West Virginia workforce development boards and American Job Centers

West Virginia at a glance

• 4.1%

  unemployment, Aug 2026

  Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics, counties summed

• 9

  WARN layoff notices, last 12 months

• 18

  American Job Centers

• 21

  colleges in the IPEDS directory

  public and private nonprofit

See every West Virginia layoff notice

Workforce boards

• Northern Panhandle Workforce Development Board

  Brooke, Hancock, Marshall, Ohio, Tyler, Wetzel

• Region 1 Workforce Development Board

  Fayette, Greenbrier, McDowell, Mercer, Monroe, Nicholas, Pocahontas, Raleigh, Summers, Webster, Wyoming

• Region III Workforce Development Board of Kanawha County, Inc.

  Kanawha

• Region VI Workforce Investment Board

  Barbour, Braxton, Doddridge, Gilmer, Harrison, Lewis, Marion, Monongalia, Preston, Randolph, Taylor, Tucker, Upshur

• South Western West Virginia Region Workforce Investment Board

  Boone, Cabell, Lincoln, Logan, Mingo, Putnam, Wayne

• West Virginia Region 7 Workforce Development Board

  Berkeley, Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Mineral, Morgan, Pendleton

• Workforce Development Board Mid-Ohio Valley

  Calhoun, Clay, Jackson, Mason, Pleasants, Ritchie, Roane, Wirt, Wood

American Job Centers