Berkeley County, WV

FIPS 54003 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, Berkeley County had an annual average of 38,427 jobs across 3,687 establishments, paying $2.2 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

38,427

+3.7% YoY

Establishments

3,687

Total Wages

$2.2B

Avg Annual Pay

$57,976

Industry Breakdown (2024 annual averages, by NAICS sector)

Employment, establishments, and pay by 2-digit NAICS industry sector. Each industry name links to its national profile. Sectors with all cells suppressed by BLS won't appear.

Industry breakdown of employment and wages for Berkeley County, WV, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
611 NAICS 611 3,887 103 $2,195 $225.9M
722 NAICS 722 3,168 207 $426 $70.2M
622 NAICS 622 2,134 1 $2,023 $224.4M
541 NAICS 541 1,907 733 $1,486 $147.4M
621 NAICS 621 1,893 220 $1,271 $125.0M
624 NAICS 624 1,360 258 $963 $34.0M
561 NAICS 561 1,351 318 $1,122 $66.5M
455 NAICS 455 1,340 29 $546 $38.0M
445 NAICS 445 1,014 34 $506 $26.7M
238 NAICS 238 904 170 $1,110 $52.2M
326 NAICS 326 897 8 $1,082 $50.5M
922 NAICS 922 780 15 $2,219 $74.9M
423 NAICS 423 778 93 $1,320 $53.4M
921 NAICS 921 682 7 $2,213 $47.7M
513 NAICS 513 598 44 $1,412 $43.9M
457 NAICS 457 579 38 $622 $18.7M
713 NAICS 713 548 52 $403 $11.5M
327 NAICS 327 528 9 $1,561 $42.9M
488 NAICS 488 488 18 $1,161 $29.4M
441 NAICS 441 431 43 $1,020 $22.8M
236 NAICS 236 422 110 $1,328 $29.2M
444 NAICS 444 412 22 $907 $19.4M
811 NAICS 811 409 89 $949 $20.2M
522 NAICS 522 401 79 $1,916 $28.7M
926 NAICS 926 400 14 $1,963 $38.1M
485 NAICS 485 347 2 $798 $14.4M
812 NAICS 812 306 64 $814 $10.7M
459 NAICS 459 305 58 $535 $8.5M
221 NAICS 221 294 13 $2,216 $25.4M
492 NAICS 492 291 15 $712 $10.8M
424 NAICS 424 250 30 $1,327 $17.2M
524 NAICS 524 240 88 $1,363 $17.0M
456 NAICS 456 233 30 $671 $8.1M
531 NAICS 531 226 93 $1,069 $12.5M
721 NAICS 721 218 18 $530 $6.0M
928 NAICS 928 208 2 $2,202 $23.2M
484 NAICS 484 207 52 $1,202 $13.0M
551 NAICS 551 189 35 $1,049 $10.3M
111 NAICS 111 181 9 $609 $5.7M
449 NAICS 449 175 20 $753 $6.8M
491 NAICS 491 158 6 $1,250 $10.3M
813 NAICS 813 136 46 $884 $6.1M
458 NAICS 458 130 16 $443 $3.0M
924 NAICS 924 104 4 $1,731 $2.4M
923 NAICS 923 104 10 $2,287 $9.5M
562 NAICS 562 102 16 $1,212 $6.4M
517 NAICS 517 99 35 $1,961 $10.1M
237 NAICS 237 85 23 $1,596 $5.8M
518 NAICS 518 73 22 $1,443 $5.5M
532 NAICS 532 69 16 $1,285 $4.6M
516 NAICS 516 67 11 $1,201 $4.2M
425 NAICS 425 46 32 $1,900 $4.5M
519 NAICS 519 39 1 $433 $0.9M
925 NAICS 925 25 2 $1,146 $1.5M
814 NAICS 814 21 23 $353 $0.4M
312 NAICS 312 16 5 $505 $0.4M
999 NAICS 999 10 18 $984 $0.5M
339 NAICS 339 9 5 $899 $0.4M
112 NAICS 112 9 4 $920 $0.4M
712 NAICS 712 7 1 $2,015 $0.8M

By Ownership (2024)

Four QCEW ownership classes — Federal, State, Local, and Private.

Federal Government

3,518

jobs · $105,527 avg pay

State Government

937

jobs · $49,585 avg pay

Local Government

4,543

jobs · $52,230 avg pay

Private

29,429

jobs · $53,446 avg pay

WV Unemployment

The statewide unemployment rate (BLS LAUS, seasonally adjusted) gives county data its broader economic backdrop.

4.4%

April 2026

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