Wood County, WV jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Wood County’s unemployment rate is 4.1%. No WARN layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 18 open professional jobs are in its cities.

Wood County economy

4.1%
unemployment, Aug 2026
4.5% the month before
35,736
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
83,829
people in Wood County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$56,193
median household income
Source: Census ACS
35%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Wood County layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Wood 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 Wood 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.

Airgas2 open roles
Cintas2 open roles
Highmark Health2 open roles
Applied Industrial Technologies1 open role
Aspen Careers1 open role
Confidential1 open role
Jackson Hewitt1 open role
Jacobs1 open role
KBR1 open role
NextPath Career Partners1 open role

Colleges in Wood County

Colleges in Wood County
College	City	Type	Students
West Virginia University at Parkersburg	Parkersburg	Public 4-year	1,000–4,999

Workforce development and job centers

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

Workforce Development Board Mid-Ohio Valley
Calhoun, Clay, Jackson, Mason, Pleasants, Ritchie, Roane, Wirt, Wood

WorkForce WV - Parkersburg
Parkersburg · Comprehensive
8:30am - 5:00pm Mon-Thur; 9am-5pm Fri (Closed daily from Noon-1pm for lunch)

Cities in Wood County

Parkersburg15 jobs
Washington3 jobs

Other West Virginia counties

All of West Virginia

Laid off or looking for work in Wood County?

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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.