Upshur County, WV jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Upshur County’s unemployment rate is 4.3%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 1 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Upshur County economy

4.3%
unemployment, Aug 2026
4.9% the month before
10,207
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
23,758
people in Upshur County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$51,859
median household income
Source: Census ACS
33%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Upshur County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Upshur 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 Upshur 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.

MileHigh Adjusters Houston1 open role
Rider Solution1 open role

Colleges in Upshur County

Colleges in Upshur County
College	City	Type	Students
West Virginia Wesleyan College	Buckhannon	Private nonprofit 4-year	1,000–4,999

Workforce development and job centers

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

Region VI Workforce Investment Board
Barbour, Braxton, Doddridge, Gilmer, Harrison, Lewis, Marion, Monongalia, Preston, Randolph, Taylor, Tucker, Upshur

Cities in Upshur County

Buckhannon1 jobs

Other West Virginia counties

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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.