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Chief Executive Salary in Morgantown, West Virginia

The annual salary statistics of chief executives in Morgantown, West Virginia is shown in Table 1. The wage information of chief executives in Morgantown is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2019 and published in April 2020 [1].

Table 1. Annual Salary of Chief Executives in Morgantown, West Virginia

Percentile BracketAverage Annual Salary
10th Percentile Wage
$90,840
25th Percentile Wage
$115,510
50th Percentile Wage
$183,470
75th Percentile Wage
No Data
90th Percentile Wage
No Data

Table 1 shows the average annual salary for chief executives in Morgantown, West Virginia in 5 percentile scales. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $183,470. The average annual salary of the 25th percentile is $115,510. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $90,840.

Median salary trend (2012 to 2019)

The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of chief executives from 2012 to 2019.

YearMedian SalaryYearly Growth7-Year Growth
2019
$183,470
-9.87% 9.01%
2018
$201,580
17.67% -
2016
$165,970
5.41% -
2015
$156,990
20.30% -
2014
$125,120
-33.42% -
2012
$166,940
- -

Table 2. Compare Chief Executive Salary in Morgantown with Other West Virginia Cities

From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $183,470, Morgantown is the second highest paying city for chief executives in state of West Virginia, following the highest paying city Winchester (median annual salary of $204,710). Compared with Winchester, the median annual salary of chief executives in Morgantown is 10.4 percent (10.4%) lower.

Cities/Areas Median Annual Salary
Winchester
$204,710
Morgantown
$183,470
Wheeling
$181,690
Cumberland
$181,520
Weirton-Steubenville
$176,490
Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna
$173,060
Southern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area
$167,610
Huntington-Ashland
$149,270
Beckley
$148,380
Charleston
$126,600
Hagerstown-Martinsburg
$125,890
Steubenville-Weirton
$122,740
North Central West Virginia nonmetropolitan area
$107,720

See also: Top paying jobs in Morgantown, West Virginia.