Wheeling, WV-OH Salaries
Local wages where BEA prices sit below the US average (RPP 88.3) - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Wheeling, WV-OH moved from $41,840 in May 2024 to $44,250 in May 2025 (+5.8%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Wheeling, WV-OH sits +2.7 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.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 48540 · Wheeling, WV-OH $54K mean
MEAN-LOW · RPP-LOW · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-AHEAD · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-MOST
- MEAN-LOW #395/528
- RPP-LOW 88.3
- OCC-MID 257 occs
- TOP-LEAD Physicians, Al… · $322K
- EMP-MIX Lawyers
- TREND-AHEAD +2.7 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Muskegon-Norton…
- BOOK-MOST 256 rows · May 2025
Read with Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI (+$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 Wheeling, WV-OH
Where Wheeling, WV-OH already employs the upper wage tier
Lawyers and Managers, All Other lead published employment inside Wheeling, WV-OH's top-pay sample, order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Lawyers 240 jobs · $124,990
- 2. Managers, All Other 220 jobs · $114,920
- 3. Financial Managers 200 jobs · $110,000
- 4. Medical and Health Services Managers 200 jobs · $102,580
- 5. Pharmacists 150 jobs · $133,030
- 6. Nurse Practitioners 150 jobs · $128,640
- 7. Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers 140 jobs · $108,060
- 8. Physical Therapists 120 jobs · $100,920
- 9. Chief Executives 100 jobs · $172,470
- 10. Computer and Information Systems Managers 90 jobs · $136,520
- 11. Construction Managers 90 jobs · $107,130
- 12. Physicians, All Other 80 jobs · $321,820
- 13. Industrial Production Managers 80 jobs · $103,000
- 14. Personal Financial Advisors 80 jobs · $99,090
- 15. Occupational Health and Safety Specialists 80 jobs · $98,440
- 16. Occupational Therapists 70 jobs · $100,680
- 17. Software Developers 60 jobs · $112,340
- 18. Speech-Language Pathologists 60 jobs · $101,750
Occupations Tracked
257
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$53,659
employment-weighted, 256 complete rows
Top Salary
$321,820
Physicians, All Other
Cost of Living
88.3
12% below US avg
Top-pay occupations in Wheeling, WV-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 | Lawyers | $124,990 |
| 2 | Managers, All Other | $114,920 |
| 3 | Financial Managers | $110,000 |
| 4 | Medical and Health Services Managers | $102,580 |
| 5 | Pharmacists | $133,030 |
| 6 | Nurse Practitioners | $128,640 |
| 7 | Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers | $108,060 |
| 8 | Physical Therapists | $100,920 |
| 9 | Chief Executives | $172,470 |
| 10 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $136,520 |
| 11 | Construction Managers | $107,130 |
| 12 | Physicians, All Other | $321,820 |
| 13 | Industrial Production Managers | $103,000 |
| 14 | Personal Financial Advisors | $99,090 |
| 15 | Occupational Health and Safety Specialists | $98,440 |
| 16 | Occupational Therapists | $100,680 |
| 17 | Software Developers | $112,340 |
| 18 | Speech-Language Pathologists | $101,750 |
| 19 | Physician Assistants | $126,770 |
| 20 | Engineers, All Other | $122,470 |
| 21 | Electrical Engineers | $115,850 |
| 22 | Human Resources Managers | $103,880 |
| 23 | Veterinarians | $118,600 |
| 24 | Mining and Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Engineers | $117,670 |
| 25 | Information Security Analysts | $112,570 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Wheeling, WV-OH
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Cooks, Fast Food | $23,110 |
| Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers | $24,320 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $24,650 |
| Tour and Travel Guides | $24,960 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $26,080 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $26,150 |
| Dishwashers | $26,180 |
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | $26,700 |
| Food Servers, Nonrestaurant | $26,890 |
| Cashiers | $27,500 |
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 ($53,659 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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How to use Wheeling, WV-OH wage figures in a real decision
- Physicians, All Other leads published medians in Wheeling, WV-OH at $321,820/year; open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Physicians, All Other
- The employment-weighted published-row mean of $53,659 adjusts to about $60,753 on a national-price basis at BEA RPP 88.3. 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.