1.5%up

What this number is, and what it is not

It is the average of the entire payroll of that kind of business, split across everyone on it: the helper who started yesterday, the twenty-year veteran, and the person running the office. An experienced worker earns more than the average for their line; someone starting out, less.

Rows marked group are groups because the government does not publish plumbing, electrical and HVAC separately at the county level. We would rather say so than invent the breakdown.

Trades where the government hides the pay — because there are few employers and you could tell who we mean — are left out instead of shown as zero.

How the county is doing

Businesses2,007

Employees27,298

Annual payroll$1 M

Net movement of people+179People per year, arrivals minus departures.

Where people move

The counties that take in the most people from Wells County. Same trade, different pay.

Allen County316
Other flows - Same State263
Other flows - Different State222
Adams County188

Other counties in Indiana

The same trades, priced differently a county over.

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What is the average weekly pay in Wells County?: Across the 11 trades on this page, the middle one pays $886 a week. The highest pays $1,440 and the lowest $328.
Where do these numbers come from?: From the payroll that employers in Wells County report to the government by law for unemployment insurance, published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics for 2024. They are not salaries people report about themselves.
Why is my trade not listed?: The government hides the pay for a trade when a county has few employers in it, because the figure would point at a specific business. We leave those out rather than show a zero.