Beckley, WV metro area

Highest-Paying Occupations in Beckley Metro

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Beckley, WV metro area

Figures describe the Beckley, WV metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Beckley city limits. Occupations are ranked by published median annual wage; occupations where BLS suppressed the annual median or publishes only hourly wages are not ranked (1 such occupations here).

Top 25 of 196 occupations

Occupations with the highest published median annual wages in the Beckley, WV metro area, May 2025
#	Occupation	Median annual	Median hourly	Employment
1	Physicians, All Other	$281,110	$135.15	100
2	Dentists, General	$199,360	$95.85	40
3	Industrial Production Managers	$134,150	$64.50	40
4	Pharmacists	$133,250	$64.06	150
5	Physician Assistants	$131,750	$63.34	100
6	Chief Executives	$131,040	$63.00	80
7	Computer and Information Systems Managers	$125,600	$60.39	30
8	Nurse Practitioners	$124,790	$60.00	200
9	Electrical Engineers	$123,450	$59.35	40
10	Financial Managers	$115,130	$55.35	150
11	Education Administrators, All Other	$112,400	$54.04	40
12	Medical and Health Services Managers	$106,320	$51.11	150
13	Computer Occupations, All Other	$103,520	$49.77	70
14	Software Developers	$100,840	$48.48	40
15	Facilities Managers	$100,780	$48.45	60
16	Managers, All Other	$98,080	$47.16	170
17	First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers	$97,250	$46.75	340
18	Physical Therapists	$95,970	$46.14	80
19	Management Analysts	$94,520	$45.44	80
20	Occupational Therapists	$93,820	$45.10	30
21	Occupational Health and Safety Specialists	$91,560	$44.02	80
22	Dietitians and Nutritionists	$89,440	$43.00	30
23	Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers	$89,380	$42.97	70
24	Lawyers	$87,930	$42.27	80
25	Civil Engineers	$87,520	$42.08	60

The full list of every published occupation here is on the Beckley metro area overview.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.