What is the average weekly pay in Preston County?

Across the 11 trades on this page, the middle one pays $941 a week. The highest pays $1,483 and the lowest $344.

Where do these numbers come from?

From the payroll that employers in Preston 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.

Preston County · West Virginia · United States

What trades pay in Preston County

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

$941 Median weekly pay across these 11 trades. $1,483 — $344.

Weekly pay, highest to lowest

Trade	Per week	vs 2023
Foundation, structure and building exteriorgroupNAICS 2381 · 8 businesses · 21 employees	$1,483$77,095 a year	+39.1%up
Other specialty trade contractorsgroupNAICS 2389 · 27 businesses · 417 employees	$1,238$64,386 a year	+6.6%up
Offices of physiciansNAICS 621111 · 17 businesses · 85 employees	$1,238$64,373 a year	-3.3%down
Residential building constructiongroupNAICS 2361 · 40 businesses · 101 employees	$966$50,245 a year	+7.8%up
Building finishing: painting, carpentry, flooringgroupNAICS 2383 · 5 businesses · 18 employees	$942$48,969 a year	+12.4%up
Plumbing, electrical and HVAC contractorsgroupNAICS 2382 · 15 businesses · 41 employees	$941$48,907 a year	-7.7%down
Landscaping servicesNAICS 561730 · 10 businesses · 82 employees	$736$38,263 a year	+4.2%up
General automotive repairNAICS 811111 · 13 businesses · 51 employees	$633$32,896 a year	-1.2%down
Full-service restaurantsNAICS 722511 · 12 businesses · 120 employees	$365$18,981 a year	+0.6%up
Child day care servicesNAICS 624410 · 7 businesses · 41 employees	$361$18,751 a year	-1.9%down
Limited-service restaurantsNAICS 722513 · 14 businesses · 157 employees	$344$17,905 a year	+5.2%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

Businesses1,546

Employees13,588

Annual payroll$533,464

Net movement of people+115People per year, arrivals minus departures.

Where people move

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

Other flows - Different State342
Monongalia County286
Other flows - South198
Other flows - Same State183

Other counties in West Virginia

The same trades, priced differently a county over.

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What is the average weekly pay in Preston County?: Across the 11 trades on this page, the middle one pays $941 a week. The highest pays $1,483 and the lowest $344.
Where do these numbers come from?: From the payroll that employers in Preston 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.