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Monongalia County · West Virginia · United States

What trades pay in Monongalia County

This is what each kind of business actually pays in Monongalia County. The numbers come from the payroll that employers report to the government by law, not from salaries people type into a website.

$1,048 Median weekly pay across these 22 trades. $1,788 — $392.

Weekly pay, highest to lowest

TradePer week vs 2023
Offices of lawyersNAICS 541110 · 80 businesses · 378 employees$1,788$92,969 a year+9.4%up
Engineering servicesNAICS 541330 · 47 businesses · 279 employees$1,657$86,146 a year+11.4%up
Other specialty trade contractorsgroupNAICS 2389 · 40 businesses · 500 employees$1,406$73,135 a year+5.6%up
Plumbing, electrical and HVAC contractorsgroupNAICS 2382 · 78 businesses · 681 employees$1,264$65,721 a year+12.0%up
Used car dealersNAICS 441120 · 9 businesses · 90 employees$1,214$63,122 a year-6.9%down
Machine shopsNAICS 332710 · 4 businesses · 99 employees$1,160$60,342 a year+1.0%up
New car dealersNAICS 441110 · 12 businesses · 374 employees$1,155$60,060 a year+0.9%up
Home health care servicesNAICS 621610 · 22 businesses · 321 employees$1,127$58,606 a year+6.6%up
Real estate agents and brokersNAICS 531210 · 46 businesses · 71 employees$1,122$58,349 a year+5.8%up
Offices of dentistsNAICS 621210 · 32 businesses · 282 employees$1,070$55,637 a year-9.6%down
Nursing care facilitiesNAICS 623110 · 4 businesses · 403 employees$1,048$54,484 a year+32.3%up
Building finishing: painting, carpentry, flooringgroupNAICS 2383 · 19 businesses · 66 employees$999$51,933 a year+5.6%up
Residential building constructiongroupNAICS 2361 · 121 businesses · 350 employees$985$51,241 a year+4.6%up
Physical and occupational therapyNAICS 621340 · 20 businesses · 118 employees$974$50,649 a year+5.1%up
Foundation, structure and building exteriorgroupNAICS 2381 · 24 businesses · 38 employees$815$42,375 a year+7.5%up
Landscaping servicesNAICS 561730 · 40 businesses · 195 employees$717$37,295 a year-20.2%down
Beauty salonsNAICS 812112 · 26 businesses · 155 employees$596$30,971 a year-3.4%down
Child day care servicesNAICS 624410 · 22 businesses · 422 employees$463$24,058 a year+3.3%up
Janitorial servicesNAICS 561720 · 35 businesses · 320 employees$450$23,385 a year-4.3%down
Full-service restaurantsNAICS 722511 · 115 businesses · 2,610 employees$450$23,409 a year-1.1%down
Limited-service restaurantsNAICS 722513 · 112 businesses · 1,639 employees$409$21,247 a year+2.2%up
Snack and coffee shopsNAICS 722515 · 29 businesses · 351 employees$392$20,387 a year+1.0%up

What this number is, and what it is not

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.

How the county is doing

Businesses9,344
Employees186,914
Annual payroll$10 M
Net movement of people−287People per year, arrivals minus departures.

Where people move

The counties that take in the most people from Monongalia County. Same trade, different pay.

Other counties in West Virginia

The same trades, priced differently a county over.

For the business owner

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What is the average weekly pay in Monongalia County?
Across the 22 trades on this page, the middle one pays $1,048 a week. The highest pays $1,788 and the lowest $392.
Where do these numbers come from?
From the payroll that employers in Monongalia County report to the government by law for unemployment insurance, published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics for 2024. They are not salaries people report about themselves.
Why is my trade not listed?
The government hides the pay for a trade when a county has few employers in it, because the figure would point at a specific business. We leave those out rather than show a zero.