The Morgantown, WV all-occupations median was 7.1% below the U.S. all-occupations median in the same release. Registered Nurses had the largest published employment estimate among the 30 occupation rows shown on this hub, at 4,510.
Among those high-employment rows, Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary had the highest published location quotient at 14.65. A location quotient above 1.00 means a larger share of local employment than the national share; it does not measure job quality or future demand.
Occupation detail
Largest published occupations in Morgantown, WV
Sorted by published employment. Open a row for its local distribution, national comparison, and jobs.
Largest published occupation estimates by employment
Six high-employment rows from the bounded area summary. The table below keeps each full title and published field.
Registered Nurses: 4,510 jobs. Retail Salespersons: 2,090 jobs. Health Specialties Te...: 1,400 jobs. Cashiers: 1,370 jobs. Nursing Assistants: 1,310 jobs. General and Operation...: 1,280 jobs.
BEA's 2024 all-items price index for Morgantown, WV was 93.3, or 6.7% below the national price level. Its housing index was 69.1.
National-price-dollar proxy
$50,738
WageScope divides the published all occupations median by the BEA all-items index. This is a price-level comparison, not take-home pay, a personal budget, or a quality-of-life score.
Wage period: BLS May 2025. Price period: BEA 2024. The releases describe different periods and are shown separately.
Price level in Morgantown, WV; U.S. = 100
U.S. baseline: 100.0. All items: 93.3. Housing: 69.1.
Read the all-jobs wage, role mix, local job shares, price-level context, and survey limits as separate facts. Every value stays tied to BLS area 34060.
Questions, answered
Wage data for Morgantown, WV: common questions
What is the all-occupations median wage in Morgantown, WV?
The May 2025 BLS OEWS release published an all-occupations median of $47,350 per year in Morgantown, WV. It combines covered wage and salary jobs and is not a median for every individual occupation.
How many wage and salary jobs does BLS estimate in Morgantown, WV?
BLS published an all-occupations employment estimate of 67,370 jobs for Morgantown, WV. It is a survey estimate, not a current opening count.
What is the largest detailed occupation shown for Morgantown, WV?
Registered Nurses is the largest detailed occupation in the bounded table on this page, with 4,510 estimated jobs and a published median of $80,130 per year.
Does the Morgantown, WV wage data adjust for local prices?
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What the all-jobs median says about Morgantown, WV
The May 2025 BLS OEWS estimate puts the all-occupations median in Morgantown, WV at $47,350 per year. This is the middle wage across covered wage and salary jobs in the area. It is not the median for each job title. It is not one worker's pay. Use an occupation page when you need a role-level answer.
BLS lists 67,370 covered jobs in Morgantown, WV. The all-occupations mean is $61,310 per year. Mean means add the wage values and split the total by the number of jobs behind the estimate. The median and mean can differ because the local wage mix is not even.
Morgantown, WV's $47,350 all-occupations median is 7.1% below the U.S. all-occupations median of $50,980 on the same published median. This is a wage check on the same source period. It does not add local price levels, taxes, hours, benefits, or household needs.
Morgantown, WV ranks 216 of 393 among metro areas with a published annual all-occupations median. WageScope keeps the map type the same. It does not place a state, metro, and nonmetro row in one rank. The rank uses the May 2025 BLS median only.
A rank is a place in a sorted list. It is not a score. It does not say a place is good or bad. It does not show the size of the job base. Morgantown, WV has 67,370 covered jobs, while another row near it can have a very different count.
The nearby rank rows give context without turning the list into a league table. Small gaps can move a place by several spots. A later BLS release can also change the order. Read the wage gap and the source date beside the rank. Do not use rank alone to make a move.
213. Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA has an all-occupations median of $47,430 per year and 84,260 covered jobs. Its wage gap from Morgantown, WV is $80.
214. Lawrence, KS has an all-occupations median of $47,390 per year and 51,750 covered jobs. Its wage gap from Morgantown, WV is $40.
215. Salinas, CA has an all-occupations median of $47,380 per year and 186,430 covered jobs. Its wage gap from Morgantown, WV is $30.
217. St. Joseph, MO-KS has an all-occupations median of $47,350 per year and 54,390 covered jobs. Its wage gap from Morgantown, WV is $0.
218. New Orleans-Metairie, LA has an all-occupations median of $47,290 per year and 445,550 covered jobs. Its wage gap from Morgantown, WV is $60.
219. Columbia, MO has an all-occupations median of $47,260 per year and 107,680 covered jobs. Its wage gap from Morgantown, WV is $90.
The largest detailed occupations shown for Morgantown, WV
The role list is sorted by the BLS employment estimate. It shows detailed occupations from the bounded source table for Morgantown, WV. The first row, Registered Nurses, has 4,510 estimated jobs. Its median is $80,130 per year.
Large roles shape the all-occupations wage mix, but they do not set it by themselves. A role with many jobs and a lower wage can pull the middle one way. A smaller role with a higher wage can move the mean. The all-occupations row is based on the whole covered job mix, not just the occupations shown in this bounded list.
Employment here means wage and salary jobs in the BLS survey scope. It does not mean people looking for work. It does not mean openings. It does not show how fast a role is changing. Use the current job cards only to inspect dated employer-title matches. Keep that view apart from this May 2025 job count.
1. Registered Nurses has 4,510 estimated jobs in Morgantown, WV. Its published median is $80,130 per year. Its location quotient is 3.08.
2. Retail Salespersons has 2,090 estimated jobs in Morgantown, WV. Its published median is $28,570 per year. Its location quotient is 1.24.
3. Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary has 1,400 estimated jobs in Morgantown, WV. Its published median is $60,300 per year. Its location quotient is 14.65.
Role pay range
How published medians differ inside Morgantown, WV
The detailed roles shown for Morgantown, WV do not share one pay level. Education Administrators, Postsecondary has the highest published median in this bounded role set, at $102,600 per year. That does not make it the highest-paid role in every job or in every part of the area.
The list keeps each official SOC title tied to its own wage row. It does not blend fields, levels, or job posts. A role median can be above the $47,350 all-occupations median even when the role has few jobs. A large role can sit below that mark. Pay and job count answer different questions.
Use a role's own WageScope page before you compare places. That page shows the national spread, the same SOC code across areas, and the source limits. The area list is a starting map. It is not enough to set a pay target for one person or one listing.
1. Education Administrators, Postsecondary has a published median of $102,600 per year in Morgantown, WV. BLS lists 550 jobs. Its local share is 7.02 times the national share.
2. General and Operations Managers has a published median of $89,440 per year in Morgantown, WV. BLS lists 1,280 jobs. Its local share is 0.84 times the national share.
3. Registered Nurses has a published median of $80,130 per year in Morgantown, WV. BLS lists 4,510 jobs. Its local share is 3.08 times the national share.
Local share
Roles with a larger local share in Morgantown, WV
Location quotient compares a role's share of jobs in Morgantown, WV with that role's share across the nation. A value of 1 means the shares match. A value above 1 means the role takes a larger share of local jobs. A value below 1 means the share is smaller. The value does not show growth or open jobs.
Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary has the highest published location quotient in this bounded set, at 14.65. The same row has 1,400 jobs and a median of $60,300 per year. Read all three fields together.
A high share can appear in a small job base. A large job count can appear with a share near 1. A high median can appear in either case. The three measures are not a single score. They help you ask three clear questions: how many jobs, how common the role is in the local mix, and what wage BLS published.
1. Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary has a location quotient of 14.65 in Morgantown, WV. BLS lists 1,400 jobs and a median of $60,300 per year.
2. Education Administrators, Postsecondary has a location quotient of 7.02 in Morgantown, WV. BLS lists 550 jobs and a median of $102,600 per year.
3. Registered Nurses has a location quotient of 3.08 in Morgantown, WV. BLS lists 4,510 jobs and a median of $80,130 per year.
Separate price view
What the BEA price level adds for Morgantown, WV
BEA's 2024 all-items price index for Morgantown, WV is 93.3. The U.S. level is 100. The local all-items level is 6.7% below that mark. This is a broad price comparison. It is not a personal budget.
The housing index is 69.1. The goods index is 96.3. Utilities are 92.5. Other services are 99.8. These parts can move in different ways. The all-items number joins them with BEA's method; WageScope does not pick its own weights.
The BLS wage period is May 2025. The BEA price period is 2024. WageScope shows both dates because the clocks differ. It can divide a wage by the all-items index for a clear national-price-dollar proxy. It does not call that result take-home pay, spending power for one home, or a place score.
The all-occupations employment RSE for Morgantown, WV is 0.1%. The mean-wage RSE is 0.6%. RSE means relative standard error. It is a survey precision flag. A smaller value often means less sampling uncertainty. It is not an error bar for one person's wage.
The employment RSE belongs to the 67,370 job estimate. The mean-wage RSE belongs to the all-occupations mean. WageScope does not attach either field to a detailed role, the median, or a percentile. Each role row has its own published care marks when BLS supplies them.
Some BLS values are blank or top coded. Blank does not mean zero. A top code means the value is at least the shown bound. WageScope keeps those states in the role pages and tables. It does not fill a missing value from a peer role, past year, or nearby place.
Use Morgantown, WV as a map, then choose one occupation
Start with the role that matches the work you mean. Official titles can sound broad. Open the role page and check its SOC code. Then compare the Morgantown, WV row with the U.S. row on the same annual or hourly metric. Read the job count and location quotient beside the wage. Add the BEA price level only when the exact row is present.
Next, look at the wage spread. The median shows the middle. The 10th, 25th, 75th, and 90th percentiles show more of the range. A posted job range can be compared with those marks as context, but it stays employer evidence. It never becomes part of the BLS estimate.
If the role-place row is missing, use the national role page or choose another official area. Do not guess. A clean missing state is more useful than a made-up number. It tells you what the source can and cannot answer.
Move from Morgantown, WV wage data to one checked job
The area page does not treat every local job as the same. Choose an occupation first. WageScope can then use a strict employer-title match for that role. A place filter is used only when the BLS area has an exact approved match in the public place list. If that match is not safe, the page says so.
Each shown job keeps the employer, place, source, and seen date. The cards can change as the public catalog changes. They do not count toward this page's stable content gate. They do not change Morgantown, WV's $47,350 all-occupations median. They do not prove that the employer uses the BLS title.
Open a listing before you tailor. Use facts from your own work that you can support. A wage value is not a skill, result, or duty. MeritLog can help shape confirmed work for the listing you chose. The public area page does not save the role, listing, place, or résumé on load.
The page does not say what one person in Morgantown, WV earns. It does not promise a wage, job, move, or result. It does not call the all-occupations median a role wage. It does not turn rank 216 of 393 into a place score. It does not say why wages differ.
The BLS job count leaves out people who work for themselves and other work outside the survey scope. The current job cards are a separate set of public listings. Neither source shows all work. Neither source tells you the chance of getting hired. A missing value stays missing.
Use the page for a narrow task. See the May 2025 local wage picture. Choose one official occupation. Compare the same field across like places. Add the separate 2024 price level when it exists. Read a current employer-title match. Then make a résumé choice from work facts you have confirmed.
No. BLS wage estimates are nominal. Where an exact BEA Regional Price Parity row exists, WageScope shows that price-level context separately and labels its source period.
Are MeritLog job listings part of the government wage estimate?
No. Eligible live listings remain separate from BLS statistics. Their locations and posted pay do not change the official area or occupation rows.
4. Cashiers has 1,370 estimated jobs in Morgantown, WV. Its published median is $27,370 per year. Its location quotient is 1.02.
5. Nursing Assistants has 1,310 estimated jobs in Morgantown, WV. Its published median is $35,880 per year. Its location quotient is 2.09.
6. General and Operations Managers has 1,280 estimated jobs in Morgantown, WV. Its published median is $89,440 per year. Its location quotient is 0.84.
7. Stockers and Order Fillers has 1,150 estimated jobs in Morgantown, WV. Its published median is $31,110 per year. Its location quotient is 0.93.
8. Waiters and Waitresses has 1,040 estimated jobs in Morgantown, WV. Its published median is $35,480 per year. Its location quotient is 1.06.
4. Business Operations Specialists, All Other has a published median of $62,080 per year in Morgantown, WV. BLS lists 730 jobs. Its local share is 1.55 times the national share.
5. Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary has a published median of $60,300 per year in Morgantown, WV. BLS lists 1,400 jobs. Its local share is 14.65 times the national share.
6. First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers has a published median of $56,430 per year in Morgantown, WV. BLS lists 680 jobs. Its local share is 1.1 times the national share.
7. Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators has a published median of $52,970 per year in Morgantown, WV. BLS lists 530 jobs. Its local share is 2.54 times the national share.
8. Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses has a published median of $50,400 per year in Morgantown, WV. BLS lists 630 jobs. Its local share is 2.25 times the national share.
4. Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators has a location quotient of 2.54 in Morgantown, WV. BLS lists 530 jobs and a median of $52,970 per year.
5. Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses has a location quotient of 2.25 in Morgantown, WV. BLS lists 630 jobs and a median of $50,400 per year.
6. Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners has a location quotient of 2.18 in Morgantown, WV. BLS lists 810 jobs and a median of $28,790 per year.
7. Nursing Assistants has a location quotient of 2.09 in Morgantown, WV. BLS lists 1,310 jobs and a median of $35,880 per year.
8. Medical Assistants has a location quotient of 1.63 in Morgantown, WV. BLS lists 580 jobs and a median of $37,440 per year.
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