County Rank by Annual Wage
1998
Rank County Average Annual Wage
1 Boone $34,375
2 Tyler 31,215
3 Marshall 30,888
4 Mingo 30,772
5 Pleasants 30,547
6 Mason 29,129
7 Kanawha 28,629
8 Hancock 28,399
9 Putnam 27,224
10 Brooke 27,219
11 Logan 26,997
12 Wyoming 26,390
13 Wood 26,376
14 Clay 25,857
15 Berkeley 25,806
16 Jackson 25,582
17 Monongalia 25,390
18 Wayne 25,144
19 Harrison 24,963
20 Marion 24,750
21 Cabell 24,644
22 Raleigh 24,383
23 Webster 24,189
24 Ohio 22,927
25 Mercer 22,884
26 Grant 22,613
27 McDowell 22,599
28 Greenbrier 22,012
29 Fayette 21,842
30 Upshur 21,581
31 Mineral 21,400
32 Taylor 21,391
33 Jefferson 21,367
34 Nicholas 21,119
35 Monroe 21,069
36 Roane 20,870
37 Lewis 20,756
38 Ritchie 20,747
39 Preston 20,631
40 Braxton 20,024
41 Lincoln 19,943
42 Gilmer 19,864
43 Wetzel 19,840
44 Morgan 19,767
45 Pocahontas 19,760
46 Randolph 19,634
47 Calhoun 19,627
48 Pendleton 19,530
49 Hardy 19,463
50 Barbour 19,267
51 Hampshire 18,802
52 Summers 17,951
53 Doddridge 17,578
54 Wirt 17,446
55 Tucker 17,026

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