Employment and Wages by County in West Virginia, Fourth Quarter 2011

Map of Average Weekly Wages in West Virginia

County Employment Average weekly wage
December 2011 Percent change,
December 2010-2011		 Rank by percent change
Fourth quarter 2011 Rank by wage level Percent change,
fourth quarter 2010-2011		 Rank by percent change

Nationwide

 131,254,162 1.4   $955   -1.7  

Statewide

 713,952 2.2   776   -0.3  

Barbour

3,376 1.3 28 646 40 3.2 9

Berkeley

29,671 2.2 18 761 21 -2.6 45

Boone

8,764 1.1 32 1,081 1 0.7 25

Braxton

3,905 -3.1 54 601 44 0.2 30

Brooke

7,612 -1.4 48 704 28 0.3 29

Cabell

52,800 1.2 30 765 20 0.0 31

Calhoun

1,364 -0.6 45 679 33 4.3 6

Clay

1,856 0.2 38 850 8 7.5 2

Doddridge

1,075 -3.0 52 556 49 3.5 8

Fayette

11,938 1.1 32 720 25 3.0 11

Gilmer

2,205 0.0 39 719 26 2.7 14

Grant

3,770 3.6 12 754 22 1.6 16

Greenbrier

13,715 2.0 19 636 41 0.8 24

Hampshire

3,889 1.3 28 567 47 -1.2 40

Hancock

11,209 1.5 26 649 39 4.0 7

Hardy

5,767 -1.7 50 549 52 -3.3 48

Harrison

35,040 3.7 10 805 15 -2.2 43

Jackson

7,411 -0.1 40 653 38 -1.2 40

Jefferson

15,003 3.7 10 703 31 1.3 20

Kanawha

106,574 0.7 36 834 10 -0.7 37

Lewis

7,174 8.3 2 809 12 0.9 23

Lincoln

3,472 9.8 1 790 17 3.0 11

Logan

12,236 4.9 6 872 5 6.3 4

McDowell

6,596 7.9 3 977 3 11.5 1

Marion

20,995 2.4 15 798 16 1.1 21

Marshall

11,046 1.7 25 901 4 -0.3 35

Mason

6,408 -0.8 46 775 18 -0.9 38

Mercer

21,520 -1.6 49 658 37 0.0 31

Mineral

7,813 0.5 37 674 36 -4.0 51

Mingo

8,419 -0.3 43 1,038 2 3.2 9

Monongalia

52,957 2.4 15 817 11 -3.8 50

Monroe

2,027 2.0 19 677 35 1.5 17

Morgan

2,889 1.8 24 560 48 -2.9 46

Nicholas

8,640 2.0 19 739 24 0.0 31

Ohio

30,012 -0.4 44 679 33 0.6 26

Pendleton

1,570 1.9 22 571 46 -6.1 53

Pleasants

2,844 2.7 14 809 12 -1.5 42

Pocahontas

3,364 -3.0 52 511 53 -3.0 47

Preston

6,890 3.4 13 704 28 2.8 13

Putnam

19,087 1.4 27 872 5 -6.2 54

Raleigh

34,189 7.0 4 807 14 1.5 17

Randolph

11,594 5.0 5 606 43 1.5 17

Ritchie

3,119 3.9 9 681 32 -2.2 43

Roane

3,074 1.2 30 619 42 -0.6 36

Summers

2,158 -2.5 51 551 51 1.1 21

Taylor

2,758 2.4 15 585 45 -4.9 52

Tucker

2,472 1.9 22 491 54 0.0 31

Tyler

2,361 4.7 7 745 23 -8.5 55

Upshur

8,228 -0.9 47 712 27 1.9 15

Wayne

9,018 1.0 34 849 9 0.5 27

Webster

2,129 -0.2 42 775 18 6.6 3

Wetzel

4,515 4.4 8 555 50 0.5 27

Wirt

692 -5.2 55 484 55 -3.4 49

Wood

38,803 0.8 35 704 28 -1.0 39

Wyoming

5,111 -0.1 40 861 7 6.0 5

 

Last Modified Date: July 3, 2012