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West Virginia jobs and job market: layoffs, colleges and workforce help

West Virginia’s unemployment rate is 4.0%. 658 open professional jobs are listed here. Employers filed 9 layoff notices in the last 12 months. Choose a county or city for the same picture closer to home.

West Virginia economy

  • 4.0%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    4.3% the month before

  • 772,230

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 1,784,462

    people in West Virginia

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $57,917

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 36%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

West Virginia layoffs

  • 9

    WARN layoff notices, last 12 months

  • 0

    workers named

    A floor: states may leave out counts

  • 8

    employers

WARN notices filed in West Virginia, newest first
Notice dateEmployerCity or countyWorkersTypeSource
ECM Energy ServicesECM Energy Services——State record
Eagle Horizon ResourcesEagle Horizon Resources——State record
ConduentConduent——State record
Felman ProductionsFelman Productions——State record
JeniusBankJeniusBank——State record
Greenbrier MineralsGreenbrier Minerals——State record
Mettiki 04 1 2026———State record
Greenbrier MineralsGreenbrier Minerals——State record
Mettitki CoalMettitki Coal——State record

All layoff notices in the state

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Employers hiring most in West Virginia

Employers with the most open professional roles on our job board right now.

  1. Form Energy72 open roles
  2. Constellium12 open roles
  3. Nexstar Media Group11 open roles
  4. GPAC10 open roles
  5. talisman9 open roles
  6. Northrop Grumman8 open roles
  7. American Electric Power7 open roles
  8. FirstEnergy Akron7 open roles
  9. Burke & Herbert Bank & Trust Company6 open roles
  10. Encompass Health6 open roles
  11. Kiewit Infrastructure West6 open roles
  12. Revolutional6 open roles

Largest employers headquartered in West Virginia

Employee counts with a year are published figures (Wikidata). Other sizes are estimates from our company directory, not payroll counts.

Higher education in West Virginia

  • 21

    public and private nonprofit colleges

    Source: IPEDS, U.S. Department of Education

  • about 137,000

    students enrolled

    Estimated from size bands

Largest colleges in West Virginia

Largest colleges in West Virginia
CollegeCityTypeStudents
West Virginia UniversityMorgantownPublic 4-year20,000+
Marshall UniversityHuntingtonPublic 4-year10,000–19,999
Bluefield State UniversityBluefieldPublic 4-year1,000–4,999
Concord UniversityAthensPublic 4-year1,000–4,999
Fairmont State UniversityFairmontPublic 4-year1,000–4,999
Glenville State UniversityGlenvillePublic 4-year1,000–4,999
Potomac State College of West Virginia UniversityKeyserPublic 4-year1,000–4,999
Shepherd UniversityShepherdstownPublic 4-year1,000–4,999
University of CharlestonCharlestonPrivate nonprofit 4-year1,000–4,999
West Liberty UniversityWest LibertyPublic 4-year1,000–4,999
West Virginia State UniversityInstitutePublic 4-year1,000–4,999
West Virginia University at ParkersburgParkersburgPublic 4-year1,000–4,999

All 21 West Virginia colleges

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving West Virginia. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.

18 American Job Centers in West Virginia

Job fairs and business events in West Virginia

Hiring events, career workshops, small-business counseling and startup events from chambers, job centers, workforce boards, colleges and economic-development groups in West Virginia.

Conferences in West Virginia

Industry conferences and trade shows held in West Virginia, the ones worth a trip for hiring managers and job seekers. 2 with dates announced.

All conferences

West Virginia counties

Each county page has its own unemployment, layoffs, job openings, employers, colleges and job centers.

West Virginia cities

Cities with open jobs, layoff notices, a job center or a college.

Laid off or looking for work in West Virginia?

See what to do first, what West Virginia unemployment benefits pay, and the jobs open near you.

See your options after a layoff

Sources: Census Bureau and BLS for population, income and unemployment; WARN notices from West Virginia’s published record; job counts from our live job board, taken from employers’ own career sites; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers. West Virginia unemployment benefits.