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.
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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