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
Search Marketing Strategists	$52,340	1,650	View salary detail
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	$52,340	1,650	View salary detail
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	$52,220	2,380	View salary detail
Wellhead Pumpers	$52,170	660	View salary detail
Judicial Law Clerks	$52,120	260	View salary detail
Coaches and Scouts	$52,050	910	View salary detail
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers	$51,950	760	View salary detail
Electronic Equipment Installers and Repairers, Motor Vehicles	$51,890	40	View salary detail
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other	$51,580	760	View salary detail
Patient Representatives	$51,580	760	View salary detail
Ophthalmic Medical Technologists	$51,580	760	View salary detail
Neurodiagnostic Technologists	$51,580	760	View salary detail
Biological Technicians	$51,440	100	View salary detail
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators	$51,300	7,830	View salary detail
Electric Motor, Power Tool, and Related Repairers	$51,280	70	View salary detail
Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators	$51,230	210	View salary detail
Roofers	$51,170	440	View salary detail
Social Science Research Assistants	$51,140	550	View salary detail
Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers	$51,100	260	View salary detail
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$51,020	350	View salary detail
Farm and Home Management Educators	$50,930	50	View salary detail
Tile and Stone Setters	$50,900	50	View salary detail
Surgical Assistants	$50,870	280	View salary detail
Rail Car Repairers	$50,800	100	View salary detail
Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents	$50,730	290	View salary detail
Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$50,690	180	View salary detail
Derrick Operators, Oil and Gas	$50,640	60	View salary detail
Athletic Trainers	$50,510	110	View salary detail
Exercise Physiologists	$50,270	60	View salary detail
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel	$50,240	2,130	View salary detail
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers	$50,070	420	View salary detail
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents	$50,050	930	View salary detail
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$49,950	200	View salary detail
Glaziers	$49,810	140	View salary detail
Interior Designers	$49,800	90	View salary detail
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators	$49,630	160	View salary detail
Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters	$49,630	50	View salary detail
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	$49,480	12,190	View salary detail
Tree Trimmers and Pruners	$49,140	1,420	View salary detail
Surgical Technologists	$49,110	580	View salary detail
Freight Forwarders	$49,100	130	View salary detail
Cargo and Freight Agents	$49,100	130	View salary detail
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term	$49,020	4,840	View salary detail
Recreational Therapists	$49,010	130	View salary detail
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers	$48,850	1,690	View salary detail
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	$48,810	2,100	View salary detail
Carpenters	$48,710	3,670	View salary detail
Surveying and Mapping Technicians	$48,530	370	View salary detail
Clergy	$48,460	290	View salary detail
Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals	$48,460	40	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.