# Wage and salary jobs (OEWS) in West Virginia

Wage and salary jobs (OEWS) in West Virginia was 701,610 jobs in 2025. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

- Indicator id: `oews_employment`
- Place id: `us-state-54`
- Unit: jobs
- Definition: Number of wage and salary jobs in nonfarm establishments, all occupations, in May of each year, from the Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) survey of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Full-time and part-time jobs count the same.
- Note: Counts jobs, not people: someone with two jobs counts twice. Excludes the self-employed, owners and partners of unincorporated firms, farm workers, private household workers and unpaid family workers. It is the base of the OEWS wage estimates, not a monthly payroll count.
- Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May estimates, state cross-industry file: employment, all occupations (00-0000) (https://www.bls.gov/oes/special-requests/oesm25st.zip)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/bureau-of-labor-statistics
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- License: Public domain (US federal government work, citation requested)
- Citation: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May estimates, state cross-industry file: employment, all occupations (00-0000). https://www.bls.gov/oes/special-requests/oesm25st.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/wage-and-salary-jobs/west-virginia
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=oews_employment&place=us-state-54

| Period | jobs |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 701,610 |
| 2024 | 701,470 |
| 2023 | 688,670 |
| 2022 | 678,120 |
| 2021 | 657,680 |
| 2020 | 650,010 |
| 2019 | 702,100 |
| 2018 | 696,620 |
| 2017 | 688,530 |
| 2016 | 697,440 |
| 2015 | 707,000 |
| 2014 | 707,720 |
| 2013 | 709,430 |
| 2012 | 710,540 |
| 2011 | 700,250 |
| 2010 | 688,170 |
| 2009 | 704,310 |
| 2008 | 717,740 |
| 2007 | 713,230 |
| 2006 | 710,560 |
| 2005 | 697,390 |
| 2004 | 685,110 |
| 2003 | 681,370 |