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Pocahontas County, WV jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Pocahontas County’s unemployment rate is 4.2%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 1 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Pocahontas County economy

  • 4.2%

    unemployment, Aug 2026

    4.2% the month before

  • 3,091

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 7,855

    people in Pocahontas County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $41,200

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 25%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Pocahontas County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Pocahontas 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

Employers hiring most in Pocahontas County

Employers with the most open professional roles in this county’s cities. The county is taken from each job’s city, so roles with no city are not counted.

  1. Snowshoe Mountain1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

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

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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.