Average Annual Wages by County
1980-1987

County 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987
Barbour $14,982 $16,281 $18,014 $16,904 $17,927 $17,848 $16,668 $15,441
Berkeley 13,397 14,566 15,243 15,611 16,667 16,904 17,275 17,816
Boone 19,364 21,509 24,154 24,486 25,756 26,054 27,217 28,144
Braxton 10,971 12,549 14,539 14,552 15,393 15,684 16,440 16,854
Brooke 15,953 17,192 17,657 18,450 17,329 17,451 17,481 17,624
Cabell 14,015 14,621 15,536 15,880 16,375 16,992 17,540 18,072
Calhoun 10,789 11,329 12,385 13,031 13,739 14,202 14,856 15,413
Clay 13,445 15,260 17,407 15,349 14,920 16,019 16,486 15,734
Doddridge 11,153 11,295 12,228 12,273 12,612 13,199 13,587 14,233
Fayette 13,293 14,385 15,336 14,735 15,526 15,994 16,293 16,552
Gilmer 12,042 13,187 13,849 13,925 14,195 14,725 15,295 15,425
Grant 15,291 17,701 18,496 19,579 20,987 21,383 21,448 21,462
Greenbrier 11,570 12,647 13,653 13,678 14,527 15,293 15,815 16,233
Hampshire 9,521 10,472 10,623 10,781 11,486 12,475 13,066 13,426
Hancock 20,897 22,900 23,157 22,609 21,949 22,914 24,299 24,135
Hardy 9,021 9,641 10,314 11,015 11,725 12,440 13,112 13,483
Harrison 13,683 14,816 15,939 16,151 16,781 17,370 17,804 18,424
Jackson 19,234 20,998 19,868 20,378 20,682 19,787 19,230 19,209
Jefferson 10,692 11,485 11,966 12,775 13,676 14,562 15,209 15,580
Kanawha 15,274 16,825 18,158 18,495 18,946 19,553 20,056 20,474
Lewis 11,516 12,681 13,883 14,008 14,425 15,281 15,594 15,658
Lincoln 11,954 12,777 13,252 13,580 13,543 14,354 14,624 15,094
Logan 16,123 17,270 18,314 17,766 18,785 19,560 20,279 21,115
McDowell 17,056 19,008 19,566 19,462 21,264 22,079 21,607 18,630
Marion 14,145 15,505 17,011 17,244 17,849 17,998 17,865 18,354
Marshall 16,809 18,709 19,676 20,275 21,514 21,953 22,705 23,849
Mason 15,569 15,622 17,285 16,724 17,618 18,496 18,489 19,250
Mercer 13,006 13,914 14,776 14,872 15,386 15,653 16,291 17,083
Mineral 13,344 14,028 14,979 15,001 15,433 16,511 17,417 17,528
Mingo 17,052 18,039 19,793 20,227 21,027 21,584 22,292 23,265
Monongalia 13,491 14,682 16,298 16,841 17,744 17,993 18,306 19,416
Monroe 11,555 12,622 13,426 13,891 15,039 15,880 15,838 16,515
Morgan 11,360 12,417 12,686 13,122 13,624 14,096 14,568 14,619
Nicholas 15,336 17,361 18,418 16,653 18,626 18,835 18,498 18,880
Ohio 12,703 13,821 14,757 14,569 14,904 15,455 15,659 16,157
Pendleton 8,757 10,181 10,401 10,679 11,138 12,437 12,473 12,652
Pleasants 17,095 17,640 18,251 18,450 19,354 20,774 21,415 21,280
Pocahontas 10,897 11,840 12,467 12,501 13,027 13,177 13,491 13,697
Preston 12,363 13,731 13,924 14,518 15,562 15,918 16,765 17,413
Putnam 15,126 16,445 17,072 17,033 17,866 18,638 18,955 19,022
Raleigh 14,726 15,904 16,773 16,926 17,866 18,698 19,078 19,600
Randolph 11,125 12,190 13,287 13,619 14,192 14,587 14,997 14,917
Ritchie 9,692 10,793 10,887 11,419 11,532 11,403 11,851 12,143
Roane 10,501 11,478 12,296 12,468 12,941 13,382 13,926 13,907
Summers 9,463 10,526 11,514 11,887 13,366 14,706 13,141 14,015
Taylor 9,622 10,625 12,678 13,186 13,854 14,604 14,964 15,514
Tucker 9,464 10,354 11,196 11,490 12,106 12,512 13,029 13,467
Tyler 15,325 16,461 18,122 18,973 19,608 21,156 21,843 21,221
Upshur 13,234 14,218 15,387 15,343 16,920 17,541 17,539 17,227
Wayne 13,003 14,263 14,704 15,736 16,218 17,216 16,890 17,116
Webster 11,798 11,842 13,502 12,012 14,131 16,250 16,601 16,690
Wetzel 11,425 11,736 12,565 12,569 13,173 13,337 14,328 14,573
Wirt 10,891 11,892 13,312 13,495 15,732 16,603 15,420 14,880
Wood 14,138 15,633 16,677 17,255 17,683 18,358 18,903 19,384
Wyoming 17,716 19,696 20,711 20,821 21,720 21,727 22,063 22,841
Unclassified (by county) 14,310 18,312 18,313 19,360 17,970 17,830 18,588 20,593
Statewide $14,452 $15,728 $16,698 $16,857 $17,474 $17,995 $18,414 $18,824

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