County Rank by Annual Wage
1999
Rank County Average Annual Wage
1 Boone $34,166
2 Pleasants 32,663
3 Marshall 32,143
4 Tyler 31,738
5 Mingo 29,993
6 Mason 29,706
7 Kanawha 29,224
8 Putnam 28,338
9 Hancock 28,280
10 Brooke 27,751
11 Clay 27,222
12 Wood 26,966
13 Berkeley 26,840
14 Harrison 26,784
15 Logan 26,630
16 Monongalia 26,230
17 Jackson 26,134
18 Wayne 25,903
19 Cabell 25,435
20 Wyoming 25,240
21 Marion 25,143
22 Raleigh 24,964
23 Ohio 24,344
24 Mercer 23,607
25 Webster 23,447
26 McDowell 23,212
27 Upshur 23,109
28 Grant 22,712
29 Mineral 22,661
30 Greenbrier 22,347
31 Fayette 22,334
32 Nicholas 22,091
33 Jefferson 22,058
34 Taylor 21,723
35 Ritchie 21,571
36 Roane 21,507
37 Preston 21,421
38 Monroe 21,386
39 Lewis 21,287
40 Lincoln 21,120
41 Morgan 20,843
42 Pendleton 20,708
43 Calhoun 20,691
44 Hardy 20,538
45 Braxton 20,322
46 Randolph 20,261
47 Pocahontas 20,219
48 Hampshire 20,172
49 Wetzel 20,172
50 Gilmer 19,891
51 Doddridge 19,498
52 Barbour 19,251
53 Summers 18,323
54 Tucker 18,205
55 Wirt 17,993

Return to previous page

Return to the BEP home page