West Virginia - Employment & Wages 2007
Industry Units Employment Total
Wages
Average
Weekly
Wage
TOTAL, ALL INDUSTRIES 48,779 708,313 24,083,126,318 653.87
TOTAL, PRIVATE SECTOR 44,840 569,818 18,980,181,909 640.56
NATURAL RESOURCES AND MINING 1,372 29,573 1,793,532,957 1,166.31
  11 Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hun 495 2,096 50,884,872 466.87
    111 Crop production 59 593 12,923,584 419.12
      1112 Vegetable and melon farming* 3 32 1,003,836 603.27
      1113 Fruit and tree nut farming* 17 253 5,121,242 389.27
      1114 Greenhouse and nursery production 29 293 6,525,961 428.33
          111421 Nursery and tree production 18 78 1,427,775 352.02
          111422 Floriculture production 11 215 5,086,606 454.98
      1121 Cattle ranching and farming 25 97 2,232,465 442.60
        11211 Beef cattle ranching, farming, and 18 47 1,157,852 473.75
        11212 Dairy cattle and milk production* 7 50 1,074,613 413.31
      1123 Poultry and egg production 3 27 1,018,785 725.63
      1129 Other animal production 12 25 536,490 412.69
    113 Forestry and logging 330 1,121 25,763,445 441.98
      1133 Logging* 327 1,116 25,590,670 440.98
    115 Agriculture and forestry support acti 60 207 7,742,439 719.29
        11521 Support activities for animal produ* 25 70 1,577,660 433.42
      1153 Support activities for forestry* 31 128 6,052,452 909.33
  21 Mining 877 27,478 1,742,648,085 1,219.62
    211 Oil and gas extraction* 230 2,444 141,535,689 1,113.67
    212 Mining, except oil and gas 358 19,478 1,315,270,089 1,298.58
      2121 Coal mining* 311 18,518 1,264,437,902 1,313.12
          212112 Bituminous coal underground mining 158 12,511 861,639,708 1,324.44
      2122 Metal ore mining 4 45 1,889,905 807.65
          212210 Iron ore mining 3 42 1,843,254 843.98
      2123 Nonmetallic mineral mining and quarr 43 914 48,942,282 1,029.75
        21231 Stone mining and quarrying 33 631 25,032,989 762.92
          212311 Dimension stone mining and quarryi 4 35 1,345,735 739.42
          212312 Crushed and broken limestone minin 23 550 22,650,236 791.96
          212319 Other crushed and broken stone min 6 46 1,037,018 433.54
        21232 Sand, gravel, clay, and refractory 6 235 18,333,876 1,500.31
          212321 Construction sand and gravel minin 4 38 1,412,135 714.63
        21239 Other nonmetallic mineral mining* 4 48 5,575,417 2,233.75
    213 Support activities for mining* 289 5,556 285,842,307 989.37
          213112 Support activities for oil and gas 167 2,496 110,067,053 848.02
          213113 Support activities for coal mining 74 1,778 107,517,356 1,162.90
CONSTRUCTION 5,517 38,993 1,560,457,443 769.60
  23 Construction 5,517 38,993 1,560,457,443 769.60
    236 Construction of buildings 2,110 11,243 381,701,944 652.88
      2361 Residential building construction* 1,705 5,950 138,705,401 448.31
          236115 New single-family general contract 1,049 4,157 103,238,206 477.60
          236116 New multifamily general contractor 21 75 2,056,246 527.25
          236117 New housing operative builders 23 78 1,809,073 446.02
          236118 Residential remodelers 613 1,641 31,601,876 370.35
      2362 Nonresidential building construction 405 5,292 242,996,543 883.04
        23621 Industrial building construction* 80 2,247 117,024,237 1,001.54
        23622 Commercial building construction* 326 3,046 125,972,306 795.33
    237 Heavy and civil engineering construct 510 7,147 374,242,608 1,007.00
      2371 Utility system construction 220 3,737 198,365,053 1,020.79
        23711 Water and sewer system construction* 80 1,050 47,472,869 869.46
        23712 Oil and gas pipeline construction* 48 965 51,918,109 1,034.63
        23713 Power and communication system cons* 92 1,723 98,974,075 1,104.67
      2372 Land subdivision* 79 319 11,056,874 666.56
      2373 Highway, street, and bridge construc* 99 2,022 109,564,727 1,042.04
      2379 Other heavy construction* 112 1,069 55,255,954 994.02
    238 Specialty trade contractors 2,898 20,603 804,512,891 750.92
      2381 Building foundation and exterior con 649 3,795 125,483,157 635.87
        23811 Poured concrete structure contracto 79 453 16,033,008 680.63
          238111 Residential poured foundation cont 41 113 2,453,902 417.62
          238112 Nonresidential poured foundation c 38 340 13,579,106 768.06
        23812 Steel and precast concrete contract 51 509 22,046,055 832.92
        23813 Framing contractors 52 269 6,932,311 495.60
        23814 Masonry contractors 231 1,312 41,203,441 603.94
          238141 Residential masonry contractors 181 651 13,080,835 386.40
          238142 Nonresidential masonry contractors 50 661 28,122,606 818.19
        23815 Glass and glazing contractors 20 155 5,602,136 695.06
          238151 Residential glass and glazing cont 6 28 852,668 585.62
          238152 Nonresidential glass and glazing c 14 127 4,749,468 719.17
        23816 Roofing contractors 126 821 27,706,948 649.00
          238161 Residential roofing contractors 83 235 3,522,813 288.29
          238162 Nonresidential roofing contractors 44 585 24,184,135 795.00
        23817 Siding contractors 77 231 4,296,983 357.73
          238171 Residential siding contractors 70 208 3,623,883 335.06
          238172 Nonresidential siding contractors 7 22 673,100 588.37
        23819 Other building exterior contractors 14 46 1,662,275 694.92
          238191 Other residential exterior contrac 4 19 271,477 274.77
          238192 Other nonresidential exterior cont 10 27 1,390,798 990.60
      2382 Building equipment contractors 1,040