Kanawha County, WV

FIPS 54039 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, Kanawha County had an annual average of 97,845 jobs across 6,860 establishments, paying $6.1 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

97,845

+0.8% YoY

Establishments

6,860

Total Wages

$6.1B

Avg Annual Pay

$61,997

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 Kanawha County, WV, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
621 NAICS 621 7,244 580 $2,161 $521.8M
722 NAICS 722 6,595 404 $449 $154.0M
611 NAICS 611 6,084 148 $1,149 $296.6M
541 NAICS 541 5,713 908 $1,734 $494.9M
561 NAICS 561 5,284 472 $1,054 $237.4M
624 NAICS 624 4,276 532 $1,019 $145.3M
921 NAICS 921 4,125 59 $1,951 $219.0M
926 NAICS 926 3,137 46 $1,892 $184.2M
922 NAICS 922 2,262 31 $2,271 $157.8M
524 NAICS 524 2,194 214 $1,544 $176.1M
238 NAICS 238 2,178 257 $1,453 $164.6M
455 NAICS 455 2,061 76 $581 $62.2M
923 NAICS 923 1,828 32 $1,967 $114.1M
441 NAICS 441 1,726 100 $1,198 $107.6M
423 NAICS 423 1,562 208 $1,634 $132.7M
551 NAICS 551 1,456 54 $2,288 $173.2M
445 NAICS 445 1,337 54 $627 $43.6M
522 NAICS 522 1,184 117 $1,664 $88.4M
721 NAICS 721 1,143 35 $620 $36.8M
811 NAICS 811 1,064 158 $1,162 $64.3M
444 NAICS 444 1,063 56 $810 $44.7M
212 NAICS 212 1,040 16 $2,163 $117.0M
325 NAICS 325 1,020 26 $2,303 $122.1M
237 NAICS 237 968 48 $1,751 $88.1M
813 NAICS 813 959 176 $1,325 $58.6M
236 NAICS 236 951 159 $1,294 $64.0M
491 NAICS 491 925 43 $1,383 $66.5M
459 NAICS 459 922 121 $570 $27.3M
713 NAICS 713 917 80 $420 $20.0M
424 NAICS 424 882 68 $1,525 $69.9M
221 NAICS 221 878 47 $2,237 $86.0M
531 NAICS 531 854 201 $932 $41.3M
456 NAICS 456 840 89 $822 $35.9M
488 NAICS 488 809 35 $1,236 $49.8M
484 NAICS 484 766 74 $1,271 $50.6M
457 NAICS 457 718 86 $541 $20.2M
492 NAICS 492 689 14 $1,185 $42.5M
812 NAICS 812 656 130 $693 $23.7M
928 NAICS 928 623 4 $1,662 $44.4M
517 NAICS 517 567 48 $1,798 $53.0M
458 NAICS 458 539 58 $490 $13.7M
425 NAICS 425 470 72 $1,608 $39.3M
449 NAICS 449 441 53 $942 $21.6M
532 NAICS 532 423 60 $1,293 $28.4M
311 NAICS 311 376 17 $914 $17.9M
485 NAICS 485 332 6 $961 $16.6M
924 NAICS 924 277 12 $1,806 $15.8M
516 NAICS 516 236 14 $1,121 $13.8M
523 NAICS 523 233 62 $5,040 $60.5M
518 NAICS 518 218 17 $1,038 $11.8M
327 NAICS 327 215 11 $887 $9.9M
925 NAICS 925 194 6 $2,512 $11.0M
562 NAICS 562 186 23 $1,260 $12.2M
333 NAICS 333 161 11 $1,362 $11.4M
519 NAICS 519 138 11 $650 $4.7M
332 NAICS 332 126 17 $1,042 $6.8M
513 NAICS 513 122 32 $1,145 $7.3M
323 NAICS 323 109 16 $751 $4.2M
814 NAICS 814 93 76 $412 $2.0M
339 NAICS 339 45 10 $1,100 $2.6M
493 NAICS 493 45 10 $1,192 $2.8M
334 NAICS 334 32 6 $2,683 $4.5M
483 NAICS 483 22 4 $1,525 $1.7M
113 NAICS 113 16 7 $922 $0.7M
711 NAICS 711 13 1 $953 $0.6M
999 NAICS 999 2 — $236 $0.0M

By Ownership (2024)

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

Federal Government

2,098

jobs · $88,388 avg pay

State Government

11,422

jobs · $57,418 avg pay

Local Government

7,425

jobs · $48,270 avg pay

Private

76,900

jobs · $63,283 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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