Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area

Highest-Paying Occupations in Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area

Figures describe the Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area, a BLS-defined region outside metropolitan areas — not a single city or town. 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 282 occupations

Occupations with the highest published median annual wages in the Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area, May 2025
#	Occupation	Median annual	Median hourly	Employment
1	Family Medicine Physicians	$281,510	$135.34	60
2	Physicians, All Other	$252,400	$121.35	90
3	Dentists, General	$186,300	$89.57	70
4	Industrial Production Managers	$135,000	$64.90	90
5	Veterinarians	$134,030	$64.44	50
6	Pharmacists	$130,410	$62.70	220
7	Nurse Practitioners	$126,360	$60.75	310
8	Physician Assistants	$125,730	$60.45	110
9	Chief Executives	$123,600	$59.42	220
10	Human Resources Managers	$119,290	$57.35	60
11	Facilities Managers	$109,020	$52.41	90
12	Software Developers	$108,820	$52.32	110
13	Computer and Information Systems Managers	$106,780	$51.34	40
14	Managers, All Other	$104,220	$50.10	220
15	Biological Science Teachers, Postsecondary	$103,150	Not published	40
16	Medical and Health Services Managers	$102,550	$49.30	190
17	Occupational Health and Safety Specialists	$101,410	$48.76	120
18	Lawyers	$101,340	$48.72	170
19	Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	$101,190	$48.65	50
20	Construction Managers	$100,150	$48.15	50
21	First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers	$99,630	$47.90	840
22	Mining and Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Engineers	$99,570	$47.87	100
23	Industrial Engineers	$97,680	$46.96	30
24	Financial Managers	$97,240	$46.75	280
25	Physical Therapists	$94,910	$45.63	120

The full list of every published occupation here is on the Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan 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.