County Rank by Annual Wage
1997
Rank County Average Annual Wage
1 Boone $33,656
2 Marshall 30,659
3 Mingo 29,982
4 Pleasants 29,639
5 Tyler 29,333
6 Hancock 28,587
7 Mason 28,241
8 Kanawha 27,699
9 Brooke 27,484
10 Logan 26,963
11 Wyoming 26,707
12 Clay 26,261
13 Putnam 26,011
14 Wood 25,918
15 Berkeley 25,225
16 Wayne 24,829
17 Jackson 24,806
18 Marion 24,766
19 Harrison 24,763
20 Webster 24,461
21 Cabell 24,395
22 Monongalia 24,211
23 Raleigh 23,705
24 McDowell 22,986
25 Grant 22,808
26 Mercer 22,221
27 Ohio 22,147
28 Fayette 21,968
29 Mineral 21,824
30 Monroe 21,603
31 Greenbrier 21,181
32 Upshur 20,898
33 Nicholas 20,858
34 Jefferson 20,800
35 Taylor 20,626
36 Preston 20,061
37 Lincoln 19,933
38 Gilmer 19,863
39 Roane 19,622
40 Randolph 19,617
41 Braxton 19,601
42 Calhoun 19,552
43 Ritchie 19,539
44 Lewis 19,483
45 Wetzel 19,273
46 Morgan 19,043
47 Pendleton 18,964
48 Barbour 18,942
49 Hardy 18,656
50 Pocahontas 18,360
51 Hampshire 18,220
52 Summers 17,722
53 Doddridge 16,940
54 Wirt 16,751
55 Tucker 16,465

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