WEST VIRGINIA AVERAGE EMPLOYMENT, TOTAL WAGES, AVERAGE ANNUAL AND WEEKLY WAGES 
BY COUNTY
2005
Average Average
County Average Total Annual Weekly
Employment Wages Wage Wage

Barbour 3,139 $73,214,941 $23,324 $448.54
Berkeley 28,733 955,807,886 33,265 639.71
Boone 8,575 357,886,290 41,736 802.62
Braxton 4,159 104,868,868 25,215 484.9
Brooke 8,476 289,787,384 34,189 657.48
Cabell 51,571 1,582,666,208 30,689 590.17
Calhoun 1,355 34,059,557 25,136 483.38
Clay 1,973 61,001,872 30,918 594.58
Doddridge 1,141 27,053,898 23,711 455.98
Fayette 12,136 322,943,529 26,610 511.73
Gilmer 2,039 56,918,664 27,915 536.83
Grant 3,683 116,419,603 31,610 607.88
Greenbrier 13,221 356,472,826 26,963 518.52
Hampshire 4,063 98,542,545 24,254 466.42
Hancock 12,603 362,862,033 28,792 553.69
Hardy 6,633 163,982,946 24,722 475.42
Harrison 32,903 1,037,885,995 31,544 606.62
Jackson 8,394 261,520,444 31,156 599.15
Jefferson 14,356 408,486,509 28,454 547.19
Kanawha 107,272 3,765,653,181 35,104 675.08
Lewis 5,936 158,249,567 26,659 512.67
Lincoln 3,084 82,224,803 26,662 512.73
Logan 11,481 350,396,082 30,520 586.92
McDowell 4,759 143,630,311 30,181 580.4
Marion 20,536 640,226,737 31,176 599.54
Marshall 10,926 421,448,530 38,573 741.79
Mason 6,302 205,048,181 32,537 625.71
Mercer 21,254 579,045,235 27,244 523.92
Mineral 7,085 199,970,863 28,225 542.79
Mingo 7,609 272,462,271 35,808 688.62
Monongalia 46,939 1,508,798,578 32,144 618.15
Monroe 2,022 55,772,628 27,583 530.44
Morgan 3,108 75,113,322 24,168 464.77
Nicholas 8,500 225,699,133 26,553 510.63
Ohio 28,612 841,790,860 29,421 565.79
Pendleton 1,772 44,617,704 25,179 484.21
Pleasants 3,046 114,919,073 37,728 725.54
Pocahontas 3,540 84,603,272 23,899 459.6
Preston 6,979 191,032,002 27,372 526.38
Putnam 18,151 649,973,048 35,809 688.63
Raleigh 31,744 967,568,795 30,480 586.15
Randolph 12,197 305,882,788 25,079 482.29
Ritchie 3,264 86,623,905 26,539 510.37
Roane 3,166 79,085,012 24,979 480.37
Summers 2,393 52,246,722 21,833 419.87
Taylor 3,002 70,714,617 23,556 453
Tucker 2,796 60,499,509 21,638 416.12
Tyler 2,139 76,304,767 35,673 686.02
Upshur 8,253 229,086,242 27,758 533.81
Wayne 9,125 309,522,966 33,920 652.31
Webster 2,420 68,169,275 28,169 541.71
Wetzel 4,849 109,819,219 22,648 435.54
Wirt 677 14,331,424 21,169 407.1
Wood 40,611 1,249,074,368 30,757 591.48
Wyoming 5,576 177,892,432 31,903 613.52
Statewide 695,300 $21,793,516,080 $31,344 $602.77