Median annual wage
$77,880West VirginiaCommunications teachers, postsecondary job market in West Virginia
Industry trends, wages and hiring signals.
Data availability
Published industry context is limited
The report below shows the available evidence. Missing figures are not estimated.
Industries associated with Communications teachers, postsecondary in West Virginia showed broad gains in January to March 2026. Employment in these industries rose 2.1% year over year, compared with a 2.2% increase nationally. The number of establishments rose 1.7% year over year, compared with a 7.1% increase nationally. Average weekly wages across these industries rose 4.0% year over year, compared with a 2.3% increase nationally.
BLS QCEW data for January to March 2026 covers at least 100% of the published industry mix for Communications teachers, postsecondary in West Virginia. These are weighted industry-level signals, not direct measures of Communications teachers, postsecondary jobs, current openings, or pay.
Occupation pay
What Communications teachers, postsecondary earn in West Virginia
BLS OEWS occupation-level pay estimates for this role — separate from the industry wage trends used elsewhere in this report.
- Middle 50% of published wages
- $61,660 – $78,950
- U.S. median annual wage
- $78,580
- Reference period
- May 2025
The middle 50% is the 25th-to-75th percentile wage range, not an experience-level band. Suppressed or unavailable BLS values remain unpublished rather than being estimated.
Pay around West Virginia
How median pay varies by metro area
Published BLS OEWS metro estimates for Communications teachers, postsecondary, compared with the West Virginia median of $77,880.
West Virginia median$77,880
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$83,810+7.6% vs. state
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH$78,780+1.2% vs. state
Areas are ordered by published median wage for readability, not as an overall job-market ranking. The vertical marker is the West Virginia median. Some BLS metropolitan areas cross state lines, so a metro estimate can cover workers in more than one state.
Industries employing communications teachers, postsecondary are growing more slowly in West Virginia
In early 2026, employment in those industries was up 2.1% from a year earlier, compared with a 2.2% increase nationwide.
These are industry-wide trends, not a count of jobs in this occupation or current openings.
BLS QCEW sourceMethodologyNational Communications teachers, postsecondary report
Current market signals
Recent statewide layoff-notice context alongside the published BLS figures below. This signal does not feed the Job Market Health score.
Listed WARN records in West Virginia
Partial listPartial list. Partial listed-record coverage: WorkForce West Virginia's 2026 listings are read with each letter pinned to the reviewed copy and dated by the letter date (received stamps are kept separately). Approximate, contradictory or multi-state worker counts are withheld, and a supplemental notice for recalled workers is linked to its original rather than treated as new people. No month or statewide total is treated as complete; missing records are unknown, not zero.
| Month of notice date | Listed notices |
|---|---|
| Jan 2026 | 1 |
| Feb 2026 | 1 |
| Apr 2026 | 1 |
| May 2026 | 1 |
| Jun 2026 | 2 |
| Jul 2026 | 1 |
| Aug 2026 | 2 |
| Oct 2026 | 1 |
| Listed notices counted | 10 |
Statewide, current-month and three-month totals are unavailable. Months not shown are unknown, not zero. Effective layoff dates are not used as notice dates.
Source last checked . This check does not certify a newly published report.
Indeed job postings · West Virginia
Recent hiring-demand context · separate from the health score
134.8Postings index · February 1, 2020 = 100Observation: Oct 23, 2026
+34.8%Versus the February 2020 baseline
+0.6%Change over about four weeksSep 25, 2026 to Oct 23, 2026
This is statewide demand across all occupations, not demand for this specific job. Postings are not a count of vacancies or hires, and Indeed does not cover the entire labor market.
Source: Indeed Hiring Lab · CC BY 4.0. Seven-day average, seasonally adjusted; publisher refreshes weekly and may revise history. Retrieved Nov 1, 2026 · saved source copy. JobMarketHealth calculates the displayed changes and samples weekly observations for the chart.
+2.1%Industry employmentU.S. +2.2%State data coverage: 100%
+1.7%EstablishmentsU.S. +7.1%State data coverage: 100%
+4.0%Avg. weekly industry wageU.S. +2.3%State data coverage: 100%
11,513Represented establishmentsEstablishments in the industries that employ this occupation, not employers hiring itIndustry mix share 100.0%, separate from the data coverage on the trend cards
Industry employment change over time
Year-over-year change for the industries that employ Communications teachers, postsecondary in West Virginia · percentage change
Year-over-year employment change (%) by reference quarter
Latest published values
- West Virginia · 2026 Q1+2.1%
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Every published quarter
BLS does not publish a national quarterly series for this occupation’s industry mix, so only the West Virginia series is shown. The U.S. figure on the cards above is the latest quarter benchmark.
| Quarter | West Virginia | State data coverage |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 Q2 | +6.9% | 100% |
| 2024 Q3 | +6.5% | 100% |
| 2024 Q4 | +5.7% | 100% |
| 2025 Q1 | +3.2% | 100% |
| 2025 Q2 | +1.3% | 100% |
| 2025 Q3 | +1.2% | 100% |
| 2025 Q4 | +1.7% | 100% |
| 2026 Q1 | +2.1% | 100% |
Industry mix behind this view
Which industries are weighted into this view. Not a ranking of employers or of job quality.
| Industry group | Share of occupation employment | Local employment change | Establishments | Avg. weekly wage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Private education and health services | 100.0% | +2.1% | 11,513 | $1,207 |
The publication date above is the official BLS news release date for this reference quarter, linked to the notice. The values match the snapshot independently checked against BLS sources on September 17, 2026. The publication date identifies the quarterly news release, not the exact revision date. The data period above is the quarter the figures describe.
QCEW describes the industries that employ this occupation, not the occupation itself. It is not a count of job openings and is not part of the 0-100 Job Market Health score.
Evidence record
Derived by JobMarketHealth from BLS QCEW + published occupation industry mix. This is occupation-weighted industry context, not direct occupation employment and not a count of current job openings.
- Occupation
- Communications teachers, postsecondary
- SOC code
- 25-1122
- State
- West Virginia
- QCEW release label
- QCEW 2026 Q1
- Data period
- 2026 Q1
- State industry employment, year over year
- +2.1%State data coverage 100%
- U.S. benchmark, year over year
- +2.2%
- Difference from U.S. benchmark
- -0.1 percentage pointsPercentage-point gaps use the original published values and are rounded once; subtracting the rounded percentages can give a slightly different result.
- Establishments, year over year
- +1.7%State data coverage 100%
- Average weekly industry wage, year over year
- +4.0%State data coverage 100%
- Industry mix vintage
- EP-2025-2035
- BLS publication date
- Aug 28, 2026
- Source verification
- Verified against the committed source snapshotVerified Sep 17, 2026
- Canonical record URL
- https://jobmarkethealth.com/occupations/communications-teachers-postsecondary/west-virginia#evidence-record
- Derived by
- JobMarketHealth from BLS QCEW + published occupation industry mix
MethodologyBLS QCEWHow to citeQCEW state context release, 2026 Q1
AI & this occupation
How AI relates to Communications teachers, postsecondary work
Across 4 research exposure measures, Communications teachers, postsecondary is in the middle technical AI exposure band based on the mean of the available source-specific percentile ranks. Exposure describes how much of the work the studied AI capabilities could technically assist with; it is not a forecast of job loss.
Observed use of Claude for this occupation's tasks is in the higher third of occupations in the Anthropic Economic Index, a dated observed task-exposure benchmark, not conversation share or the share of workers using AI. Its observation window is not recorded in this saved release.
In the task mix derived from the March 27, 2025 Anthropic release, 60.8% followed augmentation patterns (people iterating, validating or learning with AI), based on 14 matched tasks.
JobMarketHealth has not measured an AI effect on this occupation's employment or wages, and these figures do not enter its scores; there is no clear evidence of displacement in the data shown here.
Exposure measures (kept separate)
- GPTs are GPTs exposure (β, GPT-4 rated): 0.42 of 1, national percentile 63 (middle third)
- Microsoft AI applicability: 0.32 of 1, national percentile 91 (higher third)
- AIOE (Felten, Raj & Seamans): 1.35 (standardized), national percentile 93 (higher third)
- OECD AI Capability Gap (lower gap = higher potential exposure): gap 6.2 of 23, national percentile 15 (lower third)
OECD capability gap by domain
As published by the OECD: the gap between what the occupation demands (0-5) and current AI capability in each domain. A lower gap means AI is closer to the requirement (higher potential exposure); 0 means AI already meets it or the domain is not relevant.
- Language: gap 1.50 (demand 4.50 of 5)
- Social interaction: gap 2.00 (demand 4.00 of 5)
- Problem solving: gap 1.80 (demand 3.80 of 5)
- Creativity: gap 0.75 (demand 3.75 of 5)
- Metacognition & critical thinking: gap 2.25 (demand 4.25 of 5)
- Knowledge, learning & memory: gap 1.40 (demand 4.40 of 5)
- Vision: gap 0.00 (demand 0.00 of 5)
- Manipulation: gap 0.00 (demand 0.00 of 5)
- Robotic intelligence: gap 0.00 (demand 0.00 of 5)
National context: what businesses used generative AI for
From the Census 2025-26 BTOS AI Supplement (all industries; businesses whose employees used generative AI). Census did not measure Communications teachers, postsecondary specifically.
- Writing or editing documents, emails, or communications: 85.4%
- Searching for information or technical help: 49.9%
- Interpreting, analyzing, translating, or summarizing documents: 44.6%
- Information processing, paperwork, or filing: 34.7%
West Virginia context
In the Census BTOS core AI-use question, an estimated 9.8% of West Virginia employer businesses reported using AI in the two weeks ending 2026-10-04 (U.S.: 24.6%).
Separately, the one-time 2025-26 BTOS AI Supplement (collected 2025-11-17 to 2026-02-08) found 9.5% of West Virginia businesses using AI at that time, and 12.4% reporting that employees used generative AI for work tasks in the prior six months. It describes how AI was being used then, not a trend.
Using each occupation's exposure band and West Virginia employment weights (OEWS May 2025), 24.9% of covered jobs are in occupations in the higher-exposure band. This describes the state's occupation mix, not a measured AI effect.
Exposure and observed usage are separate measures and neither equals job loss. Census BTOS figures are business-level surveys and are not occupation-specific. Sources: GPTs are GPTs occupation exposure; Microsoft Working with AI: AI applicability; AI Occupational Exposure (AIOE); OECD AI Exposure Measure (AI Capability Gap); Anthropic Economic Index; Census BTOS Core AI Use; Census BTOS AI Supplement 2025-26. These figures do not affect Job Market Health scores. Explore AI & Jobs · How we use AI data.
How to read this page
QCEW measures employment and wages by industry, not by occupation. We weight those industry conditions using the published industry mix for Communications teachers, postsecondary. These figures describe the industries that employ Communications teachers, postsecondary; they are not direct counts of people working in the occupation or of jobs currently open. This page is not part of the national 0 to 100 Job Market Health score.
Source: BLS QCEW. See the methodology, the national Communications teachers, postsecondary report and about the data.
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