http://www.wvbep.org/bep/lmi Your source for West Virginia Labor Market Information. http://www.wvbep.org/bep/lmi/images/LMIgraphic4.jpg http://www.wvbep.org/bep/lmi/defaultnew.htm http://www.wvbep.org/bep/lmi/selfsufficiency/default.htm How much money is needed by families throughout West Virginia to sustain themselves independent of others? The information in this report provides a new measure of how much income is required for a family of a particular structure in a particular location to satisfactorily meet its fundamental needs without public or private assistance. http://www.wvbep.org/bep/lmi/table15/table15.htm West Virginia Job Openings by Occupation and Applicants Available for These Specific Openings from WORKFORCE West Virginia Files: July 1, 2007 - June 30, 2008 (commonly called Table 15). http://www.wvbep.org/bep/lmi/datarel/occudata.HTM WV Occupational wages have been updated to 3rd Quarter 2008. Wages are available for the U.S, State, and Workforce Investment Areas. http://www.wvbep.org/bep/lmi/EW2008/q2/default.htm Statewide, county and Workforce Investment Area by NAICS-based publishable industries. http://www.wvbep.org/bep/lmi/OSH2007/default.htm West Virginia Occupational Injuries and Illnesses: Counts and Rates data from the 2007 Occupational Safety and Health Survey are now available online. http://www.wvbep.org/bep/lmi/datarel/occudata.HTM Short term (2007 to 2009) and long term (2006 to 2016) WV Occupational Projections have been released. The long term projections include the Statewide Demand Occupation List. http://www.wvbep.org/bep/lmi/prTOP100_08.pdf WORKFORCE West Virginia’s list of the 100 largest private employers, compiled from data for first quarter 2008, ranks Wal-Mart as the state’s largest employer. Wal-Mart has maintained this position since 1998. http://www.wvbep.org/bep/lmi/WVDataSummary.pdf The data found in this report include an economic snapshot of five Metropolitan Statistical Areas and seven Workforce Investment Areas as well, in order to assist both state and local economic planners. Additional economic data are readily available and can be acquired by visiting www.wvbep.org/bep/lmi or by contacting Research, Information, and Analysis at 304-558-2660. http://www.wvbep.org/bep/LMI/indproj.HTM Short Term projections are designed to identify employment fluctuations caused by seasonality and business cycles. Long Term projections are designed to identify general economic trends. For these reasons, long and short term projections are not directly comparable. Industry projections do not include self-employed or unpaid family workers. http://www.wvbep.org/bep/lmi/datarel/pr_ew07.pdf The average West Virginia worker earned $34,001 in 2007, according to statistics released by WORKFORCE West Virginia, a division of the West Virginia Department of Commerce. The average annual wage in the state rose by $1,277, about 3.9 percent from 2006. Average annual employment grew to 708,313 from 705,281, an increase of 3,032. The five industries with the highest employment growth over the year were educational and health services (+1,317), professional and business services (+1,310), leisure and hospitality (+921), retail trade (+648), and mining (+605). The three industries with the highest declining employment were manufacturing (-1,879), construction (-593), and other services (-262). http://www.wvbep.org/bep/lmi/EW2007/default.htm Statewide, county and Workforce Investment Area by NAICS-based publishable industries. http://www.wvbep.org/bep/lmi/wvrsspage.htm WORKFORCE West Virginia is now providing RSS feeds of data updates. Check back in to this page often, as we will be rolling out feeds for different types of data.