# Counties in West Virginia by wages and salaries paid, 2024

All 55 values come from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `wages_and_salaries`
- Unit: USD million
- Definition: Total wages and salaries paid to employees for jobs located in a place, including tips, bonuses and pay in kind, before deductions, in millions of current US dollars. United States: Bureau of Economic Analysis regional accounts, table SAINC4 line 50 for the nation and states and CAINC4 line 50 for counties.
- Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, CAINC4: personal income by major component, wages and salaries (published in thousands of dollars, shown in millions), individual counties and county equivalents (https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/CAINC4.zip)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/bureau-of-economic-analysis
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. CAINC4: personal income by major component, wages and salaries (published in thousands of dollars, shown in millions), individual counties and county equivalents. https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/CAINC4.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/wages-and-salaries/west-virginia-counties

| Rank | Place | USD million |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Kanawha County | 6,690.2 |
| 2 | Monongalia County | 4,228.1 |
| 3 | Cabell County | 3,277.1 |
| 4 | Harrison County | 2,594.3 |
| 5 | Berkeley County | 2,456.3 |
| 6 | Wood County | 2,126 |
| 7 | Raleigh County | 1,921.1 |
| 8 | Ohio County | 1,653.8 |
| 9 | Putnam County | 1,521.5 |
| 10 | Jefferson County | 1,215.6 |
| 11 | Mercer County | 1,077.1 |
| 12 | Marion County | 1,052.9 |
| 13 | Marshall County | 776.2 |
| 14 | Logan County | 640.3 |
| 15 | Greenbrier County | 618 |
| 16 | Wayne County | 563.1 |
| 17 | Fayette County | 539.2 |
| 18 | Hancock County | 528.8 |
| 19 | Randolph County | 518 |
| 20 | Mineral County | 507.8 |
| 21 | Preston County | 448.4 |
| 22 | Jackson County | 437.8 |
| 23 | Upshur County | 433.5 |
| 24 | Brooke County | 399.6 |
| 25 | Mason County | 394 |
| 26 | Boone County | 388.7 |
| 27 | Nicholas County | 377.8 |
| 28 | Mingo County | 337 |
| 29 | Lewis County | 316.7 |
| 30 | Hardy County | 310 |
| 31 | Wyoming County | 262.5 |
| 32 | Barbour County | 245.8 |
| 33 | Wetzel County | 236.6 |
| 34 | McDowell County | 235.8 |
| 35 | Taylor County | 216.2 |
| 36 | Hampshire County | 208 |
| 37 | Grant County | 199.1 |
| 38 | Braxton County | 183.1 |
| 39 | Pleasants County | 169.1 |
| 40 | Ritchie County | 168.5 |
| 41 | Morgan County | 155.4 |
| 42 | Roane County | 149.6 |
| 43 | Tucker County | 140 |
| 44 | Pocahontas County | 136 |
| 45 | Tyler County | 120.9 |
| 46 | Lincoln County | 116.1 |
| 47 | Doddridge County | 113.7 |
| 48 | Summers County | 109.1 |
| 49 | Monroe County | 107.4 |
| 50 | Clay County | 99.1 |
| 51 | Gilmer County | 96.4 |
| 52 | Calhoun County | 67.4 |
| 53 | Webster County | 66.4 |
| 54 | Pendleton County | 62 |
| 55 | Wirt County | 32.6 |