Top 100 highest-paying jobs in Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area

Table 1 compares the top 100 highest-paying jobs in Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area, ranked by annual average salary. For each job, the table displays the number of employees with that job, as well as the job's entry-level salary. (The entry-level salary is calculated based on the 10% of paid workers with the lowest salaries.)

Based on the table, we see that the highest-paying jobs in Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area are those of all other physicians, with an average annual salary of $212,160. The second highest-paying jobs are those of pharmacists, with an average salary of $130,980.

All of the shown salary and employment information for Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area has been computed using data published by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in April 2023. Notably, the highest-paying occupations change from year to year. Tables 2, 3, and 4 show the top 10 highest-paying occupations in Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area in 2021, 2020, and 2019.

Table 1. Top 100 highest-paying jobs in Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area (2022 survey)

Rank	Job Description	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	No. of Empl i
1	All Other Physicians	$212,160	$113,230	160
2	Pharmacists	$130,980	$99,170	200
3	Industrial Production Managers	$130,290	$77,000	60
4	Chief Executives	$127,760	$52,370	170
5	General Dentists	$125,500	$45,890	60
6	All Other Managers	$120,760	$43,320	200
7	Facilities Managers	$119,850	$53,940	110
8	Physician Assistants	$110,360	$85,160	60
9	Computer and Information Systems Managers	$107,310	$70,260	40
10	Nurse Practitioners	$101,580	$87,200	190
11	Veterinarians	$101,260	$73,440	40
12	Mining and Geological Engineers	$97,590	$90,650	110
13	Electrical Engineers	$96,400	$58,940	50
14	Physical Therapists	$96,320	$64,370	100
15	Medical and Health Services Managers	$94,030	$47,640	180
16	Financial Managers	$93,650	$59,400	230
17	Environmental Engineers	$92,700	$61,110	30
18	Occupational Health and Safety Specialists	$89,940	$57,410	100
19	Human Resources Managers	$89,640	$55,590	90
20	Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers	$88,120	$60,400	60
21	Sales Managers	$87,580	$50,820	100
22	Computer Occupations, All Other	$85,010	$49,710	50
23	Mechanical Engineers	$83,530	$54,020	40
24	First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers	$82,310	$49,770	660
25	Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers	$81,040	$55,130	110
26	Software Developers	$80,200	$51,390	60
27	Postmasters and Mail Superintendents	$79,270	$74,900	40
28	Buyers and Purchasing Agents	$79,220	$39,470	160
29	Social Scientists and Related Workers	$78,330	$67,500	30
30	Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators	$77,230	$45,120	50
31	Civil Engineers	$76,980	$44,200	70
32	Industrial Engineers	$76,780	$45,210	30
33	Lawyers	$76,740	$49,160	110
34	Postsecondary Education Administrators	$76,710	$47,890	100
35	Occupational Therapists	$73,870	$49,550	40
36	Elementary and Secondary School Education Administrators	$70,660	$40,130	210
37	Other Education Administrators	$69,490	$44,690	50
38	Project Management Specialists	$69,280	$41,180	50
39	Clinical and Counseling Psychologists	$68,590	$36,820	70
40	Administrative Services Managers	$68,380	$49,020	200
41	Management Analysts	$68,090	$41,600	70
42	Construction Managers	$68,000	$48,730	40
43	Insurance Sales Agents	$67,770	$21,160	120
44	Postsecondary Biological Science Teachers	$67,580	$39,690	30
45	Electricians	$66,570	$35,420	430
46	Network and Computer Systems Administrators	$65,910	$43,940	70
47	Dietitians and Nutritionists	$65,390	$49,000	70
48	Accountants and Auditors	$64,930	$41,200	360
49	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	$64,320	$31,120	320
50	Registered Nurses	$64,110	$43,470	1,550
51	General and Operations Managers	$63,600	$29,860	1,440
52	Compliance Officers	$63,390	$35,320	170
53	Training and Development Specialists	$63,180	$34,320	80
54	Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers	$62,910	$39,640	40
55	School Psychologists	$62,840	$49,550	40
56	Other Teachers and Instructors	$61,980	$47,490	80
57	Extraction Workers Helpers	$61,190	$22,940	90
58	Speech-Language Pathologists	$61,170	$49,620	50
59	Instructional Coordinators	$61,150	$39,740	110
60	Crushing, Grinding, and Polishing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$60,380	$36,580	40
61	Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates	$60,360	$60,360	60
62	Diagnostic Medical Sonographers	$60,220	$50,630	50
63	Dental Hygienists	$60,180	$49,040	130
64	First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives	$60,070	$47,270	50
65	Physical Therapist Assistants	$59,990	$45,330	70
66	Healthcare Social Workers	$59,920	$44,900	90
67	First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers	$58,620	$31,680	380
68	First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers	$58,070	$35,260	50
69	Other Business Operations Specialists	$57,890	$20,120	250
70	Social and Community Service Managers	$57,100	$35,450	80
71	Secondary School Special Education Teachers	$56,950	$36,800	70
72	Surveyors	$56,400	$47,780	50
73	Wholesale and Manufacturing (Except Technical and Scientific Products) Sales Representatives	$56,190	$29,480	340
74	Postal Service Clerks	$55,430	$39,770	220
75	Cost Estimators	$54,610	$32,530	50
76	Coaches and Scouts	$53,780	$37,250	60
77	Electrical and Electronics Engineering Technicians	$53,630	$30,540	30
78	Postsecondary English Language and Literature Teachers	$53,210	$40,290	30
79	Postsecondary Business Teachers	$52,570	$20,220	30
80	Postsecondary Health Specialties Teachers	$52,410	$20,830	70
81	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance	$52,090	$30,050	60
82	First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	$51,730	$35,960	330
83	Respiratory Therapists	$51,530	$40,290	90
84	Radiologic Technologists	$51,470	$40,050	140
85	Educational, Guidance, School, and Vocational Counselors	$50,960	$33,270	130
86	Loan Officers	$50,810	$37,190	60
87	Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education	$50,700	$45,100	100
88	Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians	$50,600	$30,070	170
89	Postal Service Mail Carriers	$49,920	$39,640	170
90	Civil Engineering Technicians	$49,720	$31,720	80
91	Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators	$49,690	$41,360	60
92	Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Directors	$49,600	$28,950	40
93	Human Resources Specialists	$49,510	$35,360	160
94	Computer User Support Specialists	$49,420	$33,360	120
95	Kindergarten and Elementary School Special Education Teachers	$48,790	$35,780	380
96	Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	$48,710	$45,740	690
97	Other Postsecondary Teachers	$48,580	$31,580	120
98	Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School	$48,130	$38,470	100
99	Industrial Machinery Mechanics	$48,070	$35,080	230
100	Pipelayers	$47,490	$29,950	0

Table 2. Top 10 highest-paying jobs in Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area – 2021 survey

Rank	Job Description	Average Salary i
1	Chief Executives	$128,150
2	Pharmacists	$127,400
3	Physician Assistants	$125,130
4	General Dentists	$121,380
5	All Other Managers	$112,510
6	Physical Therapists	$99,530
7	Nurse Practitioners	$99,370
8	Facilities Managers	$99,040
9	Industrial Production Managers	$99,000
10	Computer and Information Systems Managers	$98,630

Table 3. Top 10 highest-paying jobs in Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area – 2020 survey

Rank	Job Description	Average Salary i
1	Surgeons, Except Ophthalmologists	$203,370
2	Chief Executives	$151,850
3	Architectural and Engineering Managers	$116,760
4	Physician Assistants	$107,780
5	Computer and Information Systems Managers	$104,660
6	Nurse Practitioners	$95,330
7	Physical Therapists	$92,640
8	Occupational Health and Safety Specialists	$87,440
9	Industrial Production Managers	$86,250
10	Veterinarians	$85,170

Table 4. Top 10 highest-paying jobs in Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area – 2019 survey

Rank	Job Description	Average Salary i
1	Chief Executives	$167,610
2	Pharmacists	$134,170
3	Architectural and Engineering Managers	$120,950
4	Computer and Information Systems Managers	$105,800
5	Physician Assistants	$102,220
6	Nurse Practitioners	$100,300
7	Construction Managers	$91,990
8	Physical Therapists	$87,980
9	Sales Managers	$86,800
10	Occupational Health and Safety Specialists	$84,360

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