West Virginia - Employment & Wages 4th Quarter 2007
Industry						Units	Employment	Total Wages	Average Weekly Wage
TOTAL, ALL INDUSTRIES						48,806	715,565	6,356,070,166	683.31
TOTAL, PRIVATE SECTOR						44,905	575,760	5,014,670,331	670.00
NATURAL RESOURCES AND MINING						1,369	29,941	469,281,062	1,205.69
	11 Agriculture, forestry, fishing and hun					488	2,078	13,812,511	511.31
		111 Crop production				56	599	3,775,819	484.92
			1112 Vegetable and melon farming*			3	17	186,628	844.46
			1113 Fruit and tree nut farming*			17	330	1,878,393	437.85
			1114 Greenhouse and nursery production			27	237	1,643,602	533.46
					111421 Nursery and tree production	16	63	339,552	414.62
					111422 Floriculture production	10	174	1,304,050	576.54
			1121 Cattle ranching and farming			25	90	611,569	522.69
				11211 Beef cattle ranching, farming, and		18	41	236,002	442.77
				11212 Dairy cattle and milk production*		7	49	375,567	589.62
			1123 Poultry and egg production			4	32	281,275	676.15
				11251 Animal aquaculture*		3	17	119,435	540.46
			1129 Other animal production			13	26	207,975	615.31
		113 Forestry and logging				324	1,085	6,486,777	459.92
			1133 Logging*			321	1,080	6,407,736	456.38
		115 Agriculture and forestry support acti				60	217	2,241,731	794.69
				11521 Support activities for animal produ*		25	66	388,893	453.23
			1153 Support activities for forestry*			31	128	1,793,675	1,077.92
	21 Mining					881	27,863	455,468,551	1,257.46
		211 Oil and gas extraction*				227	2,543	41,346,018	1,250.69
		212 Mining, except oil and gas				358	19,575	333,505,457	1,310.54
			2121 Coal mining*			311	18,629	322,135,395	1,330.15
					212112 Bituminous coal underground mining	158	12,570	219,617,249	1,344.00
			2122 Metal ore mining			4	44	500,713	875.38
					212210 Iron ore mining	3	41	490,404	920.08
			2123 Nonmetallic mineral mining and quarr			43	903	10,869,349	925.92
				21231 Stone mining and quarrying		33	614	6,023,819	754.69
					212311 Dimension stone mining and quarryi	4	33	312,886	729.31
					212312 Crushed and broken limestone minin	23	546	5,496,311	774.38
					212319 Other crushed and broken stone min	6	35	214,622	471.69
				21232 Sand, gravel, clay, and refractory		6	243	3,196,196	1,011.77
					212321 Construction sand and gravel minin	4	38	327,163	662.31
				21239 Other nonmetallic mineral mining*		4	46	1,649,334	2,758.08
		213 Support activities for mining*				296	5,744	80,617,076	1,079.62
					213112 Support activities for oil and gas	174	2,680	31,418,318	901.77
					213113 Support activities for coal mining	69	1,665	28,240,811	1,304.69
CONSTRUCTION						5,469	39,836	432,838,003	835.77
	23 Construction					5,469	39,836	432,838,003	835.77
		236 Construction of buildings				2,074	11,373	108,721,827	735.38
			2361 Residential building construction*			1,675	5,781	35,090,231	466.92
					236115 New single-family general contract	1,029	4,014	26,100,134	500.15
					236116 New multifamily general contractor	20	75	534,925	548.62
					236117 New housing operative builders	23	67	448,693	515.15
					236118 Residential remodelers	603	1,625	8,006,479	379.00
			2362 Nonresidential building construction			399	5,592	73,631,596	1,012.85
				23621 Industrial building construction*		80	2,530	39,041,398	1,187.00
				23622 Commercial building construction*		319	3,062	34,590,198	869.00
		237 Heavy and civil engineering construct				509	7,547	101,587,855	1,035.46
			2371 Utility system construction			223	3,991	54,536,461	1,051.15
				23711 Water and sewer system construction*		80	1,089	13,226,138	934.23
				23712 Oil and gas pipeline construction*		49	992	14,488,990	1,123.54
				23713 Power and communication system cons*		94	1,910	26,821,333	1,080.23
			2372 Land subdivision*			80	344	3,368,735	753.31
			2373 Highway, street, and bridge construc*			96	2,089	28,981,958	1,067.23
			2379 Other heavy construction*			110	1,122	14,700,701	1,007.85
		238 Specialty trade contractors				2,886	20,916	222,528,321	818.38
			2381 Building foundation and exterior con			643	3,814	33,643,001	678.54
				23811 Poured concrete structure contracto		75	386	3,518,984	701.31
					238111 Residential poured foundation cont	38	115	682,108	456.23
					238112 Nonresidential poured foundation c	37	271	2,836,876	805.23
				23812 Steel and precast concrete contract		50	510	5,550,219	837.15
				23813 Framing contractors		51	289	2,106,664	560.69
				23814 Masonry contractors		233	1,383	11,471,017	638.00
					238141 Residential masonry contractors	183	628	3,213,098	393.54
					238142 Nonresidential masonry contractors	50	755	8,257,919	841.38
				23815 Glass and glazing contractors		20	152	1,514,138	766.23
					238151 Residential glass and glazing cont	6	29	211,612	561.31
					238152 Nonresidential glass and glazing c	14	123	1,302,526	814.62
				23816 Roofing contractors		124	804	7,845,035	750.62
					238161 Residential roofing contractors	80	227	925,211	313.54
					238162 Nonresidential roofing contractors	44	577	6,919,824	922.54
				23817 Siding contractors		76	229	1,050,278	352.77
					238171 Residential siding contractors	70	207	915,369	340.15
					238172 Nonresidential siding contractors	6	22	134,909	471.69
				23819 Other building exterior contractors		14	61	586,666	739.77
					238191 Other residential exterior contrac	4	19	73,517	297.62