# Counties in West Virginia by average weekly wage (QCEW), 2025

All 55 values come from U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for 2025, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `average_weekly_wage`
- Unit: USD
- Definition: Total wages paid during the year divided by the average number of covered jobs and by 52, in US dollars, all industries, private and government, from the Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW) of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Counted where the job is located, from the reports employers file each quarter; monthly employment counts the jobs in the pay period that includes the 12th.
- Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average weekly wage, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties (https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/10.csv)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/bureau-of-labor-statistics
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW): annual average weekly wage, total covered, all industries (NAICS 10), nation, states and counties. https://data.bls.gov/cew/data/api/2025/a/industry/10.csv. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/average-weekly-wage/west-virginia-counties

| Rank | Place | USD |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Doddridge County | 1,393 |
| 2 | Putnam County | 1,312 |
| 3 | Monongalia County | 1,309 |
| 4 | Mason County | 1,305 |
| 5 | Marshall County | 1,291 |
| 6 | Harrison County | 1,264 |
| 7 | Kanawha County | 1,235 |
| 8 | Jefferson County | 1,222 |
| 9 | Pleasants County | 1,200 |
| 10 | Tyler County | 1,195 |
| 11 | Wayne County | 1,181 |
| 12 | Berkeley County | 1,171 |
| 13 | Logan County | 1,147 |
| 14 | Cabell County | 1,142 |
| 15 | Taylor County | 1,124 |
| 16 | Ohio County | 1,120 |
| 17 | Boone County | 1,117 |
| 17 | Mineral County | 1,117 |
| 19 | Wyoming County | 1,108 |
| 20 | Preston County | 1,107 |
| 21 | Barbour County | 1,099 |
| 22 | Brooke County | 1,097 |
| 23 | Marion County | 1,095 |
| 24 | McDowell County | 1,094 |
| 25 | Wood County | 1,092 |
| 26 | Calhoun County | 1,076 |
| 27 | Raleigh County | 1,067 |
| 28 | Hancock County | 1,056 |
| 28 | Jackson County | 1,056 |
| 30 | Grant County | 1,039 |
| 30 | Ritchie County | 1,039 |
| 32 | Mingo County | 1,034 |
| 33 | Wetzel County | 1,025 |
| 34 | Lewis County | 1,003 |
| 35 | Clay County | 999 |
| 36 | Mercer County | 988 |
| 37 | Gilmer County | 974 |
| 38 | Nicholas County | 969 |
| 39 | Monroe County | 966 |
| 40 | Roane County | 965 |
| 41 | Upshur County | 964 |
| 42 | Braxton County | 955 |
| 43 | Hardy County | 950 |
| 44 | Fayette County | 930 |
| 45 | Randolph County | 902 |
| 46 | Greenbrier County | 883 |
| 46 | Tucker County | 883 |
| 48 | Morgan County | 881 |
| 49 | Summers County | 869 |
| 50 | Hampshire County | 861 |
| 51 | Wirt County | 842 |
| 52 | Pendleton County | 838 |
| 53 | Pocahontas County | 811 |
| 54 | Webster County | 807 |
| 55 | Lincoln County | 798 |