Beckley, WV

197 occupations with BLS estimates, May 2025. BLS area code 13220.

BLS figures are for its own occupation list. Where one BLS occupation covers several O*NET occupations, it links to the first and says how many.

Largest

Occupation	Employment
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations)	1,550
Retail Salespersons	1,410
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations)	1,320
Cashiers	1,230
Cooks, Fast Food	1,170
General and Operations Managers	900
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	880
Stockers and Order Fillers	840
Waiters and Waitresses	650
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	610
Customer Service Representatives	600
Office Clerks, General	600
Nursing Assistants	590
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	570
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations)	570
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	560
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term	500
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	490
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	490
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators	480

Most concentrated

By location quotient: the occupation's share of jobs here divided by its share nationally. Occupations employing fewer than 100 here are left out.

Occupation	Location quotient	Employment
Roof Bolters, Mining	313.48	190
Loading and Moving Machine Operators, Underground Mining	121.10	200
Mining and Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Engineers	80.38	140
Continuous Mining Machine Operators	32.05	120
Cooks, Fast Food	6.61	1,170
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan	4.60	190
Correctional Officers and Jailers	4.28	450
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators	3.59	480
Financial Specialists, All Other (3 O*NET occupations)	3.58	130
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term	3.41	500
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators	2.96	110
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines	2.77	140
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses	2.59	470
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks	2.42	180
Nurse Practitioners	2.23	200
Bus Drivers, School	2.21	250
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations)	2.19	100
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	2.06	490
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria	1.97	240
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics	1.96	380

Highest median wage

Occupation	Median annual
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)	$281,110
Dentists, General	$199,360
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations)	$134,150
Pharmacists	$133,250
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations)	$131,750
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations)	$131,040
Computer and Information Systems Managers	$125,600
Nurse Practitioners	$124,790
Electrical Engineers	$123,450
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations)	$115,130
Education Administrators, All Other	$112,400
Medical and Health Services Managers	$106,320
Computer Occupations, All Other (10 O*NET occupations)	$103,520
Software Developers	$100,840
Facilities Managers (2 O*NET occupations)	$100,780
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)	$98,080
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers (2 O*NET occupations)	$97,250
Physical Therapists	$95,970
Management Analysts	$94,520
Occupational Therapists (2 O*NET occupations)	$93,820

All 197 occupations

BLS occupation	Employment	Median annual	Location quotient
Accountants and Auditors `13-2011`	220	$72,120	0.54
Administrative Services Managers `11-3012`	80	$82,960	1.15
Amusement and Recreation Attendants `39-3091`	110	$25,000	0.98
Animal Caretakers `39-2021`	50	$27,760	0.62
Automotive Body and Related Repairers `49-3021`	30	$45,180	0.82
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics `49-3023`	380	$37,340	1.96
Bakers `51-3011`	60	$27,440	0.93
Bartenders `35-3011`	170	$29,060	0.80
Billing and Posting Clerks `43-3021`	140	$40,900	1.25
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks `43-3031`	450	$42,570	1.19
Bus Drivers, School `53-3051`	250	$35,070	2.21
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists `49-3031`	90	$51,860	1.10
Business Operations Specialists, All Other (5 O*NET occupations) `13-1199`	210	$67,200	0.70
Butchers and Meat Cutters `51-3021`	30	$35,960	0.92
Buyers and Purchasing Agents (3 O*NET occupations) `13-1020`	50	$64,070	0.37
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School `25-2032`	60	$59,170	2.05
Carpenters `47-2031`	250	$48,000	1.34
Cashiers `41-2011`	1,230	$24,650	1.43
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers `47-2051`	40	$49,520	0.78
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations) `11-1011`	80	$131,040	1.39
Child, Family, and School Social Workers `21-1021`	100	$52,220	0.94
Civil Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) `17-2051`	60	$87,520	0.59
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators `13-1031`	90	$62,830	0.97
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment `53-7061`	60	$28,980	0.61
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians (6 O*NET occupations) `29-2010`	130	$47,760	1.45
Clinical and Counseling Psychologists `19-3033`	50	$82,440	2.60
Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other `21-1099`	60	$38,700	2.01
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists `13-1141`	30	$45,850	1.12
Compliance Officers (7 O*NET occupations) `13-1041`	100	$57,870	0.91
Computer Occupations, All Other (10 O*NET occupations) `15-1299`	70	$103,520	0.59
Computer User Support Specialists `15-1232`	110	$57,570	0.53
Computer and Information Systems Managers `11-3021`	30	$125,600	0.17
Construction Laborers `47-2061`	320	$36,310	1.04
Continuous Mining Machine Operators `47-5041`	120	$64,270	32.05
Cooks, Fast Food `35-2011`	1,170	$22,370	6.61
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria `35-2012`	240	$29,630	1.97
Cooks, Restaurant `35-2014`	420	$28,770	1.06
Correctional Officers and Jailers `33-3012`	450	$53,140	4.28
Cost Estimators `13-1051`	40	$53,470	0.57
Counter and Rental Clerks `41-2021`	150	$32,010	1.33
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks `43-4031`	80	$37,400	1.63
Customer Service Representatives `43-4051`	600	$34,610	0.83
Data Entry Keyers `43-9021`	50	$33,950	1.43
Dental Assistants `31-9091`	110	$37,410	1.06
Dental Hygienists `29-1292`	100	$64,730	1.70
Dentists, General `29-1021`	40	$199,360	1.20
Diagnostic Medical Sonographers `29-2032`	50	$67,210	1.90
Dietitians and Nutritionists `29-1031`	30	$89,440	1.54
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers `35-9011`	90	$23,710	0.63
Dishwashers `35-9021`	130	$25,150	0.95
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance `43-5032`	90	$36,320	1.56
Driver/Sales Workers `53-3031`	210	$29,960	1.88
Education Administrators, All Other `11-9039`	40	$112,400	2.85
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary `11-9032`	80	$79,310	0.83
Education Administrators, Postsecondary `11-9033`	40	$75,380	0.80
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors `21-1012`	70	$57,970	0.71
Electrical Engineers `17-2071`	40	$123,450	0.69
Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers (2 O*NET occupations) `51-2028`	40	$36,720	0.53
Electricians `47-2111`	380	$63,060	1.81
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2021`	300	$51,910	0.79
Emergency Medical Technicians `29-2042`	80	$32,590	1.58
Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health `19-4042`	70	$58,510	7.08
Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining `47-5022`	90	$60,610	9.00
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants `43-6011`	30	$67,440	0.26
Extraction Workers, All Other `47-5099`	70	$70,120	45.19
Facilities Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-3013`	60	$100,780	1.30
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `35-3023`	470	$25,950	0.44
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations) `11-3031`	150	$115,130	0.65
Financial Specialists, All Other (3 O*NET occupations) `13-2099`	130	$81,470	3.58
Firefighters `33-2011`	80	$41,770	0.83
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `47-1011`	340	$97,250	1.52
First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers `33-1011`	40	$57,590	2.43
First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services `39-1014`	50	$32,400	1.63
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers `35-1012`	450	$30,220	1.32
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers `37-1011`	70	$34,190	1.34
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers `49-1011`	290	$72,570	1.67
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers `41-1012`	40	$62,970	0.75
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers `43-1011`	390	$46,850	0.98
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives `33-1012`	40	$75,780	0.90
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers `51-1011`	120	$61,200	0.67
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers `41-1011`	560	$38,670	1.82
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors (5 O*NET occupations) `53-1047`	140	$49,250	0.80
Food Preparation Workers `35-2021`	250	$29,290	0.99
Food Service Managers `11-9051`	100	$48,600	1.49
General and Operations Managers `11-1021`	900	$79,770	0.93
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists `39-5012`	70	$28,610	0.84
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other (4 O*NET occupations) `29-2099`	70	$51,700	1.33
Healthcare Social Workers `21-1022`	90	$59,350	1.70
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers `49-9021`	100	$44,600	0.85
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers `53-3032`	880	$51,340	1.55
Highway Maintenance Workers `47-4051`	40	$44,320	0.86
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations) `31-1120`	1,550	$26,910	1.30
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop `35-9031`	140	$24,050	1.13
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks `43-4081`	180	$24,960	2.42
Human Resources Specialists `13-1071`	140	$62,850	0.57
Industrial Machinery Mechanics `49-9041`	200	$51,880	1.65
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations) `11-3051`	40	$134,150	0.53
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators `53-7051`	30	$37,980	0.14
Information and Record Clerks, All Other `43-4199`	60	$53,290	1.54
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers `51-9061`	130	$37,210	0.82
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) `49-9099`	40	$48,200	0.74
Instructional Coordinators `25-9031`	50	$68,140	0.77
Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks `43-9041`	110	$38,560	1.78
Insurance Sales Agents `41-3021`	100	$45,270	0.74
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan `43-4111`	190	$35,360	4.60
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2011`	610	$29,170	1.00
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations) `53-7062`	570	$36,080	0.70
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers `37-3011`	270	$30,790	1.04
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers `51-6011`	70	$26,750	1.27
Lawyers `23-1011`	80	$87,930	0.40
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants `43-6012`	70	Not available	1.68
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses `29-2061`	470	$54,510	2.59
Light Truck Drivers `53-3033`	260	$40,010	0.95
Loading and Moving Machine Operators, Underground Mining `47-5044`	200	$74,130	121.10
Loan Officers `13-2072`	60	$49,680	0.76
Machinists `51-4041`	70	$55,950	0.91
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2012`	490	$26,670	2.06
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General `49-9071`	570	$36,670	1.33
Management Analysts `13-1111`	80	$94,520	0.31
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) `11-9199`	170	$98,080	0.97
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists (2 O*NET occupations) `13-1161`	90	$48,060	0.36
Medical Assistants `31-9092`	380	$36,190	1.69
Medical Records Specialists `29-2072`	Not available	$41,320
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants `43-6013`	60	$37,650	0.22
Medical and Health Services Managers `11-9111`	150	$106,320	0.89
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers `27-1026`	80	$36,710	1.67
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2022`	290	$55,640	1.68
Mining and Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Engineers `17-2151`	140	$81,370	80.38
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations) `51-2090`	110	$40,340	0.28
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines `49-3042`	140	$60,630	2.77
Network and Computer Systems Administrators `15-1244`	40	$71,700	0.47
Nurse Practitioners `29-1171`	200	$124,790	2.23
Nursing Assistants `31-1131`	590	$35,810	1.46
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists `19-5011`	80	$91,560	2.08
Occupational Therapists (2 O*NET occupations) `29-1122`	30	$93,820	0.76
Office Clerks, General `43-9061`	600	$34,380	0.88
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators `47-2073`	480	$59,700	3.59
Paralegals and Legal Assistants `23-2011`	40	$35,900	0.34
Parts Salespersons `41-2022`	150	$36,120	1.94
Personal Financial Advisors `13-2052`	40	$79,920	0.59
Pharmacists `29-1051`	150	$133,250	1.72
Pharmacy Technicians `29-2052`	240	$38,100	1.80
Phlebotomists `31-9097`	80	$37,100	1.96
Physical Therapist Assistants `31-2021`	70	$59,400	2.21
Physical Therapists `29-1123`	80	$95,970	1.03
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations) `29-1071`	100	$131,750	2.19
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) `29-1229`	100	$281,110	1.02
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters (2 O*NET occupations) `47-2152`	60	$50,140	0.49
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers (2 O*NET occupations) `33-3051`	250	$57,980	1.36
Postal Service Clerks `43-5051`	90	$59,490	4.36
Postal Service Mail Carriers `43-5052`	70	$57,180	0.81
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2011`	140	$33,800	1.04
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists `21-1092`	50	$51,800	2.22
Production Workers, All Other `51-9199`	40	$37,120	0.63
Project Management Specialists `13-1082`	90	$76,230	0.29
Property Appraisers and Assessors (2 O*NET occupations) `13-2020`	50	$45,550	3.07
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers `11-9141`	50	$50,590	0.63
Public Safety Telecommunicators `43-5031`	50	$48,320	1.78
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians `29-2034`	110	$68,100	1.67
Receptionists and Information Clerks `43-4171`	350	$30,180	1.38
Recreation Workers `39-9032`	100	$29,430	1.08
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors `53-7081`	40	$35,710	1.01
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations) `29-1141`	1,320	$78,680	1.41
Rehabilitation Counselors `21-1015`	Not available	$53,620
Residential Advisors `39-9041`	90	$30,420	3.96
Respiratory Therapists `29-1126`	60	$67,600	1.61
Retail Salespersons `41-2031`	1,410	$27,630	1.31
Roof Bolters, Mining `47-5043`	190	$77,920	313.48
Sales Managers `11-2022`	70	$85,630	0.38
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel `41-3091`	140	$45,000	0.39
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products `41-4012`	230	$63,490	0.67
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2031`	170	$54,960	0.59
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive `43-6014`	490	$39,350	1.04
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents `41-3031`	70	$48,940	0.48
Self-Enrichment Teachers `25-3021`	60	$46,160	0.61
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks `43-5071`	150	$37,440	0.65
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs `53-3053`	70	$28,540	1.02
Social Workers, All Other `21-1029`	70	$82,410	3.97
Social and Community Service Managers `11-9151`	40	$66,830	0.63
Social and Human Service Assistants `21-1093`	200	$37,600	1.66
Software Developers `15-1252`	40	$100,840	0.08
Speech-Language Pathologists `29-1127`	80	$65,420	1.66
Stockers and Order Fillers `53-7065`	840	$31,240	1.07
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors (2 O*NET occupations) `21-1018`	150	$51,660	1.08
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term `25-3031`	500	$58,250	3.41
Surveyors (2 O*NET occupations) `17-1022`	40	$58,240	2.53
Teachers and Instructors, All Other `25-3099`	50	$66,550	1.49
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations) `25-9045`	300	$28,980	0.76
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers `49-2022`	70	$78,460	1.81
Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers `49-9052`	70	$89,380	2.63
Tellers `43-3071`	110	$35,120	1.21
Tire Repairers and Changers `49-3093`	70	$29,740	2.22
Training and Development Specialists `13-1151`	80	$55,600	0.64
Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers `31-9096`	40	$34,270	1.15
Waiters and Waitresses `35-3031`	650	$33,650	1.04
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators `51-8031`	110	$48,340	2.96
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers `51-4121`	120	$48,960	1.07