# Counties in West Virginia by covered employment (QCEW), 2025

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

- Indicator id: `covered_employment`
- Unit: jobs
- Definition: Average number of jobs covered by unemployment insurance during the year, 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 employment, 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 employment, 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/covered-employment/west-virginia-counties

| Rank | Place | jobs |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Kanawha County | 95,946 |
| 2 | Monongalia County | 59,770 |
| 3 | Cabell County | 51,765 |
| 4 | Berkeley County | 38,558 |
| 5 | Harrison County | 37,414 |
| 6 | Wood County | 35,119 |
| 7 | Raleigh County | 32,153 |
| 8 | Ohio County | 27,052 |
| 9 | Putnam County | 22,322 |
| 10 | Mercer County | 19,507 |
| 11 | Marion County | 17,374 |
| 12 | Jefferson County | 17,136 |
| 13 | Greenbrier County | 12,265 |
| 14 | Logan County | 11,617 |
| 15 | Fayette County | 10,398 |
| 16 | Marshall County | 10,372 |
| 17 | Randolph County | 10,309 |
| 18 | Hancock County | 8,742 |
| 19 | Mineral County | 8,616 |
| 20 | Wayne County | 8,412 |
| 21 | Jackson County | 7,732 |
| 22 | Upshur County | 7,637 |
| 23 | Brooke County | 7,440 |
| 24 | Preston County | 7,365 |
| 25 | Nicholas County | 6,987 |
| 26 | Mason County | 6,881 |
| 27 | Hardy County | 6,072 |
| 28 | Lewis County | 5,726 |
| 29 | Braxton County | 4,975 |
| 30 | Boone County | 4,598 |
| 31 | Mingo County | 4,466 |
| 32 | Wetzel County | 4,442 |
| 33 | Wyoming County | 4,303 |
| 34 | Hampshire County | 4,248 |
| 35 | Barbour County | 3,990 |
| 36 | Grant County | 3,742 |
| 37 | McDowell County | 3,739 |
| 38 | Taylor County | 3,475 |
| 39 | Morgan County | 3,110 |
| 40 | Pocahontas County | 2,999 |
| 41 | Ritchie County | 2,968 |
| 42 | Roane County | 2,749 |
| 43 | Tucker County | 2,748 |
| 44 | Lincoln County | 2,608 |
| 45 | Pleasants County | 2,296 |
| 46 | Summers County | 2,131 |
| 47 | Tyler County | 1,957 |
| 48 | Monroe County | 1,882 |
| 49 | Gilmer County | 1,784 |
| 50 | Doddridge County | 1,632 |
| 51 | Clay County | 1,572 |
| 52 | Pendleton County | 1,505 |
| 53 | Webster County | 1,473 |
| 54 | Calhoun County | 1,206 |
| 55 | Wirt County | 697 |