Raleigh County, WV

FIPS 54081 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, Raleigh County had an annual average of 32,322 jobs across 2,608 establishments, paying $1.8 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

32,322

+2.3% YoY

Establishments

2,608

Total Wages

$1.8B

Avg Annual Pay

$54,223

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 Raleigh County, WV, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
722 NAICS 722 2,904 137 $421 $63.6M
621 NAICS 621 2,533 273 $1,255 $165.2M
611 NAICS 611 2,181 61 $1,061 $108.7M
212 NAICS 212 1,943 15 $2,133 $215.5M
624 NAICS 624 1,764 251 $912 $45.6M
455 NAICS 455 1,144 38 $593 $35.3M
541 NAICS 541 983 228 $1,160 $59.3M
622 NAICS 622 918 1 $1,845 $88.1M
441 NAICS 441 854 61 $1,036 $46.0M
921 NAICS 921 740 9 $1,803 $46.1M
922 NAICS 922 736 13 $1,827 $55.9M
423 NAICS 423 678 85 $1,517 $53.5M
238 NAICS 238 562 96 $1,038 $30.3M
524 NAICS 524 535 62 $931 $25.9M
811 NAICS 811 508 72 $1,280 $33.8M
721 NAICS 721 490 23 $428 $10.9M
445 NAICS 445 477 26 $654 $16.2M
457 NAICS 457 454 47 $781 $18.4M
236 NAICS 236 451 89 $1,171 $27.5M
444 NAICS 444 355 14 $725 $13.4M
492 NAICS 492 342 15 $912 $16.2M
424 NAICS 424 333 30 $1,056 $18.3M
459 NAICS 459 329 49 $463 $7.9M
456 NAICS 456 322 34 $883 $14.8M
531 NAICS 531 282 70 $887 $13.0M
551 NAICS 551 280 21 $1,544 $22.5M
458 NAICS 458 269 24 $351 $4.9M
522 NAICS 522 247 36 $1,654 $16.6M
221 NAICS 221 234 13 $1,910 $19.5M
484 NAICS 484 233 50 $1,112 $13.5M
813 NAICS 813 217 30 $430 $4.9M
926 NAICS 926 209 12 $1,937 $18.9M
488 NAICS 488 191 7 $1,065 $10.2M
237 NAICS 237 169 19 $1,555 $11.4M
812 NAICS 812 167 44 $755 $6.5M
517 NAICS 517 154 19 $1,542 $12.3M
485 NAICS 485 143 5 $909 $6.3M
532 NAICS 532 143 21 $1,279 $9.5M
491 NAICS 491 139 41 $1,240 $8.1M
333 NAICS 333 115 5 $1,547 $9.2M
449 NAICS 449 110 22 $1,026 $5.9M
623 NAICS 623 96 1 $972 $4.9M
924 NAICS 924 91 5 $1,729 $5.0M
332 NAICS 332 90 10 $1,067 $5.0M
923 NAICS 923 87 8 $1,739 $5.7M
516 NAICS 516 80 6 $957 $4.0M
311 NAICS 311 74 6 $915 $3.5M
425 NAICS 425 56 14 $1,668 $4.8M
713 NAICS 713 44 1 $335 $0.8M
562 NAICS 562 40 1 $1,160 $2.4M
561 NAICS 561 34 1 $1,393 $2.4M
925 NAICS 925 32 2 $883 $1.4M
928 NAICS 928 32 2 $1,208 $1.9M
519 NAICS 519 28 1 $434 $0.6M
814 NAICS 814 17 17 $492 $0.4M
712 NAICS 712 13 1 $1,353 $0.9M
339 NAICS 339 13 5 $631 $0.4M
323 NAICS 323 10 6 $584 $0.3M
999 NAICS 999 5 8 $411 $0.1M

By Ownership (2024)

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

Federal Government

1,873

jobs · $93,177 avg pay

State Government

1,214

jobs · $52,579 avg pay

Local Government

2,511

jobs · $51,557 avg pay

Private

26,724

jobs · $51,819 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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