West Virginia · All industries · Annual, 2025

Employment in West Virginia

Name: Employment in West Virginia
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Employment, establishments and average pay across all industries in West Virginia, 2004–2025, from DTG's QCEW-based estimates.

In 2025, employers in West Virginia had about 694,400 people on their payrolls across roughly 62,506 establishments, with average annual pay of $60,370.

Total employment in West Virginia grew 8.2% from 2020 to 2025. Quarterly values, full industry and occupation detail and projections to 2036 for West Virginia are included with a free account. County-level detail is part of every paid plan, or one county free for seven days.

694,400Employment, 2025
62,506Establishments
$60,370Avg. annual pay

Employment, 2004 to 2025

Annual average · all industries · all ownerships

Employment by sector, 2025

NAICS sector · 20 sectors

Code	Sector	Employment	Share of West Virginia	LQ	Source
11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting	1,672	0.2%	0.30	pub.
21	Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction	19,732	2.8%	7.74	pub.
23	Construction	39,059	5.6%	1.04	pub.
31-33	Manufacturing	45,102	6.5%	0.80	pub.
22	Utilities	7,450	1.1%	1.91	pub.
42	Wholesale Trade	19,421	2.8%	0.72	est. · 1.00
44-45	Retail Trade	77,321	11.1%	1.12	pub.
48-49	Transportation and Warehousing	25,408	3.7%	0.75	pub.
51	Information	8,482	1.2%	0.64	pub.
52	Finance and Insurance	18,999	2.7%	0.67	pub.
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	7,026	1.0%	0.64	est. · 1.00
54	Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services	32,293	4.7%	0.67	pub.
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	7,215	1.0%	0.62	pub.
56	Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services	34,883	5.0%	0.86	pub.
61	Educational Services	58,961	8.5%	0.99	pub.
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	149,082	21.5%	1.33	pub.
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	9,326	1.3%	0.69	pub.
72	Accommodation and Food Services	63,255	9.1%	1.00	pub.
81	Other Services (except Public Administration)	18,071	2.6%	0.86	pub.
92	Public Administration	51,171	7.4%	1.46	pub.

† Not disclosed in QCEW; DTG estimate.

One public page per sector and per 3-digit subsector, annual, with the mark on every value. A sector name is a link where its page is built.

Last ten years

Annual · all industries · 10 years

Year	Employment	Estab.	Avg. annual pay	Change	Source
2025	694,449	62,506	$60,373	0.2%	pub.
2024	695,658	61,701	$58,280	1.3%	pub.
2023	686,478	59,270	$55,964	1.9%	pub.
2022	673,782	55,711	$53,159	2.4%	pub.
2021	657,806	53,542	$50,498	2.5%	pub.
2020	642,018	51,432	$48,741	6.8%	pub.
2019	688,760	50,998	$46,618	0.7%	pub.
2018	693,478	51,121	$46,120	1.4%	pub.
2017	683,807	50,303	$43,419	0.1%	pub.
2016	684,321	50,017	$41,666	1.7%	pub.

Employment by occupation group, 2025

SOC major group · 22 groups

Code	Occupation group	Employment	Share of West Virginia	LQ
11-0000	Management occupations	42,528	6.1%	0.87
13-0000	Business and financial operations occupations	32,643	4.7%	0.70
15-0000	Computer and mathematical occupations	12,852	1.8%	0.55
17-0000	Architecture and engineering occupations	9,445	1.4%	0.81
19-0000	Life, physical, and social science occupations	6,915	1.0%	1.06
21-0000	Community and social service occupations	14,213	2.1%	1.20
23-0000	Legal occupations	5,419	0.8%	0.93
25-0000	Educational instruction and library occupations	42,385	6.1%	1.04
27-0000	Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations	5,357	0.8%	0.58
29-0000	Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations	62,918	9.1%	1.44
31-0000	Healthcare support occupations	39,274	5.7%	1.12
33-0000	Protective service occupations	17,818	2.6%	1.07
35-0000	Food preparation and serving related occupations	60,593	8.7%	0.99
37-0000	Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations	21,707	3.1%	1.06
39-0000	Personal care and service occupations	11,617	1.7%	0.80
41-0000	Sales and related occupations	58,173	8.4%	0.98
43-0000	Office and administrative support occupations	82,996	11.9%	1.01
45-0000	Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	1,377	0.2%	0.70
47-0000	Construction and extraction occupations	42,148	6.1%	1.47
49-0000	Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	34,655	5.0%	1.28
51-0000	Production occupations	33,157	4.8%	0.86
53-0000	Transportation and material moving occupations	56,259	8.1%	0.92

Occupation values are DTG estimates built on OEWS and DTG's industry data. They carry no published or estimated mark and no reliability score, because there is no published occupation census to mark them against.

Where these numbers come from

What this page shows

Every industry sector in the state, and every occupation group, with annual employment for the most recent complete year in the current vintage, and the state’s own total over every actual year. Figures are for all ownerships combined and are not seasonally adjusted. County figures, quarterly figures and the full industry and occupation depth are in the app; the nation and every state are free there.

Reading the table

A state value is DTG’s value for the state: the value the Bureau of Labor Statistics published where QCEW disclosed it, and DTG’s estimate where QCEW withheld it. It is not a sum of the state’s counties. Where a value was withheld in QCEW it is marked as estimated rather than left blank, with its reliability score, and the legend beneath the table names the marker. Every figure on the page comes from one named vintage, stated beside the page, and does not change until the next release.

Estimated by Data Tactical Group from BLS QCEW, with CES/SAE and projection inputs described in the methodology. Method: Disclosure, Industry, Occupation.

Notes

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