WEST VIRGINIA AVERAGE EMPLOYMENT, TOTAL WAGES, AVERAGE 
ANNUAL AND WEEKLY WAGES
BY COUNTY
2002
 County
Average Employment Total Wages Average Annual Wage  Average Weekly Wage
Barbour 3,175 $64,506,939  $20,317  $390.71
Berkeley 26,585 795,482,203 29,922 575.42
Boone 7,452 284,343,794 38,157 733.79
Braxton 3,941 89,172,010 22,627 435.13
Brooke 8,985 263,299,596 29,304 563.54
Cabell 50,412 1,413,823,814 28,045 539.33
Calhoun 1,408 32,542,056 23,112 444.46
Clay 1,931 59,434,684 30,779 591.90
Doddridge 1,174 25,386,620 21,624 415.85
Fayette 12,204 304,137,433 24,921 479.25
Gilmer 1,788 41,880,236 23,423 450.44
Grant 4,035 114,159,891 28,292 544.08
Greenbrier 12,728 316,420,265 24,860 478.08
Hampshire 3,958 87,577,892 22,127 425.52
Hancock 13,879 419,794,274 30,247 581.67
Hardy 6,292 144,507,268 22,967 441.67
Harrison 32,028 928,961,542 29,005 557.79
Jackson 8,711 241,515,174 27,725 533.17
Jefferson 13,070 323,747,313 24,770 476.35
Kanawha 110,243 3,536,543,495 32,080 616.92
Lewis 5,725 138,419,389 24,178 464.96
Lincoln 2,649 59,557,689 22,483 432.37
Logan 11,426 317,685,257 27,804 534.69
McDowell 5,109 130,607,885 25,564 491.62
Marion 19,471 545,406,200 28,011 538.67
Marshall 10,406 362,952,359 34,879 670.75
Mason 6,357 204,966,864 32,243 620.06
Mercer 22,382 577,103,090 25,784 495.85
Mineral 6,846 178,466,208 26,069 501.33
Mingo 7,760 243,569,589 31,388 603.62
Monongalia 43,399 1,283,963,867 29,585 568.94
Monroe 1,998 50,157,509 25,104 482.77
Morgan 3,067 71,205,431 23,217 446.48
Nicholas 8,329 205,474,754 24,670 474.42
Ohio 27,906 738,243,148 26,455 508.75
Pendleton 1,680 37,680,550 22,429 431.33
Pleasants 2,644 93,107,067 35,214 677.19
Pocahontas 3,600 76,591,515 21,275 409.13
Preston 6,752 163,748,092 24,252 466.38
Putnam 17,422 566,871,165 32,538 625.73
Raleigh 30,694 844,295,675 27,507 528.98
Randolph 11,466 264,146,772 23,037 443.02
Ritchie 3,014 72,892,895 24,185 465.10
Roane 3,164 69,658,362 22,016 423.38
Summers 2,316 48,522,472 20,951 402.90
Taylor 3,127 73,735,196 23,580 453.46
Tucker 2,891 56,114,632 19,410 373.27
Tyler 2,291 74,853,152 32,673 628.33
Upshur 7,835 199,869,808 25,510 490.58
Wayne 8,974 261,688,993 29,161 560.79
Webster 2,185 54,036,638 24,731 475.60
Wetzel 4,803 102,966,396 21,438 412.27
Wirt 719 14,158,259 19,692 378.69
Wood 41,125 1,189,780,421 28,931 556.37
Wyoming 5,762 157,354,282 27,309 525.17
Statewide 683,194 $19,549,827,426  $28,615  $550.29

Last Updated on 9/4/2003