Beckley, WV Salaries
Local wages where BEA prices sit below the US average (RPP 88.4) - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Beckley, WV moved from $38,460 in May 2024 to $41,850 in May 2025 (+8.8%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Beckley, WV sits +5.7 pp ahead of that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 13220 · Beckley, WV $51K mean
MEAN-TRACE · RPP-LOW · OCC-THIN · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-AHEAD · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-MOST
- MEAN-TRACE #462/528
- RPP-LOW 88.4
- OCC-THIN 196 occs
- TOP-LEAD Physicians, Al… · $281K
- EMP-MIX First-Line S…
- TREND-AHEAD +5.7 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Northwest Oklaho…
- BOOK-MOST 194 rows · May 2025
Read with Northwest Oklahoma nonmetropolitan area (+$23 on published-row mean) · Salary vs. cost of living
Instrument codes from this MSA’s OEWS published-row mean, BEA RPP, occupation book, employment lead, All Occupations pay change, and nearest peer — not a moving recommendation.
Published-row mean neighbourhood around Beckley, WV
Where Beckley, WV already employs the upper wage tier
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers and Nurse Practitioners lead published employment inside Beckley, WV's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers 340 jobs · $97,250
- 2. Nurse Practitioners 200 jobs · $124,790
- 3. Managers, All Other 170 jobs · $98,080
- 4. Pharmacists 150 jobs · $133,250
- 5. Financial Managers 150 jobs · $115,130
- 6. Medical and Health Services Managers 150 jobs · $106,320
- 7. Physicians, All Other 100 jobs · $281,110
- 8. Physician Assistants 100 jobs · $131,750
- 9. Chief Executives 80 jobs · $131,040
- 10. Physical Therapists 80 jobs · $95,970
- 11. Management Analysts 80 jobs · $94,520
- 12. Occupational Health and Safety Specialists 80 jobs · $91,560
- 13. Lawyers 80 jobs · $87,930
- 14. Computer Occupations, All Other 70 jobs · $103,520
- 15. Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers 70 jobs · $89,380
- 16. Facilities Managers 60 jobs · $100,780
- 17. Civil Engineers 60 jobs · $87,520
- 18. Dentists, General 40 jobs · $199,360
Occupations Tracked
196
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$51,097
employment-weighted, 194 complete rows
Top Salary
$281,110
Physicians, All Other
Cost of Living
88.4
12% below US avg
Top-pay occupations in Beckley, WV, by employment
Same top-pay sample as the salary ranking, sorted by published local jobs so the title sequence follows the OEWS mix.
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers | $97,250 |
| 2 | Nurse Practitioners | $124,790 |
| 3 | Managers, All Other | $98,080 |
| 4 | Pharmacists | $133,250 |
| 5 | Financial Managers | $115,130 |
| 6 | Medical and Health Services Managers | $106,320 |
| 7 | Physicians, All Other | $281,110 |
| 8 | Physician Assistants | $131,750 |
| 9 | Chief Executives | $131,040 |
| 10 | Physical Therapists | $95,970 |
| 11 | Management Analysts | $94,520 |
| 12 | Occupational Health and Safety Specialists | $91,560 |
| 13 | Lawyers | $87,930 |
| 14 | Computer Occupations, All Other | $103,520 |
| 15 | Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers | $89,380 |
| 16 | Facilities Managers | $100,780 |
| 17 | Civil Engineers | $87,520 |
| 18 | Dentists, General | $199,360 |
| 19 | Industrial Production Managers | $134,150 |
| 20 | Electrical Engineers | $123,450 |
| 21 | Education Administrators, All Other | $112,400 |
| 22 | Software Developers | $100,840 |
| 23 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $125,600 |
| 24 | Occupational Therapists | $93,820 |
| 25 | Dietitians and Nutritionists | $89,440 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Beckley, WV
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Cooks, Fast Food | $22,370 |
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | $23,710 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $24,050 |
| Cashiers | $24,650 |
| Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks | $24,960 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $25,000 |
| Dishwashers | $25,150 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $25,950 |
| Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners | $26,670 |
| Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers | $26,750 |
Other BLS Wage Areas in WV
Other metropolitan or nonmetropolitan OEWS areas assigned to the same state. Cross-state pay and employment peers live in Nationwide similar metros below.
Nationwide metros with similar published-row mean pay or employment scale
Two OEWS peer sets outside WV. Same-state wage areas above stay geographic; these neighborhoods are cross-state nearest neighbors on employment-weighted published-row mean wage ($51,097 here) and summed published employment.
Similar mean wage
Nearest other metros by employment-weighted published-row annual mean wage.
Peers are nearest-neighbor matches on BLS OEWS employment-weighted published-row mean wage and summed occupation employment. Employment peers exclude metros already listed in the mean-wage column so the two link sets stay distinct. Mean wage here is not a worker-level median.
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Source data and WageDex calculations are identified in context on this page. Occupation rows use BLS OEWS May 2025. The metro benchmark is WageDex's employment-weighted mean of published occupation means; where BEA RPP is available, the price-level figure divides that benchmark by the published area parity. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.