Morgantown, WV

249 occupations with BLS estimates, May 2025. BLS area code 34060.

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
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations)	4,510
Retail Salespersons	2,090
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary	1,400
Cashiers	1,370
Nursing Assistants	1,310
General and Operations Managers	1,280
Stockers and Order Fillers	1,150
Waiters and Waitresses	1,040
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	940
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	920
Office Clerks, General	900
Customer Service Representatives	840
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	810
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations)	810
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	790
Cooks, Restaurant	760
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations)	750
Business Operations Specialists, All Other (5 O*NET occupations)	730
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	700
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers	680

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
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary	14.65	1,400
Nurse Anesthetists	8.82	200
Web Developers	8.25	250
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan	7.50	480
Education Administrators, Postsecondary	7.02	550
Maintenance Workers, Machinery	3.78	100
Phlebotomists	3.77	230
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians	3.64	360
Residential Advisors	3.35	120
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations)	3.08	4,510
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers	3.04	170
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers	2.93	250
Surgical Technologists	2.91	150
Engineers, All Other (9 O*NET occupations)	2.82	190
Physical Therapist Assistants	2.61	130
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)	2.59	380
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators	2.54	530
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians (6 O*NET occupations)	2.45	350
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses	2.25	630
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	2.18	810

Highest median wage

Occupation	Median annual
Nurse Anesthetists	$278,530
Dentists, General	$207,000
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations)	$172,990
Purchasing Managers	$156,230
Natural Sciences Managers (3 O*NET occupations)	$136,990
Computer and Information Systems Managers	$134,630
Veterinarians	$132,990
Human Resources Managers	$131,990
Engineers, All Other (9 O*NET occupations)	$131,990
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)	$131,180
Pharmacists	$130,710
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations)	$129,760
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products (2 O*NET occupations)	$129,200
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations)	$128,170
Nurse Practitioners	$128,130
Medical and Health Services Managers	$123,020
Lawyers	$109,300
Software Developers	$108,950
Computer Occupations, All Other (10 O*NET occupations)	$105,370
Education Administrators, Postsecondary	$102,600

All 249 occupations

BLS occupation	Employment	Median annual	Location quotient
Accountants and Auditors `13-2011`	490	$71,740	0.78
Administrative Services Managers `11-3012`	180	$91,390	1.54
Amusement and Recreation Attendants `39-3091`	50	$24,960	0.31
Animal Caretakers `39-2021`	110	$29,890	0.95
Automotive Body and Related Repairers `49-3021`	60	$47,190	0.92
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics `49-3023`	360	$37,060	1.17
Bailiffs `33-3011`	30	$36,940	4.19
Bakers `51-3011`	90	$30,330	0.85
Bartenders `35-3011`	420	$30,310	1.29
Bill and Account Collectors `43-3011`	100	$44,190	1.40
Billing and Posting Clerks `43-3021`	190	$39,300	1.10
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks `43-3031`	630	$42,810	1.06
Bus Drivers, School `53-3051`	350	$34,330	1.99
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists `49-3031`	50	$44,220	0.37
Business Operations Specialists, All Other (5 O*NET occupations) `13-1199`	730	$62,080	1.55
Butchers and Meat Cutters `51-3021`	30	$34,860	0.51
Buyers and Purchasing Agents (3 O*NET occupations) `13-1020`	100	$76,650	0.49
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary `25-1194`	50	$65,390	1.02
Carpenters `47-2031`	450	$49,160	1.56
Cashiers `41-2011`	1,370	$27,370	1.02
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers `47-2051`	40	$50,120	0.43
Chefs and Head Cooks `35-1011`	70	$81,330	0.76
Chemists `19-2031`	40	$81,970	1.04
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations) `11-1011`	150	$172,990	1.70
Child, Family, and School Social Workers `21-1021`	140	$47,740	0.83
Childcare Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `39-9011`	210	$28,370	0.95
Civil Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) `17-2051`	80	$89,560	0.49
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators `13-1031`	30	$76,400	0.22
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment `53-7061`	100	$29,650	0.62
Clergy `21-2011`	30	$57,810	1.27
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians (6 O*NET occupations) `29-2010`	350	$62,510	2.45
Clinical and Counseling Psychologists `19-3033`	80	$95,160	2.29
Coaches and Scouts `27-2022`	170	$62,570	1.62
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists `13-1141`	70	$63,600	1.52
Compliance Officers (7 O*NET occupations) `13-1041`	120	$81,270	0.69
Computer Network Support Specialists `15-1231`	50	$52,130	0.79
Computer Occupations, All Other (10 O*NET occupations) `15-1299`	270	$105,370	1.45
Computer Systems Analysts (2 O*NET occupations) `15-1211`	160	Not available	0.71
Computer User Support Specialists `15-1232`	230	$53,720	0.74
Computer and Information Systems Managers `11-3021`	170	$134,630	0.59
Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers `49-2011`	30	$37,470	1.13
Construction Laborers `47-2061`	660	$44,340	1.39
Construction Managers `11-9021`	50	$101,630	0.30
Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door `49-9012`	80	$79,660	3.77
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria `35-2012`	340	$31,770	1.80
Cooks, Restaurant `35-2014`	760	$29,740	1.24
Cooks, Short Order `35-2015`	70	$29,210	1.12
Cost Estimators `13-1051`	Not available	$76,690
Counter and Rental Clerks `41-2021`	280	$31,850	1.62
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks `43-4031`	70	$38,640	0.91
Credit Analysts `13-2041`	40	$58,650	1.58
Credit Counselors `13-2071`	40	$48,890	3.52
Customer Service Representatives `43-4051`	840	$37,450	0.74
Data Entry Keyers `43-9021`	60	$36,210	1.15
Data Scientists (3 O*NET occupations) `15-2051`	40	$78,950	0.39
Dental Assistants `31-9091`	100	$38,540	0.60
Dental Hygienists `29-1292`	120	$73,840	1.24
Dentists, General `29-1021`	50	$207,000	0.88
Dietitians and Nutritionists `29-1031`	80	$77,720	2.40
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers `35-9011`	150	$27,240	0.63
Dishwashers `35-9021`	180	$26,490	0.87
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance `43-5032`	40	$46,620	0.41
Driver/Sales Workers `53-3031`	210	$30,220	1.20
Education Administrators, All Other `11-9039`	40	$100,320	1.72
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary `11-9032`	90	$79,440	0.62
Education Administrators, Postsecondary `11-9033`	550	$102,600	7.02
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors `21-1012`	110	$47,720	0.73
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers `49-9051`	170	$79,290	3.04
Electricians `47-2111`	320	$61,610	0.97
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2021`	250	$51,380	0.42
Emergency Medical Technicians `29-2042`	60	$32,950	0.74
Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other (3 O*NET occupations) `17-3029`	40	$59,150	1.43
Engineers, All Other (9 O*NET occupations) `17-2199`	190	$131,990	2.82
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants `43-6011`	90	$68,890	0.44
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors `39-9031`	50	$38,690	0.39
Facilities Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-3013`	70	$95,940	0.99
Family Medicine Physicians `29-1215`	40	$62,810	0.90
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `35-3023`	640	$24,230	0.38
Financial Clerks, All Other `43-3099`	40	$47,020	2.24
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations) `11-3031`	250	$129,760	0.69
Financial Specialists, All Other (3 O*NET occupations) `13-2099`	60	$81,910	1.02
Financial and Investment Analysts `13-2051`	50	$76,430	0.30
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `47-1011`	390	$75,430	1.11
First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services `39-1014`	30	$34,480	0.74
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers `35-1012`	620	$33,490	1.16
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers `37-1011`	100	$43,940	1.35
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers `37-1012`	50	$49,610	0.85
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers `49-1011`	320	$63,500	1.19
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers `41-1012`	50	$60,820	0.53
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers `43-1011`	680	$56,430	1.10
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers `51-1011`	130	$63,440	0.45
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers `41-1011`	610	$43,150	1.26
First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers `33-1091`	30	$52,120	0.97
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors (5 O*NET occupations) `53-1047`	190	$50,100	0.72
Food Preparation Workers `35-2021`	370	$30,620	0.96
Food Service Managers `11-9051`	130	$57,100	1.23
Fundraisers `13-1131`	60	$63,770	1.24
General and Operations Managers `11-1021`	1,280	$89,440	0.84
Graphic Designers `27-1024`	60	$40,460	0.67
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists `39-5012`	150	$32,790	1.11
Health Education Specialists `21-1091`	70	$63,500	2.35
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary `25-1071`	1,400	$60,300	14.65
Healthcare Social Workers `21-1022`	160	$59,660	1.98
Healthcare Support Workers, All Other (3 O*NET occupations) `31-9099`	70	$45,780	1.39
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers `49-9021`	170	$47,970	0.94
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers `53-3032`	700	$48,560	0.79
Highway Maintenance Workers `47-4051`	30	$45,260	0.49
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations) `31-1120`	750	$27,930	0.40
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop `35-9031`	190	$24,790	0.99
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks `43-4081`	180	$27,010	1.63
Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping `43-4161`	30	$40,440	0.87
Human Resources Managers `11-3121`	80	$131,990	0.80
Human Resources Specialists `13-1071`	270	$63,500	0.69
Industrial Engineers (4 O*NET occupations) `17-2112`	40	$98,940	0.27
Industrial Machinery Mechanics `49-9041`	130	$57,200	0.68
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations) `11-3051`	40	$98,820	0.38
Information Security Analysts `15-1212`	40	Not available	0.49
Information and Record Clerks, All Other `43-4199`	70	$48,220	1.25
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers `51-9061`	120	$42,900	0.47
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) `49-9099`	70	$53,020	0.92
Instructional Coordinators `25-9031`	70	$67,700	0.72
Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks `43-9041`	50	$43,400	0.56
Insurance Sales Agents `41-3021`	100	$46,080	0.48
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan `43-4111`	480	$36,480	7.50
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2011`	920	$30,180	0.96
Labor Relations Specialists `13-1075`	40	$99,600	1.28
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations) `53-7062`	810	$36,900	0.63
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers `37-3011`	360	$31,200	0.87
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers `51-6011`	250	$30,690	2.93
Lawyers `23-1011`	230	$109,300	0.70
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants `43-6012`	110	Not available	1.66
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists `25-4022`	60	$61,110	1.06
Library Assistants, Clerical `43-4121`	40	$35,250	1.16
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses `29-2061`	630	$50,400	2.25
Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other (3 O*NET occupations) `19-4099`	30	$59,750	1.06
Light Truck Drivers `53-3033`	130	$32,170	0.30
Loan Interviewers and Clerks `43-4131`	60	$42,090	0.79
Loan Officers `13-2072`	90	$67,440	0.77
Logisticians (3 O*NET occupations) `13-1081`	Not available	$61,270
Machinists `51-4041`	90	$50,510	0.75
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2012`	810	$28,790	2.18
Maintenance Workers, Machinery `49-9043`	100	$59,910	3.78
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General `49-9071`	940	$37,390	1.41
Management Analysts `13-1111`	170	$76,150	0.44
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) `11-9199`	410	$131,180	1.52
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists (2 O*NET occupations) `13-1161`	180	$54,660	0.46
Marketing Managers `11-2021`	60	$80,200	0.37
Mechanical Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) `17-2141`	40	$86,270	0.31
Medical Assistants `31-9092`	580	$37,440	1.63
Medical Records Specialists `29-2072`	140	$50,220	1.61
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists `19-1042`	110	$82,060	1.42
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants `43-6013`	250	$38,100	0.59
Medical and Health Services Managers `11-9111`	300	$123,020	1.18
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners `13-1121`	40	$48,260	0.72
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers `21-1023`	40	$48,970	0.78
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers `27-1026`	50	$35,320	0.68
Meter Readers, Utilities `43-5041`	30	$60,530	3.99
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2022`	270	$56,740	1.00
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations) `51-2090`	70	$39,800	0.11
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines `49-3042`	120	$49,950	1.57
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic `51-4081`	30	$42,240	0.63
Natural Sciences Managers (3 O*NET occupations) `11-9121`	50	$136,990	1.02
Network and Computer Systems Administrators `15-1244`	160	$74,240	1.20
Nurse Anesthetists `29-1151`	200	$278,530	8.82
Nurse Practitioners `29-1171`	300	$128,130	2.17
Nursing Assistants `31-1131`	1,310	$35,880	2.09
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists `19-5011`	120	$81,390	1.89
Occupational Therapists (2 O*NET occupations) `29-1122`	80	$94,330	1.17
Office Clerks, General `43-9061`	900	$37,140	0.84
Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other `43-9199`	30	$37,960	0.37
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators `47-2073`	530	$52,970	2.54
Ophthalmologists, Except Pediatric `29-1241`	30	Not available	8.07
Opticians, Dispensing `29-2081`	40	$36,790	1.29
Orthopedic Surgeons, Except Pediatric `29-1242`	50	$71,800	7.43
Painters, Construction and Maintenance `47-2141`	60	$31,970	0.57
Paralegals and Legal Assistants `23-2011`	100	$61,840	0.60
Paramedics `29-2043`	60	$49,370	1.35
Parts Salespersons `41-2022`	110	$34,190	0.98
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks `43-3051`	50	$39,110	0.70
Pediatricians, General `29-1221`	60	$62,510	3.72
Personal Financial Advisors `13-2052`	60	$81,610	0.55
Pharmacists `29-1051`	300	$130,710	2.15
Pharmacy Technicians `29-2052`	350	$38,320	1.70
Phlebotomists `31-9097`	230	$38,790	3.77
Physical Therapist Assistants `31-2021`	130	$59,920	2.61
Physical Therapists `29-1123`	210	$96,010	1.82
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations) `29-1071`	130	$128,170	1.92
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) `29-1229`	380	$63,950	2.59
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters (2 O*NET occupations) `47-2152`	160	$58,780	0.78
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers (2 O*NET occupations) `33-3051`	220	$55,010	0.77
Postal Service Clerks `43-5051`	30	$67,660	1.00
Postal Service Mail Carriers `43-5052`	150	$58,270	1.08
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2011`	220	$30,420	1.06
Procurement Clerks `43-3061`	40	$50,250	1.82
Production Workers, All Other `51-9199`	70	$28,830	0.67
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks `43-5061`	40	$51,390	0.21
Project Management Specialists `13-1082`	340	$80,900	0.73
Property Appraisers and Assessors (2 O*NET occupations) `13-2020`	50	$38,640	2.11
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers `11-9141`	190	$54,860	1.37
Public Relations Specialists `27-3031`	60	$54,710	0.47
Public Safety Telecommunicators `43-5031`	60	$43,010	1.27
Purchasing Managers `11-3061`	30	$156,230	0.86
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians `29-2034`	360	$75,390	3.64
Radiologists `29-1224`	70	$76,400	6.35
Receptionists and Information Clerks `43-4171`	600	$33,170	1.52
Recreation Workers `39-9032`	80	$36,650	0.56
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations) `29-1141`	4,510	$80,130	3.08
Residential Advisors `39-9041`	120	$35,680	3.35
Retail Salespersons `41-2031`	2,090	$28,570	1.24
Sales Managers `11-2022`	70	$80,340	0.26
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel `41-3091`	130	$45,720	0.24
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products `41-4012`	220	$62,600	0.41
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products (2 O*NET occupations) `41-4011`	50	$129,200	0.39
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive `43-6014`	790	$41,810	1.07
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents `41-3031`	120	$49,410	0.58
Security Guards `33-9032`	360	$34,290	0.64
Self-Enrichment Teachers `25-3021`	50	$44,770	0.35
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks `43-5071`	230	$40,330	0.65
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs `53-3053`	70	$28,590	0.67
Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) `19-3099`	50	$100,260	3.36
Social Workers, All Other `21-1029`	40	$50,760	1.46
Social and Community Service Managers `11-9151`	50	$64,100	0.57
Social and Human Service Assistants `21-1093`	190	$37,940	1.01
Software Developers `15-1252`	330	$108,950	0.46
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers `15-1253`	50	$39,060	0.59
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School (2 O*NET occupations) `25-2052`	70	$48,690	0.60
Speech-Language Pathologists `29-1127`	60	$70,940	0.75
Stockers and Order Fillers `53-7065`	1,150	$31,110	0.93
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors (2 O*NET occupations) `21-1018`	190	$51,680	0.91
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term `25-3031`	330	$46,760	1.43
Surgical Technologists `29-2055`	150	$49,390	2.91
Surveying and Mapping Technicians `17-3031`	40	$47,360	1.45
Surveyors (2 O*NET occupations) `17-1022`	40	$50,220	1.92
Teachers and Instructors, All Other `25-3099`	60	$57,440	1.32
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations) `25-9045`	320	$29,430	0.52
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers `49-2022`	80	$63,840	1.28
Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers `49-9052`	80	$71,950	1.87
Tellers `43-3071`	140	$34,890	0.99
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers `23-2093`	50	$79,030	2.15
Training and Development Specialists `13-1151`	160	$69,560	0.81
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-3071`	30	$86,690	0.35
Veterinarians `29-1131`	50	$132,990	1.41
Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers `31-9096`	100	$35,310	1.75
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians `29-2056`	50	$44,780	0.89
Waiters and Waitresses `35-3031`	1,040	$35,480	1.06
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators `51-8031`	40	$46,490	0.70
Web Developers `15-1254`	250	$79,190	8.25
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers `51-4121`	140	$47,650	0.78
Wellhead Pumpers `53-7073`	90	Not available	12.00