State labor market
West Virginia labor market
Current statewide hiring activity plus occupation-level employment and pay for West Virginia. OEWS answers what occupations pay and how many workers BLS estimates are employed; the postings measures show more current statewide hiring activity.
Current statewide signal
West Virginia hiring snapshot
Indeed job-postings measures across all occupations in West Virginia.
Indeed job postings only. Postings are not a count of all vacancies or hires, Indeed does not cover the whole labor market, and this is statewide activity across all occupations, not an occupation health score. Each series is seasonally adjusted and indexed to its own February 1, 2020 level, so a higher index does not mean more jobs than another state. Source: Indeed Hiring Lab · CC BY 4.0 · retrieved Sep 26, 2026. JobMarketHealth calculates the displayed changes and differences.
Occupations & pay
Where West Virginia workers are employed
The eight largest occupations in our tracked OEWS catalog, by BLS estimated employment. These are estimated jobs held, not current openings or a count of unique people.
Home health and personal care aides
18,890estimated employmentGeneral and operations managers
15,300estimated employmentHeavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers
12,190estimated employmentPay examples
Selected occupation pay examples
The same familiar occupations on every state page. Each U.S. figure uses the same measure (annual or hourly) as the West Virginia figure beside it.
- Registered nurses$80,130/yr West Virginia median annualU.S. $97,550/yr
- Software developers$121,000/yr West Virginia median annualU.S. $135,980/yr
- Electricians$64,810/yr West Virginia median annualU.S. $63,190/yr
- Accountants and auditors$73,320/yr West Virginia median annualU.S. $83,680/yr
- Elementary school teachers, except special education$55,630/yr West Virginia median annualU.S. $63,970/yr
- Marketing managers$98,750/yr West Virginia median annualU.S. $166,790/yr
Pay compared with the U.S.
How West Virginia occupation pay differs
Up to 5 occupations per side with at least 1,000 estimated West Virginia workers and published state and U.S. median annual wages, ordered by the largest percentage gap. Nominal wages, not adjusted for cost of living; not a demand or overall market ranking, and not a test of statistical significance.
Higher median than U.S.
- Multiple machine tool setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic$76,080/yr state median · 1,920 workers+61.3%vs. U.S. $47,180/yr
- Telecommunications line installers and repairers$89,690/yr state median · 1,270 workers+20.7%vs. U.S. $74,330/yr
- Substitute teachers, short-term$49,020/yr state median · 4,840 workers+17.6%vs. U.S. $41,670/yr
- Chemical equipment operators and tenders$66,060/yr state median · 1,190 workers+13.8%vs. U.S. $58,040/yr
- Electricians$64,810/yr state median · 4,290 workers+2.6%vs. U.S. $63,190/yr
Lower median than U.S.
- Health specialties teachers, postsecondary$60,300/yr state median · 2,400 workers-43.8%vs. U.S. $107,310/yr
- Sales managers$94,830/yr state median · 1,110 workers-36.0%vs. U.S. $148,270/yr
- Lawyers$102,420/yr state median · 2,440 workers-35.9%vs. U.S. $159,670/yr
- Market research analysts and marketing specialists$52,340/yr state median · 1,650 workers-33.5%vs. U.S. $78,760/yr
- Financial managers$113,140/yr state median · 2,610 workers-32.1%vs. U.S. $166,570/yr
Explore occupations
Occupation pay in West Virginia
Search every tracked OEWS occupation record for West Virginia. Links marked “West Virginia report” open a detailed state report; links marked “National report” open the U.S. occupation report because no West Virginia report is available.
589 occupations · showing 1–25
Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), reference period May 2025; our data connection last checked Sep 23, 2026. OEWS covers wage and salary jobs and excludes the self-employed. “Top-coded” means BLS publishes only that the wage is at or above its reporting ceiling; “Not released” means BLS withheld the estimate. Missing values are never estimated. These occupation wages are separate from the QCEW industry trends on detailed occupation pages.