Employment and Wages by County in West Virginia, Third Quarter 2008

Map of Average Weekly Wages in West Virginia

County Employment Average weekly wage
September 2008 Percent change,
September 2007-2008		 Rank by percent change
Third quarter 2008 Rank by wage level Percent change,
third quarter 2007-2008		 Rank by percent change

Nationwide

 135,173,818 -0.8   $841   2.8  

Statewide

 716,360 0.6   661   5.9  

Barbour

3,307 0.9 21 516 44 8.4 18

Berkeley

29,771 -1.5 39 691 11 5.5 35

Boone

8,960 7.5 4 851 1 8.5 17

Braxton

4,204 -0.9 34 527 40 8.0 20

Brooke

8,100 -3.5 46 656 17 10.4 8

Cabell

53,209 -0.6 32 663 14 6.8 26

Calhoun

1,477 4.4 9 524 43 6.7 27

Clay

2,155 2.3 15 649 21 -39.2 55

Doddridge

1,189 0.5 24 475 48 9.2 14

Fayette

13,351 1.0 20 568 34 10.1 10

Gilmer

2,121 2.0 16 617 24 10.8 6

Grant

4,337 5.7 6 725 8 8.4 18

Greenbrier

13,554 -3.0 44 562 36 3.5 46

Hampshire

4,179 -2.1 41 464 51 6.2 30

Hancock

11,816 0.4 25 566 35 4.6 41

Hardy

6,180 -7.0 54 494 45 1.4 49

Harrison

33,321 0.7 22 663 14 5.7 33

Jackson

8,748 -1.5 39 634 22 4.8 39

Jefferson

14,372 -3.5 46 559 37 2.4 47

Kanawha

108,521 -0.4 30 738 5 4.8 39

Lewis

6,394 4.8 8 580 29 12.4 4

Lincoln

3,144 -0.1 28 549 38 9.8 11

Logan

12,207 7.6 3 653 18 10.5 7

McDowell

5,954 9.9 1 662 16 15.5 2

Marion

20,749 -0.9 34 653 18 4.0 44

Marshall

10,588 2.4 13 783 3 11.5 5

Mason

6,813 0.1 27 673 13 1.4 49

Mercer

21,705 1.8 17 571 32 6.1 32

Mineral

7,679 3.7 10 571 32 5.7 33

Mingo

9,064 6.5 5 789 2 8.8 15

Monongalia

49,700 2.4 13 712 10 4.9 38

Monroe

2,138 1.6 18 494 45 -2.6 53

Morgan

3,047 -0.9 34 472 49 -4.3 54

Nicholas

8,767 -0.9 34 577 31 9.7 12

Ohio

29,929 2.5 12 613 25 7.7 22

Pendleton

1,685 -3.7 48 530 39 5.4 37

Pleasants

2,954 -9.9 55 729 7 5.5 35

Pocahontas

3,125 -3.3 45 480 47 0.4 51

Preston

7,399 -2.5 42 578 30 9.3 13

Putnam

21,334 8.0 2 774 4 6.2 30

Raleigh

32,633 1.6 18 652 20 7.8 21

Randolph

12,072 -0.9 34 526 42 4.0 44

Ritchie

3,212 -4.9 51 583 28 10.2 9

Roane

3,259 -0.4 30 527 40 12.8 3

Summers

2,369 -3.7 48 453 52 8.6 16

Taylor

2,819 -4.8 50 465 50 6.7 27

Tucker

2,515 -5.7 53 434 54 2.4 47

Tyler

2,213 -4.9 51 684 12 7.7 22

Upshur

8,453 -0.1 28 589 27 4.2 43

Wayne

9,202 0.2 26 725 8 6.9 25

Webster

2,386 0.6 23 601 26 7.5 24

Wetzel

4,471 -2.5 42 446 53 0.0 52

Wirt

761 5.4 7 385 55 6.4 29

Wood

40,120 -0.8 33 626 23 4.3 42

Wyoming

5,453 3.0 11 731 6 18.3 1

 

Last Modified Date: April 14, 2009