Upshur County, WV

FIPS 54097 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, Upshur County had an annual average of 7,672 jobs across 833 establishments, paying $0.4 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

7,672

-0.1% YoY

Establishments

833

Total Wages

$0.4B

Avg Annual Pay

$48,470

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 Upshur County, WV, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
722 NAICS 722 677 50 $379 $13.4M
611 NAICS 611 482 13 $969 $24.2M
321 NAICS 321 473 7 $1,132 $27.8M
624 NAICS 624 425 138 $931 $9.9M
621 NAICS 621 414 48 $1,354 $28.0M
455 NAICS 455 344 10 $621 $11.1M
237 NAICS 237 294 13 $1,594 $18.7M
541 NAICS 541 243 68 $1,082 $13.7M
623 NAICS 623 237 24 $770 $9.5M
236 NAICS 236 218 26 $997 $11.3M
441 NAICS 441 201 16 $1,052 $11.0M
444 NAICS 444 182 9 $603 $5.7M
921 NAICS 921 182 3 $645 $6.1M
424 NAICS 424 148 8 $1,111 $8.5M
445 NAICS 445 133 8 $519 $3.6M
561 NAICS 561 132 42 $843 $5.8M
457 NAICS 457 131 16 $435 $3.0M
238 NAICS 238 121 34 $1,013 $6.4M
484 NAICS 484 98 27 $874 $4.5M
928 NAICS 928 93 3 $1,488 $6.6M
517 NAICS 517 89 8 $1,650 $7.7M
423 NAICS 423 69 14 $1,624 $5.8M
811 NAICS 811 57 18 $851 $2.5M
485 NAICS 485 56 1 $801 $2.3M
551 NAICS 551 56 6 $1,361 $4.0M
522 NAICS 522 53 10 $1,205 $3.3M
221 NAICS 221 52 7 $1,269 $2.7M
924 NAICS 924 52 2 $878 $2.4M
459 NAICS 459 47 19 $943 $2.3M
456 NAICS 456 46 8 $1,014 $2.4M
813 NAICS 813 44 8 $428 $1.0M
812 NAICS 812 42 10 $667 $1.4M
491 NAICS 491 39 5 $1,271 $2.6M
721 NAICS 721 39 4 $391 $0.8M
532 NAICS 532 36 6 $1,146 $2.1M
922 NAICS 922 34 3 $1,415 $2.3M
113 NAICS 113 31 8 $677 $1.1M
531 NAICS 531 30 12 $778 $1.2M
524 NAICS 524 28 14 $1,000 $1.4M
562 NAICS 562 21 1 $880 $1.0M
925 NAICS 925 14 2 $1,109 $0.8M
519 NAICS 519 14 2 $368 $0.3M
923 NAICS 923 12 2 $721 $0.4M
425 NAICS 425 11 5 $1,464 $0.9M
926 NAICS 926 10 5 $980 $0.5M
814 NAICS 814 5 4 $281 $0.1M
488 NAICS 488 4 1 $620 $0.1M
999 NAICS 999 1 4 $261 $0.0M

By Ownership (2024)

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

Federal Government

114

jobs · $73,501 avg pay

State Government

293

jobs · $48,124 avg pay

Local Government

949

jobs · $43,904 avg pay

Private

6,316

jobs · $48,713 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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