Morgantown, WV Salaries
Highest published occupation medians in Morgantown, WV - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Morgantown, WV moved from $46,260 in May 2024 to $47,350 in May 2025 (+2.4%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Morgantown, WV sits -0.7 pp behind that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
Retail Salespersons shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Morgantown, WV
Retail Salespersons publishes $28,570 here versus $35,410 nationally (-19.3%; 2,090metro-area jobs). Next is Registered Nurses at $80,130 locally versus $97,550 nationally (-17.9%).
- Retail Salespersons$28,570 in Morgantown, WV sits 19.3% below the national Retail Salespersons median of $35,410 (2,090 published local jobs).
- Registered Nurses$80,130 in Morgantown, WV sits 17.9% below the national Registered Nurses median of $97,550 (4,510 published local jobs).
Retail Salespersons and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Morgantown, WV; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 34060 · Morgantown, WV $61K mean
MEAN-MID · RPP-LOW · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-MOST
- MEAN-MID #186/528
- RPP-LOW 93.3
- OCC-MID 244 occs
- TOP-LEAD Nurse Anesthet… · $279K
- EMP-MIX Education Ad…
- TREND-INLINE -0.7 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Rockford, IL
- BOOK-MOST 242 rows · May 2025
Read with Rockford, IL ($5 on published-row mean) · Highest-paying careers
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 Morgantown, WV
Employment scale inside Morgantown, WV's top-pay list
Education Administrators, Postsecondary and Managers, All Other lead published employment inside Morgantown, WV's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Education Administrators, Postsecondary 550 jobs · $102,600
- 2. Managers, All Other 410 jobs · $131,180
- 3. Software Developers 330 jobs · $108,950
- 4. Pharmacists 300 jobs · $130,710
- 5. Nurse Practitioners 300 jobs · $128,130
- 6. Medical and Health Services Managers 300 jobs · $123,020
- 7. Computer Occupations, All Other 270 jobs · $105,370
- 8. Financial Managers 250 jobs · $129,760
- 9. Lawyers 230 jobs · $109,300
- 10. Nurse Anesthetists 200 jobs · $278,530
- 11. Engineers, All Other 190 jobs · $131,990
- 12. Computer and Information Systems Managers 170 jobs · $134,630
- 13. Chief Executives 150 jobs · $172,990
- 14. Physician Assistants 130 jobs · $128,170
- 15. Human Resources Managers 80 jobs · $131,990
- 16. Dentists, General 50 jobs · $207,000
- 17. Natural Sciences Managers 50 jobs · $136,990
- 18. Veterinarians 50 jobs · $132,990
Occupations Tracked
244
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$60,525
employment-weighted, 242 complete rows
Top Salary
$278,530
Nurse Anesthetists
Cost of Living
93.3
7% below US avg
Highest Paying Jobs in Morgantown, WV
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nurse Anesthetists | $278,530 |
| 2 | Dentists, General | $207,000 |
| 3 | Chief Executives | $172,990 |
| 4 | Purchasing Managers | $156,230 |
| 5 | Natural Sciences Managers | $136,990 |
| 6 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $134,630 |
| 7 | Veterinarians | $132,990 |
| 8 | Human Resources Managers | $131,990 |
| 9 | Engineers, All Other | $131,990 |
| 10 | Managers, All Other | $131,180 |
| 11 | Pharmacists | $130,710 |
| 12 | Financial Managers | $129,760 |
| 13 | Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products | $129,200 |
| 14 | Physician Assistants | $128,170 |
| 15 | Nurse Practitioners | $128,130 |
| 16 | Medical and Health Services Managers | $123,020 |
| 17 | Lawyers | $109,300 |
| 18 | Software Developers | $108,950 |
| 19 | Computer Occupations, All Other | $105,370 |
| 20 | Education Administrators, Postsecondary | $102,600 |
| 21 | Construction Managers | $101,630 |
| 22 | Education Administrators, All Other | $100,320 |
| 23 | Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other | $100,260 |
| 24 | Labor Relations Specialists | $99,600 |
| 25 | Industrial Engineers | $98,940 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Morgantown, WV
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $24,230 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $24,790 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $24,960 |
| Dishwashers | $26,490 |
| Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks | $27,010 |
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | $27,240 |
| Cashiers | $27,370 |
| Home Health and Personal Care Aides | $27,930 |
| Childcare Workers | $28,370 |
| Retail Salespersons | $28,570 |
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 ($60,525 here) and summed published employment.
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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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