West Virginia · SOC 53-0000 · Annual, 2025
Transportation and material moving occupations in West Virginia
Employment and average annual wage for SOC 53-0000 in West Virginia, 2004–2025, from DTG's OEWS-based estimates.
In 2025, about 56,300 people in West Virginia worked in transportation and material moving occupations (SOC 53-0000), with an average annual wage of $46,570.
Employment in transportation and material moving occupations in West Virginia grew 8.1% from 2020 to 2025. Quarterly values, full 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.
- 56,300Employment, 2025
- $46,570Mean annual wage
- 8.1%Share of West Virginia jobs
- 0.92Location quotient
Employment, 2004 to 2025
Annual average · all ownerships
Annual employment, 2004–2025: 2004 50,800; 2005 51,600; 2006 52,200; 2007 52,500; 2008 52,200; 2009 49,000; 2010 48,800; 2011 49,900; 2012 50,000; 2013 50,400; 2014 50,700; 2015 50,700; 2016 48,900; 2017 48,300; 2018 51,600; 2019 53,100; 2020 52,000; 2021 54,100; 2022 56,000; 2023 56,600; 2024 57,000; 2025 56,300.
Last ten years
Annual · 10 years
| Year | Employment | Mean annual wage | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 56,259 | $46,574 | 1.3% |
| 2024 | 56,984 | $45,393 | 0.7% |
| 2023 | 56,583 | $43,971 | 1.1% |
| 2022 | 55,953 | $42,125 | 3.4% |
| 2021 | 54,110 | $40,081 | 4.0% |
| 2020 | 52,031 | $38,635 | 2.0% |
| 2019 | 53,113 | $37,800 | 3.0% |
| 2018 | 51,581 | $36,762 | 6.9% |
| 2017 | 48,253 | $34,188 | 1.4% |
| 2016 | 48,914 | $32,666 | 3.5% |
The full history from 2004 and quarterly values are available with a free account.
Where these numbers come from
Reading these figures
The figures on this page come from one named vintage, stated below, and are annual values for all ownerships combined. Every occupation value is a DTG estimate: there is no published county or state census of occupations to report, so no value here is marked as published or estimated, and none carries a reliability score. Quarterly figures, county figures, detailed occupations and projected years are in the app.
How these figures are built
DTG’s industry employment fixes how many jobs there are in each industry in the state. The Bureau of Labor Statistics’ national industry-occupation matrix says how each industry is staffed, and the Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey says how many people work in each occupation in the area and what they earn. DTG makes the three agree, so occupation employment sums to the same totals as industry employment. Employment is the annual average; the mean annual wage is the year’s total occupation wages divided by that average employment. The construction is described in full on the occupation data page.
Notes
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Transportation and material moving occupations in West Virginia, quarterly, at full depth
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