Occupations With the Highest Reported Median Wages in West Virginia

734 occupations have a published Bureau of Labor Statistics median wage in West Virginia for 2025. Rows are ordered by reported annual median wage.

Occupations

Occupation	Median annual wage	Employment	Salary page
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers	$83,810	1,260	View salary detail
Environmental Engineers	$83,200	370	View salary detail
Chiropractors	$83,160	60	View salary detail
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists	$82,690	330	View salary detail
Gas Plant Operators	$82,600	420	View salary detail
General and Operations Managers	$82,500	15,300	View salary detail
Public Relations Managers	$82,380	70	View salary detail
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health	$82,100	250	View salary detail
Environmental Restoration Planners	$82,100	250	View salary detail
Industrial Ecologists	$82,100	250	View salary detail
Climate Change Policy Analysts	$82,100	250	View salary detail
Atmospheric, Earth, Marine, and Space Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary	$81,850	40	View salary detail
Chemistry Teachers, Postsecondary	$81,830	90	View salary detail
Chemical Plant and System Operators	$81,710	380	View salary detail
Occupational Health and Safety Technicians	$81,470	320	View salary detail
Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other	$81,330	450	View salary detail
Non-Destructive Testing Specialists	$81,330	450	View salary detail
Photonics Technicians	$81,330	450	View salary detail
Speech-Language Pathologists	$80,970	880	View salary detail
Orthotists and Prosthetists	$80,860	70	View salary detail
Atmospheric and Space Scientists	$80,690	40	View salary detail
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary	$80,650	1,480	View salary detail
Magnetic Resonance Imaging Technologists	$80,490	190	View salary detail
Critical Care Nurses	$80,130	23,430	View salary detail
Advanced Practice Psychiatric Nurses	$80,130	23,430	View salary detail
Clinical Nurse Specialists	$80,130	23,430	View salary detail
Registered Nurses	$80,130	23,430	View salary detail
Acute Care Nurses	$80,130	23,430	View salary detail
Solar Energy Installation Managers	$80,060	5,380	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers	$80,060	5,380	View salary detail
Personal Financial Advisors	$80,010	670	View salary detail
Audiologists	$79,990	120	View salary detail
Roof Bolters, Mining	$79,400	970	View salary detail
Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door	$79,000	610	View salary detail
Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers	$78,870	90	View salary detail
Budget Analysts	$78,850	180	View salary detail
Web Developers	$78,240	400	View salary detail
Communications Teachers, Postsecondary	$77,880	110	View salary detail
Continuous Mining Machine Operators	$77,570	720	View salary detail
Cost Estimators	$77,480	830	View salary detail
Political Science Teachers, Postsecondary	$77,420	70	View salary detail
Sociology Teachers, Postsecondary	$77,380	60	View salary detail
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers	$77,230	350	View salary detail
Helpers--Extraction Workers	$77,180	360	View salary detail
Clinical and Counseling Psychologists	$77,040	920	View salary detail
Diagnostic Medical Sonographers	$76,820	780	View salary detail
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Teachers, Postsecondary	$76,730	90	View salary detail
Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors	$76,700	210	View salary detail
Fire-Prevention and Protection Engineers	$76,700	210	View salary detail
Nuclear Medicine Technologists	$76,460	150	View salary detail

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Career and skills data: O*NET (onetcenter.org). Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS, 2025 (bls.gov/oes). Figures are published survey estimates, not real-time market data.