Wood County, WV

FIPS 54107 · QCEW annual data · Latest: 2024

In 2024, Wood County had an annual average of 35,512 jobs across 2,635 establishments, paying $1.9 billion in total annual wages. Source: BLS QCEW, all ownerships combined.

Total Jobs

35,512

+0.7% YoY

Establishments

2,635

Total Wages

$1.9B

Avg Annual Pay

$54,625

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 Wood County, WV, BLS QCEW 2024.
NAICS Industry Employment Establishments Avg Weekly Wage Total Wages
722 NAICS 722 3,669 194 $521 $72.9M
621 NAICS 621 3,127 243 $2,224 $228.7M
921 NAICS 921 2,558 7 $1,963 $231.2M
611 NAICS 611 2,068 56 $1,057 $107.7M
624 NAICS 624 1,687 229 $941 $53.3M
561 NAICS 561 1,340 153 $870 $60.4M
455 NAICS 455 1,299 37 $574 $38.7M
325 NAICS 325 1,232 9 $2,266 $145.1M
238 NAICS 238 1,016 100 $1,213 $64.1M
441 NAICS 441 1,010 59 $1,095 $57.5M
541 NAICS 541 969 237 $1,370 $67.4M
444 NAICS 444 614 28 $664 $21.2M
493 NAICS 493 572 13 $907 $27.0M
522 NAICS 522 522 46 $1,127 $30.6M
459 NAICS 459 502 67 $547 $14.3M
237 NAICS 237 500 17 $1,458 $31.5M
458 NAICS 458 475 40 $361 $8.9M
423 NAICS 423 464 65 $1,157 $27.9M
445 NAICS 445 401 22 $599 $12.5M
812 NAICS 812 396 55 $667 $13.7M
457 NAICS 457 375 44 $523 $10.2M
484 NAICS 484 362 31 $1,390 $26.2M
456 NAICS 456 361 40 $662 $12.4M
551 NAICS 551 351 27 $2,823 $51.5M
524 NAICS 524 341 62 $1,571 $27.8M
236 NAICS 236 334 76 $938 $16.3M
811 NAICS 811 310 66 $776 $12.5M
813 NAICS 813 289 43 $936 $9.8M
221 NAICS 221 287 14 $2,237 $24.1M
449 NAICS 449 280 28 $889 $12.9M
922 NAICS 922 272 6 $1,055 $14.4M
332 NAICS 332 268 14 $1,119 $15.6M
721 NAICS 721 268 25 $481 $6.7M
492 NAICS 492 202 6 $942 $9.9M
424 NAICS 424 195 28 $1,119 $11.4M
531 NAICS 531 183 56 $881 $8.4M
517 NAICS 517 175 14 $1,593 $14.5M
562 NAICS 562 168 13 $1,251 $10.9M
485 NAICS 485 159 2 $949 $7.8M
491 NAICS 491 158 11 $1,220 $10.0M
923 NAICS 923 104 8 $1,535 $5.7M
311 NAICS 311 95 6 $740 $3.6M
488 NAICS 488 90 17 $1,193 $5.0M
513 NAICS 513 84 10 $1,410 $6.1M
924 NAICS 924 75 7 $1,605 $3.9M
926 NAICS 926 65 10 $1,526 $3.9M
519 NAICS 519 62 2 $476 $1.5M
928 NAICS 928 50 4 $1,384 $3.4M
321 NAICS 321 45 4 $1,014 $2.4M
323 NAICS 323 33 6 $647 $1.1M
425 NAICS 425 33 20 $1,980 $3.4M
814 NAICS 814 32 20 $610 $1.0M
339 NAICS 339 21 8 $863 $0.9M
925 NAICS 925 20 1 $955 $1.0M
999 NAICS 999 4 6 $695 $0.1M

By Ownership (2024)

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

Federal Government

2,282

jobs · $98,406 avg pay

State Government

1,041

jobs · $49,035 avg pay

Local Government

2,888

jobs · $50,541 avg pay

Private

29,301

jobs · $51,818 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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