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.
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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