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Top 100 Popular Jobs in Charleston, WV

What professions have the highest employment in Charleston, WV? In this article we show the top 100 jobs that employ the highest number of people in Charleston, WV. We note that the total employment in Charleston, WV is 100,240. The most popular job is the registered nurses profession, which employs 3,690 people (3.68 percent of the total employment in Charleston, WV). The second most common job is the security guards profession which employs 3,300 people (3.29 percent of the total employment). The employment and salary information in Charleston, WV is computed from data published by BLS in April 2023 [1].

Table 1. 100 most popular jobs in Charleston, WV (2022 survey)

Rank	Job Description	# of Empl. i	% of Empl. i	Average Salary i
1	All Occupations	100,240	100.00%	$38,220
2	Registered Nurses	3,690	3.68%	$67,700
3	Security Guards	3,300	3.29%	$22,110
4	Home Health and Personal Care Aides	2,920	2.91%	$24,280
5	Retail Salespersons	2,710	2.70%	$25,650
6	General and Operations Managers	2,290	2.28%	$74,480
7	Cashiers	2,250	2.24%	$21,760
8	Office Clerks, General	2,200	2.19%	$29,440
9	Customer Service Representatives	1,960	1.96%	$35,670
10	Fast Food Cooks	1,720	1.72%	$21,590
11	Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	1,520	1.52%	$36,820
12	Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	1,460	1.46%	$26,540
13	Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers	1,300	1.30%	$31,970
14	Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	1,230	1.23%	$46,870
15	Stockers and Order Fillers	1,180	1.18%	$29,240
16	Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	1,140	1.14%	$37,340
17	Nursing Assistants	1,130	1.13%	$29,880
18	Fast Food and Counter Workers	1,130	1.13%	$21,850
19	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers	1,130	1.13%	$48,990
20	Waiters and Waitresses	1,090	1.09%	$26,940
21	Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	1,060	1.06%	$34,180
22	Restaurant Cooks	940	0.94%	$22,940
23	Short-Term Substitute Teachers	920	0.92%	$39,510
24	First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers	920	0.92%	$27,990
25	First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	890	0.89%	$38,850
26	Receptionists and Information Clerks	860	0.86%	$29,150
27	Accountants and Auditors	800	0.80%	$61,300
28	Lawyers	800	0.80%	$139,000
29	Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses	770	0.77%	$44,410
30	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators	720	0.72%	$53,390
31	Construction Laborers	680	0.68%	$38,160
32	Light Truck or Delivery Services Drivers	680	0.68%	$33,560
33	Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	660	0.66%	$48,390
34	Other Business Operations Specialists	640	0.64%	$63,250
35	All Other Managers	620	0.62%	$110,830
36	First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers	620	0.62%	$72,950
37	Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	610	0.61%	$26,840
38	Medical Assistants	600	0.60%	$31,180
39	Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics	600	0.60%	$35,920
40	Child, Family, and School Social Workers	570	0.57%	$36,060
41	First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers	540	0.54%	$70,940
42	Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary	530	0.53%	$28,770
43	Institution and Cafeteria Cooks	530	0.53%	$28,840
44	Administrative Services Managers	520	0.52%	$68,640
45	Paralegals and Legal Assistants	520	0.52%	$49,520
46	Pharmacy Technicians	520	0.52%	$33,900
47	Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers	510	0.51%	$46,760
48	Wholesale and Manufacturing (Except Technical and Scientific Products) Sales Representatives	480	0.48%	$51,770
49	Human Resources Specialists	470	0.47%	$49,690
50	Social and Human Service Assistants	470	0.47%	$32,200
51	Electricians	470	0.47%	$61,050
52	First-Line Supervisors of Transportation Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors	470	0.47%	$46,750
53	Compliance Officers	450	0.45%	$61,900
54	Postal Service Mail Sorters, Processors, and Processing Machine Operators	450	0.45%	$49,130
55	Computer User Support Specialists	440	0.44%	$39,300
56	Driver/Sales Workers	440	0.44%	$20,800
57	Carpenters	430	0.43%	$45,220
58	Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel	420	0.42%	$40,960
59	Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	410	0.41%	$47,460
60	Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	410	0.41%	$37,310
61	Financial Managers	390	0.39%	$97,460
62	Legal Secretaries	380	0.38%	$47,250
63	Computer Occupations, All Other	370	0.37%	$53,230
64	Pharmacists	370	0.37%	$123,780
65	Industrial Machinery Mechanics	370	0.37%	$58,630
66	Civil Engineers	350	0.35%	$87,360
67	Phlebotomists	350	0.35%	$36,600
68	School Bus Drivers	350	0.35%	$27,430
69	Medical and Health Services Managers	330	0.33%	$105,040
70	Parts Salespersons	330	0.33%	$29,110
71	Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks	330	0.33%	$34,690
72	Food Preparation Workers	320	0.32%	$26,420
73	Tellers	310	0.31%	$27,970
74	Software Developers	300	0.30%	$81,430
75	Kindergarten and Elementary School Special Education Teachers	300	0.30%	$48,170
76	Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	290	0.29%	$46,750
77	Instructional Coordinators	290	0.29%	$59,660
78	Nurse Practitioners	290	0.29%	$99,990
79	Counter and Rental Clerks	290	0.29%	$29,950
80	Network and Computer Systems Administrators	280	0.28%	$64,580
81	Radiologic Technologists	280	0.28%	$62,480
82	Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers	280	0.28%	$26,810
83	Insurance Sales Agents	280	0.28%	$57,600
84	Billing and Posting Clerks	280	0.28%	$37,070
85	Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines	280	0.28%	$48,990
86	Court, Municipal, and License Clerks	270	0.27%	$40,230
87	Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers	270	0.27%	$45,830
88	Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders	270	0.27%	$78,330
89	Project Management Specialists	260	0.26%	$78,630
90	Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan	260	0.26%	$30,160
91	Shipping, Receiving, and Traffic Clerks	260	0.26%	$34,670
92	Computer Systems Analysts	250	0.25%	$63,980
93	Environmental Engineers	250	0.25%	$80,810
94	All Other Physicians	250	0.25%	n/a
95	Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians	250	0.25%	$51,060
96	Dental Assistants	250	0.25%	$35,280
97	Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants	250	0.25%	$50,440
98	First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	250	0.25%	$66,080
99	Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators	240	0.24%	$50,720
100	Civil Engineering Technicians	240	0.24%	$56,990

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