Mineral County, WV jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Mineral County’s unemployment rate is 4.0%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months.

Mineral County economy

4.0%
unemployment, Aug 2026
4.7% the month before
11,955
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
26,922
people in Mineral County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$68,049
median household income
Source: Census ACS
33%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Mineral County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Mineral County in the last 12 months are on file. WARN covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.

All layoff notices in the state

Colleges in Mineral County

Colleges in Mineral County
College	City	Type	Students
Potomac State College of West Virginia University	Keyser	Public 4-year	1,000–4,999

Workforce development and job centers

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

West Virginia Region 7 Workforce Development Board
Berkeley, Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Mineral, Morgan, Pendleton

Cities in Mineral County

Keyser

Other West Virginia counties

All of West Virginia

Laid off or looking for work in Mineral County?

See what to do first and the jobs open near you.

See your options after a layoff

Sources: Census Bureau and BLS (county unemployment is not seasonally adjusted); WARN notices from West Virginia’s published record; job counts from our live job board; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers.