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Official Federal Data

St. Thomas Island, Virgin Islands

5 Sources Updated September 10, 2026
Community Data / United States / Virgin Islands / St. Thomas Island

Economy & Industry

Bureau of Labor Statistics QCEW

Top Private-Sector Industries by Employment

Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics · Quarterly Census of Employment & Wages 2024 Annual · Private sector only, with government shown below · 2025 is available but itemises 5 of the broad sectors against 6 for 2024, so the fuller year is shown
IndustryEmploymentShare of Top 9Avg Wage
1Accommodation and Food Services		 3,871 35.2%
$37,418
2Retail Trade		 2,829 25.7%
$35,728
3Administrative and Support and Waste Management		 936 8.5%
$34,243
4Transportation and Warehousing		 873 7.9%
$41,457
5Health Care and Social Assistance		 734 6.7%
$55,448
6Finance and Insurance		 516 4.7%
$87,835
7Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation		 500 4.5%
$35,280
8Real Estate and Rental and Leasing		 412 3.7%
$57,295
9Educational Services		 319 2.9%
$40,242
Government employment · context only
5,966

Public-sector jobs are not in the table above and are not part of any share or location quotient on this page. Both are measured on the private economy only, 13,359 private jobs in 2024: every location quotient divides by that total, and the Share of Top 9 column divides by the 9 sectors listed above. Private employment is the standard basis for measuring industry concentration because government employment mostly serves the resident population rather than an outside market. Nothing on this card is expected to add up with the government figure.

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Key Takeaways
  • Largest private-sector industry: Accommodation and Food Services employs 3,871 workers (35.2% of tracked sectors), at an average wage of $37,418. Every industry figure on this page is private sector; government employs a further 5,966 and is counted separately.
  • Wage stratification: Finance and Insurance averages $87,835 while Administrative and Support and Waste Management averages $34,243, a 2.6x spread in the same local economy, with implications for workforce development and talent strategy.
Source: BLS QCEW.
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Industry Concentration

Location Quotient measures regional specialization vs. national average. LQ > 1.0 = concentrated.

Location Quotient Analysis

Chart source: BLS QCEW · broad NAICS supersector · private sector · Location Quotient vs. national private-sector employment share. The same supersector axes appear on every profile, so the shape can be compared across counties.
Concentrated Industries
List source: BLS QCEW · 3-digit NAICS sub-sector · private sector · Location Quotient vs. national private-sector employment share.
Same source and same private-sector basis as the Top Industries table above. These sit at a finer level than the chart's supersector axes, so the two sets of values are not directly comparable. The sub-sector view surfaces specialization the supersector view masks, such as Scenic and Sightseeing Transportation here.
Scenic and Sightseeing Transportation
51.34x
158
Water Transportation
24.71x
169
Accommodation
9.92x
1,912
Clothing, Clothing Accessories, Shoe, and Jewelry Retailers
5.21x
600
Support Activities for Transportation
3.93x
324
Rental and Leasing Services
2.89x
167
Telecommunications
2.76x
172
Building Material and Garden Supply Retailers
2.45x
342
Food and Beverage Retailers
2.05x
665
Health and Personal Care Retailers
1.87x
204
Amusement, Gambling, and Recreation Industries
1.86x
348
Food Services and Drinking Places
1.60x
1,958

Cluster Depth

Source: BLS QCEW · Sub-sectors with LQ ≥ 1.5 indicate genuine cluster concentration
Concentrated Sub-Sectors
12 sub-sectors at LQ ≥ 1.5
Largest grouping among them is Accommodation & Food Services Cluster at 55.1% of the employment across all of them, which signals supply-chain fit for site selectors
4,713
Employment in the sub-sectors listed
51.34x
Peak sub-sector LQ
Sub-Sector Detail, Highest 10 By LQ
Scenic and Sightseeing Transportation
51.34x 158
Water Transportation
24.71x 169
Accommodation
9.92x 1,912
Clothing, Clothing Accessories, Shoe, and Jewelry Retailers
5.21x 600
Support Activities for Transportation
3.93x 324
Rental and Leasing Services
2.89x 167
Telecommunications
2.76x 172
Building Material and Garden Supply Retailers
2.45x 342
Food and Beverage Retailers
2.05x 665
Health and Personal Care Retailers
1.87x 204
+ 2 more sub-sectors at LQ ≥ 1.5, holding a further 2,306 jobs not counted in the total above. See the spider chart for the broader picture.
Key Takeaways
  • Top specialization: Scenic and Sightseeing Transportation concentrates at 51.34x the national norm, top-decile concentration, the kind of signature sector that defines a region's economic identity to site selectors.
  • Cluster depth: 12 sub-sectors register LQ ≥ 1.5, but 64.8% of the employment across them depends on one source of demand: visitor economy. Read the count as depth within that single demand base rather than as spread across separate ones.
Source: BLS QCEW sub-sector Location Quotients.
St. Thomas Island's Top Sectors by Workforce Share
Each rectangle's area is proportional to that sector's share of total private-sector employment across all NAICS supersectors. Hover for exact employment.
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics QCEW 2024 Annual · Private sector, NAICS supersectors

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Manufacturing Automation Risk
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Healthcare Growth Forecast
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Remote Work Migration
67/100

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Advanced Manufacturing
92/100
Life Sciences
84/100
Data Centers
71/100
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Data Sources

Updated from official federal government data.

BLS QCEW2024 annual
Census CBP2023
HUD Fair Market RentsFY2026
FCC Broadband Map2024
College ScorecardAY 2022-23

American Community Survey figures on this page are five-year averages rather than single-year counts. A five-year estimate pools 60 months of survey responses, so each value describes the period as a whole.