Tellers in West Virginia

Industry trends, wages and hiring signals.

The headline

Industry employment fell while average weekly industry wages rose

A data-driven view of the industries that employ Tellers in West Virginia.

Verified QCEW 2026 Q1January to March 2026 · State coverage 100% · BLS QCEWCitationEvidence record

Occupation pay

What Tellers earn in West Virginia

BLS OEWS occupation-level pay estimates for this role — separate from the industry wage trends used elsewhere in this report.

BLS OEWS source

Median annual wage

$34,560West Virginia
Middle 50% of published wages
$29,780 – $36,280
U.S. median annual wage
$43,030
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 Suppressed or unavailable BLS values remain unpublished rather than being estimated.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 Tellers, compared with the West Virginia median of $34,560.

West Virginia median$34,560
Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$46,880+35.6% vs. state
Middle 50%$44,580 – $48,120Published employment4,060
Winchester, VA-WV$39,160+13.3% vs. state
Middle 50%$36,410 – $46,640Published employment210
Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV$37,180+7.6% vs. state
Middle 50%$35,570 – $45,550Published employment280
Wheeling, WV-OH$35,230+1.9% vs. state
Middle 50%$31,590 – $37,180Published employment210
Beckley, WV$35,120+1.6% vs. state
Middle 50%$30,320 – $35,240Published employment110
Morgantown, WV$34,890+1.0% vs. state
Middle 50%$32,130 – $37,450Published employment140
View 4 more published metro areas
Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH$34,620+0.2% vs. state
Middle 50%$31,730 – $36,910Published employment550
Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH$34,590+0.1% vs. state
Middle 50%$31,010 – $37,330Published employment140
Charleston, WV$34,480−0.2% vs. state
Middle 50%$28,980 – $36,650Published employment350
Parkersburg-Vienna, WV$29,520−14.6% vs. state
Middle 50%$28,440 – $34,270Published employment150

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.

Verified snapshot

Market at a Glance

Key changes in West Virginia’s weighted industry mix.

-1.1%Industry employmentWest Virginia industry employmentU.S. +0.3%vs. +0.3% U.S.
+1.9%Establishments in weighted industriesWest Virginia establishments in weighted industriesU.S. +2.1%vs. +2.1% U.S.
+7.9%Avg. weekly industry wageWest Virginia avg. weekly industry wageU.S. +7.9% · not occupation payvs. +7.9% U.S. · not occupation pay
−1.4 ppGap vs. U.S. industry employmentState minus U.S. industry employment change

Published coverage: 5,004 represented establishments, 97.82% of the published industry mix.

Latest interpretation

What stands out for tellers in West Virginia

The clearest signals from the latest validated state industry context and occupation-pay data.

West Virginia trails the U.S. on weighted-industry employment

Employment across the industries associated with Tellers changed -1.1% year over year in West Virginia, 1.4 percentage points below the national change of +0.3%. This is weighted industry context, not direct occupation employment.

BLS QCEW weighted industry context

Published occupation pay is below the U.S. median

The published median annual wage for Tellers in West Virginia is $34,560, 19.7% below the U.S. median of $43,030.

BLS OEWS occupation pay

Employment and industry wages moved in opposite directions

Weighted-industry employment changed -1.1% while average weekly industry wages changed +7.9%. Industry wage growth is not occupation pay and does not explain the employment change.

BLS QCEW weighted industry context

Industry measures describe the industries associated with this occupation. They are not direct occupation employment, current openings or a state-level Job Market Health score.

Employment trends

Year-over-year change in the weighted industries. The U.S. line is the latest-quarter benchmark because a comparable national quarterly history is not published here.

Latest published values
  • West Virginia · 2026 Q1-1.1%
  • U.S. · latest-quarter benchmark+0.3%
View every published value
Quarterly West Virginia industry employment changes and coverage
QuarterWest VirginiaCoverage
2024 Q2+0.7%100%
2024 Q30.0%100%
2024 Q4-1.0%100%
2025 Q1-0.6%100%
2025 Q2-0.2%100%
2025 Q3+0.3%100%
2025 Q4-0.0%100%
2026 Q1-1.1%100%

How to read this chart

State trend and national reference

The solid line follows West Virginia’s published year-over-year industry employment changes by quarter. The dashed U.S. line is a latest-quarter reference, not a second time series.

Published quarters
8
Earliest quarter
2024 Q2
Latest quarter
2026 Q1
U.S. benchmark
+0.3%

Quarters with no published value are omitted rather than interpolated.

Industry context

Where Tellers Work

The occupation mix determines which West Virginia industries are weighted into this view.

Industries weighted into the West Virginia Tellers context
Industry groupOccupation mixEmployment changeEstablishmentsAvg. weekly industry wage
Financial activities97.7%-1.1%5,004$1,596
Professional and business services2.0%-1.6%13,442$1,412
Private education and health services0.1%+2.1%11,513$1,207
Other services0.1%-0.2%3,871$865
State and local0.1%+0.2%2,866$961
Leisure and hospitality0.0%+0.3%5,025$444

Which industries are growing?

3 weighted industries are growing

Only weighted industries with a published positive West Virginia employment change are listed.

  • Private education and health services+2.1%
  • Leisure and hospitality+0.3%
  • State and local+0.2%

The remaining weighted industries published a flat or negative change in January to March 2026.

Current West Virginia context

Current West Virginia Market Signals

Statewide indicators for all occupations in West Virginia. They are not Tellers demand and are not part of the Job Market Health score.

Statewide job postings

Indeed job postings · West Virginia

Recent hiring-demand context · separate from the health score

134.0Postings index · February 1, 2020 = 100Observation: Sep 25, 2026
+34.0%Versus the February 2020 baseline
-1.5%Change over about four weeksAug 28, 2026 to Sep 25, 2026

Total postings index (seasonally adjusted) by observation date · baseline 100

View values: Indeed postings index
Indeed postings index
Observation dateIndex (Feb 2020 = 100)
Jun 26, 2026134.89
Jul 3, 2026136.32
Jul 10, 2026137.83
Jul 17, 2026138.61
Jul 24, 2026137.83
Jul 31, 2026138.74
Aug 7, 2026138.65
Aug 14, 2026136.07
Aug 21, 2026137.03
Aug 28, 2026135.96
Sep 4, 2026134.99
Sep 11, 2026133.77
Sep 18, 2026133.08
Sep 25, 2026133.97

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 Sep 30, 2026. JobMarketHealth calculates the displayed changes and samples weekly observations for the chart.

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Questions answered by this release

Tellers in West Virginia FAQs

Each answer is limited to what QCEW 2026 Q1 actually publishes for this state.

Is employment growing for Tellers in West Virginia?

The available QCEW measure is not direct occupation employment. Employment across the West Virginia industries weighted to Tellers changed -1.1% year over year in January to March 2026, compared with +0.3% nationwide.

Are wages for Tellers rising in West Virginia?

QCEW does not publish pay for Tellers in this view. Average weekly wages across the weighted industries changed +7.9% year over year; that must not be read as an occupation salary change.

How complete is this West Virginia industry view?

The three core state trends each meet the site’s coverage floor; the minimum published coverage is 100% of the occupation’s industry mix.

Does this page show current Tellers openings?

No. QCEW measures industry employment, establishments and wages. Any postings, news or WARN figures shown here are statewide context and are not occupation-specific openings.

Methodology & sourcesQCEW 2026 Q1 · coverage 100% · full evidence record

Methodology & Sources

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
Tellers
SOC code
43-3071
State
West Virginia
QCEW release label
QCEW 2026 Q1
Data period
2026 Q1
State industry employment, year over year
-1.1%State data coverage 100%
U.S. benchmark, year over year
+0.3%
Difference from U.S. benchmark
-1.4 percentage points
Establishments, year over year
+1.9%State data coverage 100%
Average weekly industry wage, year over year
+7.9%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
Calculation date
Sep 30, 2026
Canonical record URL
https://jobmarkethealth.com/occupations/tellers/west-virginia#evidence-record
Derived by
JobMarketHealth from BLS QCEW + published occupation industry mix

Weighted industry conditions are not direct occupation employment, occupation wages, current openings or a state-level Job Market Health score. No causal explanation is inferred.

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