Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH 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 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH moved from $42,390 in May 2024 to $44,600 in May 2025 (+5.2%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH sits +2.1 pp ahead of that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
Based on wage level, year-over-year wage growth, and regional-price-parity-adjusted purchasing power from BLS and BEA sources, not job availability, industry mix, or day-to-day livability.
General and Operations Managers shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH
General and Operations Managers publishes $77,350 here versus $105,770 nationally (-26.9%; 3,310metro-area jobs). Next is Cooks, Fast Food at $22,610 locally versus $30,890 nationally (-26.8%).
- General and Operations Managers$77,350 in Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH sits 26.9% below the national General and Operations Managers median of $105,770 (3,310 published local jobs).
- Cooks, Fast Food$22,610 in Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH sits 26.8% below the national Cooks, Fast Food median of $30,890 (3,070 published local jobs).
- Fast Food and Counter Workers$23,500 in Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH sits 24.7% below the national Fast Food and Counter Workers median of $31,200 (2,590 published local jobs).
- Retail Salespersons$28,220 in Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH sits 20.3% below the national Retail Salespersons median of $35,410 (4,290 published local jobs).
General and Operations Managers and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 26580 · Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH $55K mean
MEAN-LOW · RPP-LOW · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-AHEAD · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-LOW #351/528
- RPP-LOW 88.4
- OCC-MID 380 occs
- TOP-LEAD Radiologists · $592K
- EMP-MIX Physicians,…
- TREND-AHEAD +2.1 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Sioux City, IA-N…
- BOOK-FULL 377 rows · May 2025
Read with Sioux City, IA-NE-SD (+$4 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 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH
Where Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH already employs the upper wage tier
Physicians, All Other and Nurse Practitioners lead published employment inside Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH's top-pay sample, order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Physicians, All Other 850 jobs · $277,850
- 2. Nurse Practitioners 570 jobs · $125,780
- 3. Pharmacists 450 jobs · $134,370
- 4. Managers, All Other 340 jobs · $107,420
- 5. Software Developers 280 jobs · $110,780
- 6. Chief Executives 270 jobs · $161,760
- 7. Sales Managers 260 jobs · $107,470
- 8. Physician Assistants 210 jobs · $125,690
- 9. Industrial Production Managers 210 jobs · $107,340
- 10. Nurse Anesthetists 190 jobs · $264,420
- 11. Computer and Information Systems Managers 120 jobs · $128,020
- 12. Electrical Engineers 110 jobs · $107,120
- 13. Human Resources Managers 100 jobs · $110,000
- 14. Architectural and Engineering Managers 90 jobs · $141,130
- 15. Family Medicine Physicians 70 jobs · $216,150
- 16. Dentists, General 70 jobs · $168,210
- 17. Radiologists 60 jobs · $592,050
- 18. Veterinarians 60 jobs · $111,400
Occupations Tracked
380
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$55,092
employment-weighted, 377 complete rows
Top Salary
$592,050
Radiologists
Cost of Living
88.4
12% below US avg
Top-pay occupations in Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH, 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 | Physicians, All Other | $277,850 |
| 2 | Nurse Practitioners | $125,780 |
| 3 | Pharmacists | $134,370 |
| 4 | Managers, All Other | $107,420 |
| 5 | Software Developers | $110,780 |
| 6 | Chief Executives | $161,760 |
| 7 | Sales Managers | $107,470 |
| 8 | Physician Assistants | $125,690 |
| 9 | Industrial Production Managers | $107,340 |
| 10 | Nurse Anesthetists | $264,420 |
| 11 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $128,020 |
| 12 | Electrical Engineers | $107,120 |
| 13 | Human Resources Managers | $110,000 |
| 14 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $141,130 |
| 15 | Family Medicine Physicians | $216,150 |
| 16 | Dentists, General | $168,210 |
| 17 | Radiologists | $592,050 |
| 18 | Veterinarians | $111,400 |
| 19 | Emergency Medicine Physicians | $531,340 |
| 20 | Pediatricians, General | $213,310 |
| 21 | Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates | $107,180 |
| 22 | Surgeons, All Other | $493,720 |
| 23 | General Internal Medicine Physicians | $321,150 |
| 24 | Purchasing Managers | $128,890 |
| 25 | Psychologists, All Other | $115,360 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Cooks, Fast Food | $22,610 |
| Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers | $22,740 |
| Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers | $22,880 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $23,500 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $23,950 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $24,680 |
| Food Preparation Workers | $24,960 |
| Childcare Workers | $25,360 |
| Plating Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic | $25,990 |
| Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks | $26,210 |
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 ($55,092 here) and summed published employment.
Similar mean wage
Nearest other metros by employment-weighted published-row annual mean wage.
Similar employment scale
Nearest headcount peers (floor 100,000 summed published jobs), distinct from the mean-wage column.
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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How to use Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH wage figures in a real decision
- Radiologists leads published medians in Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH at $592,050/year; open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Radiologists
- The employment-weighted published-row mean of $55,092 adjusts to about $62,306 on a national-price basis at BEA RPP 88.4. Salary vs cost of living
- Compare this metropolitan statistical area against the statewide occupation table for WV before treating one geography as the other. State wage page
BLS OEWS estimates reflect the May 2025 reference period; small occupation-area cells can be suppressed, and figures are not employer offers.
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.