Parkersburg-Vienna, WV Salaries
Local wages where BEA prices sit below the US average (RPP 87.1) - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Parkersburg-Vienna, WV moved from $39,690 in May 2024 to $42,000 in May 2025 (+5.8%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Parkersburg-Vienna, WV sits +2.7 pp ahead of that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 37620 · Parkersburg-Vienna, WV $52K mean
MEAN-TRACE · RPP-QUIET · OCC-THIN · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-AHEAD · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-MOST
- MEAN-TRACE #445/528
- RPP-QUIET 87.1
- OCC-THIN 164 occs
- TOP-LEAD Physicians, Al… · $268K
- EMP-MIX Accountants…
- TREND-AHEAD +2.7 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Eastern Region o…
- BOOK-MOST 163 rows · May 2025
Read with Eastern Region of Texas nonmetropolitan area (+$5 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 Parkersburg-Vienna, WV
Where Parkersburg-Vienna, WV already employs the upper wage tier
Accountants and Auditors and Human Resources Specialists lead published employment inside Parkersburg-Vienna, WV's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Accountants and Auditors 550 jobs · $100,420
- 2. Human Resources Specialists 440 jobs · $94,520
- 3. Computer Occupations, All Other 350 jobs · $106,330
- 4. Financial Specialists, All Other 340 jobs · $97,470
- 5. Industrial Machinery Mechanics 200 jobs · $93,670
- 6. Nurse Practitioners 170 jobs · $126,550
- 7. Financial Managers 160 jobs · $129,780
- 8. Managers, All Other 120 jobs · $140,390
- 9. Management Analysts 120 jobs · $108,890
- 10. Pharmacists 100 jobs · $130,310
- 11. Medical and Health Services Managers 100 jobs · $103,590
- 12. Lawyers 100 jobs · $97,460
- 13. Industrial Production Managers 90 jobs · $129,500
- 14. Project Management Specialists 90 jobs · $98,470
- 15. Physical Therapists 90 jobs · $96,170
- 16. Administrative Services Managers 80 jobs · $85,190
- 17. Mechanical Engineers 70 jobs · $109,370
- 18. Chief Executives 60 jobs · $174,980
Occupations Tracked
164
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$51,960
employment-weighted, 163 complete rows
Top Salary
$267,690
Physicians, All Other
Cost of Living
87.1
13% below US avg
Top-pay occupations in Parkersburg-Vienna, 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 | Accountants and Auditors | $100,420 |
| 2 | Human Resources Specialists | $94,520 |
| 3 | Computer Occupations, All Other | $106,330 |
| 4 | Financial Specialists, All Other | $97,470 |
| 5 | Industrial Machinery Mechanics | $93,670 |
| 6 | Nurse Practitioners | $126,550 |
| 7 | Financial Managers | $129,780 |
| 8 | Managers, All Other | $140,390 |
| 9 | Management Analysts | $108,890 |
| 10 | Pharmacists | $130,310 |
| 11 | Medical and Health Services Managers | $103,590 |
| 12 | Lawyers | $97,460 |
| 13 | Industrial Production Managers | $129,500 |
| 14 | Project Management Specialists | $98,470 |
| 15 | Physical Therapists | $96,170 |
| 16 | Administrative Services Managers | $85,190 |
| 17 | Mechanical Engineers | $109,370 |
| 18 | Chief Executives | $174,980 |
| 19 | Physician Assistants | $125,290 |
| 20 | Buyers and Purchasing Agents | $87,410 |
| 21 | Physicians, All Other | $267,690 |
| 22 | Occupational Therapists | $96,040 |
| 23 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $152,860 |
| 24 | Construction Managers | $92,670 |
| 25 | Occupational Health and Safety Specialists | $91,950 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Parkersburg-Vienna, WV
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Gambling Change Persons and Booth Cashiers | $21,880 |
| Cooks, Fast Food | $22,780 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $23,260 |
| Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs | $23,340 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $23,950 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $25,080 |
| Cashiers | $26,510 |
| Dishwashers | $26,720 |
| Home Health and Personal Care Aides | $26,920 |
| Food Preparation Workers | $27,370 |
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 ($51,960 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.