Mercer County · West Virginia · United States
This is what each kind of business actually pays in Mercer County. The numbers come from the payroll that employers report to the government by law, not from salaries people type into a website.
| Trade | Per week | vs 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Engineering servicesNAICS 541330 · 19 businesses · 94 employees | $1,571$81,667 a year | -8.2%down |
| Machine shopsNAICS 332710 · 7 businesses · 188 employees | $1,380$71,754 a year | +8.7%up |
| Other specialty trade contractorsgroupNAICS 2389 · 15 businesses · 100 employees | $1,232$64,085 a year | +9.7%up |
| Solid waste collectionNAICS 562111 · 5 businesses · 120 employees | $1,166$60,658 a year | +2.5%up |
| Offices of dentistsNAICS 621210 · 16 businesses · 109 employees | $1,088$56,562 a year | +13.7%up |
| Plumbing, electrical and HVAC contractorsgroupNAICS 2382 · 25 businesses · 223 employees | $1,019$52,991 a year | +12.8%up |
| Foundation, structure and building exteriorgroupNAICS 2381 · 12 businesses · 98 employees | $966$50,248 a year | +6.3%up |
| Other services to buildingsNAICS 561790 · 3 businesses · 3 employees | $953$49,559 a year | — |
| Home health care servicesNAICS 621610 · 8 businesses · 241 employees | $902$46,929 a year | -11.2%down |
| Offices of lawyersNAICS 541110 · 33 businesses · 105 employees | $898$46,713 a year | — |
| Security guards and patrolNAICS 561612 · 4 businesses · 39 employees | $782$40,643 a year | -17.9%down |
| Building finishing: painting, carpentry, flooringgroupNAICS 2383 · 10 businesses · 10 employees | $636$33,088 a year | +5.0%up |
| Real estate agents and brokersNAICS 531210 · 6 businesses · 9 employees | $555$28,866 a year | +7.8%up |
| Supermarkets and grocery storesNAICS 445110 · 9 businesses · 327 employees | $544$28,275 a year | +5.4%up |
| Janitorial servicesNAICS 561720 · 8 businesses · 58 employees | $469$24,373 a year | +2.6%up |
| Child day care servicesNAICS 624410 · 18 businesses · 246 employees | $449$23,333 a year | +3.0%up |
| Landscaping servicesNAICS 561730 · 14 businesses · 24 employees | $411$21,374 a year | -1.4%down |
| Limited-service restaurantsNAICS 722513 · 48 businesses · 901 employees | $387$20,126 a year | +0.3%flat |
It is the average of the entire payroll of that kind of business, split across everyone on it: the helper who started yesterday, the twenty-year veteran, and the person running the office. An experienced worker earns more than the average for their line; someone starting out, less.
Rows marked group are groups because the government does not publish plumbing, electrical and HVAC separately at the county level. We would rather say so than invent the breakdown.
Trades where the government hides the pay — because there are few employers and you could tell who we mean — are left out instead of shown as zero.
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