West Virginia Employment and Wages 1999
Workforce Investment Area 6
INDUSTRY UNITS EMPLOYMENT TOTAL WAGES AVERAGE ANNUAL WAGE
Total, All Industries 9,145 136,951 $3,341,296,189 $24,397
AGRICULTURE 139 547 8,178,370 14,951
01 Agricultural Production-Crops 11 29 311,547 10,743
02 Agricultural Production-Livestock 7 34 674,943 19,851
07 Agricultural Services 107 444 6,132,874 13,812
08 Forestry 14 38 1,008,992 26,552
MINING 221 4,305 179,405,265 41,673
12 Coal Mining 86 2,505 118,252,702 47,206
13 Oil and Gas Extraction 120 1,517 50,098,291 33,024
14 Nonmetallic Minerals, except Fuels 16 283 11,054,272 39,061
CONSTRUCTION 1,078 6,212 159,712,005 25,710
15 General Building Contractors 509 2,454 53,666,901 21,869
16 Heavy Construction, exc. Building 77 661 21,279,646 32,193
17 Special Trade Contractors 492 3,097 84,765,458 27,370
MANUFACTURING 498 13,448 402,476,076 29,928
20 Food and Kindred Products 12 132 1,929,039 14,613
23 Apparel and Other Textile Products 6 181 2,103,677 11,622
24 Lumber and Wood Products 211 4,017 90,762,364 22,594
25 Furniture and Fixtures 9 91 1,420,154 15,606
26 Paper and Allied Products 4 246 7,746,552 31,490
27 Printing and Publishing 54 919 18,925,645 20,593
30 Rubber and Misc. Plastics Products 11 569 15,745,028 27,671
32 Stone, Clay, and Glass Products 37 1,505 43,898,219 29,168
33 Primary Metal Industries 8 751 28,491,742 37,938
34 Fabricated Metal Products 23 811 21,448,333 26,446
35 Industrial Machinery and Equipment 71 923 25,100,135 27,194
36 Electronic & other Electric Equipment 4 525 22,463,835 42,788
37 Transportation Equipment 11 860 36,769,775 42,755
38 Instruments and Related Products 7 99 2,467,753 24,926
TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC UTILITIES 537 6,750 276,229,084 40,922
41 Local and Interurban Passenger 14 141 1,761,137 12,490
42 Trucking and Warehousing 300 2,001 46,346,913 23,161
45 Transportation By Air 16 370 12,065,781 32,610
47 Transportation Services 15 70 1,569,479 22,421
48 Communications 92 1,289 43,228,520 33,536
49 Electric, Gas, and Sanitary Services 95 2,871 170,766,384 59,479
WHOLESALE TRADE 509 4,623 117,599,319 25,437
50 Wholesale Trade-Durable Goods 340 2,837 72,581,351 25,583
51 Wholesale Trade-Nondurable Goods 169 1,786 45,017,968 25,206
RETAIL TRADE 2,135 27,060 347,604,078 12,845
52 Building Materials & Garden Supplies 118 1,409 25,801,532 18,311
53 General Merchandise Stores 78 3,754 50,256,678 13,387
54 Food Stores 320 4,892 63,729,443 13,027
55 Automotive Dealers & Service Stations 335 3,156 63,269,697 20,047
56 Apparel and Accessory Stores 106 1,206 14,988,397 12,428
57 Furniture & Homefurnishings Stores 142 911 16,251,470 17,839
58 Eating and Drinking Places 648 9,477 80,517,508 8,496
59 Miscellaneous Retail 389 2,255 32,789,353 14,540
FINANCE, INSURANCE, AND REAL ESTATE 637 4,239 100,288,520 23,658
60 Depository Institutions 141 2,175 49,090,478 22,570
61 Nondepository Institutions 25 84 2,773,332 33,015
62 Security and Commodity Brokers 20 83 4,976,376 59,956
63 Insurance Carriers 31 321 11,149,572 34,733
64 Insurance Agents, Brokers, & Service 139 485 12,108,195 24,965
65 Real Estate 263 938 14,611,322 15,577
67 Holding and other Investment Offices 18 153 5,579,245 36,465
SERVICES 2,793 35,939 782,286,511 21,767
70 Hotels and Other Lodging Places 92 1,923 22,066,496 11,475
72 Personal Services 235 1,271 19,886,038 15,645
73 Business Services 297 4,712 74,649,175 15,842
75 Auto Repair, Services, and Parking 254 979 16,692,135 17,050
76 Miscellaneous Repair Services 63 437 10,757,325 24,616
78 Motion Pictures 37 269 2,004,818 7,452
79 Amusement & Recreation Services 105 814 8,684,307 10,668
80 Health Services 580 16,099 442,060,299 27,458
81 Legal Services 194 867 26,442,559 30,498
82 Educational Services 38 1,252 29,462,746 23,532
83 Social Services 226 3,854 52,405,558 13,597
86 Membership Organizations 150 907 8,214,009 9,056
87 Engineering & Management Services 275 2,058 63,389,568 30,801
88 Private Households 240 477 5,175,744 10,850
GOVERNMENT 588 33,803 967,264,912 28,614
Federal Government 178 6,575 262,568,549 39,934
State Government 186 12,766 351,881,138 27,563
Local Government 224 14,462 352,815,225 24,396

Last Updated on 8/8/00
By Leslie McCormick