| West Virginia County Rank by Annual Wage | |||
| 2005 | |||
| Rank | County | Average | |
| 1 | Boone | $41,736 | |
| 2 | Marshall | 38,573 | |
| 3 | Pleasants | 37,728 | |
| 4 | Putnam | 35,809 | |
| 5 | Mingo | 35,808 | |
| 6 | Tyler | 35,673 | |
| 7 | Kanawha | 35,104 | |
| 8 | Brooke | 34,189 | |
| 9 | Wayne | 33,920 | |
| 10 | Berkeley | 33,265 | |
| 11 | Mason | 32,537 | |
| 12 | Monongalia | 32,144 | |
| 13 | Wyoming | 31,903 | |
| 14 | Grant | 31,610 | |
| 15 | Harrison | 31,544 | |
| 16 | Marion | 31,176 | |
| 17 | Jackson | 31,156 | |
| 18 | Clay | 30,918 | |
| 19 | Wood | 30,757 | |
| 20 | Cabell | 30,689 | |
| 21 | Logan | 30,520 | |
| 22 | Raleigh | 30,480 | |
| 23 | McDowell | 30,181 | |
| 24 | Ohio | 29,421 | |
| 25 | Hancock | 28,792 | |
| 26 | Jefferson | 28,454 | |
| 27 | Mineral | 28,225 | |
| 28 | Webster | 28,169 | |
| 29 | Gilmer | 27,915 | |
| 30 | Upshur | 27,758 | |
| 31 | Monroe | 27,583 | |
| 32 | Preston | 27,372 | |
| 33 | Mercer | 27,244 | |
| 34 | Greenbrier | 26,963 | |
| 35 | Lincoln | 26,662 | |
| 36 | Lewis | 26,659 | |
| 37 | Fayette | 26,610 | |
| 38 | Nicholas | 26,553 | |
| 39 | Ritchie | 26,539 | |
| 40 | Braxton | 25,215 | |
| 41 | Pendleton | 25,179 | |
| 42 | Calhoun | 25,136 | |
| 43 | Randolph | 25,079 | |
| 44 | Roane | 24,979 | |
| 45 | Hardy | 24,722 | |
| 46 | Hampshire | 24,254 | |
| 47 | Morgan | 24,168 | |
| 48 | Pocahontas | 23,899 | |
| 49 | Doddridge | 23,711 | |
| 50 | Taylor | 23,556 | |
| 51 | Barbour | 23,324 | |
| 52 | Wetzel | 22,648 | |
| 53 | Summers | 21,833 | |
| 54 | Tucker | 21,638 | |
| 55 | Wirt | 21,169 | |