Fastest-growing jobs in West Virginia

Canva

- Increase in employment 2022-2023: +6.8% (160 employees)
--- Employment in 2023: 2,520
--- Employment in 2022: 2,360
--- Median annual salary in 2023: $96,630

#50. Financial managers
GaudiLab // Shutterstock

- Increase in employment 2022-2023: +6.8% (470 employees)
--- Employment in 2023: 7,340
--- Employment in 2022: 6,870
--- Median annual salary in 2023: $49,030

#49. First-line supervisors of office and administrative support workers
Canva

- Increase in employment 2022-2023: +7.2% (170 employees)
--- Employment in 2023: 2,530
--- Employment in 2022: 2,360
--- Median annual salary in 2023: $130,150

#48. Pharmacists
sculpies // Shutterstock

- Increase in employment 2022-2023: +7.4% (380 employees)
--- Employment in 2023: 5,490
--- Employment in 2022: 5,110
--- Median annual salary in 2023: $77,150

#47. First-line supervisors of construction trades and extraction workers
Rawpixel.com // Shutterstock

- Increase in employment 2022-2023: +7.7% (350 employees)
--- Employment in 2023: 4,900
--- Employment in 2022: 4,550
--- Median annual salary in 2023: $27,190

#46. Maids and housekeeping cleaners
pio3 // Shutterstock

- Increase in employment 2022-2023: +7.8% (250 employees)
--- Employment in 2023: 3,440
--- Employment in 2022: 3,190
--- Median annual salary in 2023: $50,560

#45. Police and sheriff's patrol officers
Canva

- Increase in employment 2022-2023: +8.0% (130 employees)
--- Employment in 2023: 1,760
--- Employment in 2022: 1,630
--- Median annual salary in 2023: $25,230

#44. Dishwashers
Roman Samborskyi // Shutterstock

- Increase in employment 2022-2023: +8.0% (140 employees)
--- Employment in 2023: 1,890
--- Employment in 2022: 1,750
--- Median annual salary in 2023: $81,380

#43. Software developers
Andrey_Popov // Shutterstock

- Increase in employment 2022-2023: +8.9% (110 employees)
--- Employment in 2023: 1,350
--- Employment in 2022: 1,240
--- Median annual salary in 2023: $50,270

#42. Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters
Jacob Lund // Shutterstock

- Increase in employment 2022-2023: +9.2% (140 employees)
--- Employment in 2023: 1,670
--- Employment in 2022: 1,530
--- Median annual salary in 2023: $81,320

#41. Project management specialists
4 PM production // Shutterstock

- Increase in employment 2022-2023: +9.3% (330 employees)
--- Employment in 2023: 3,880
--- Employment in 2022: 3,550
--- Median annual salary in 2023: $66,020

#40. First-line supervisors of mechanics, installers, and repairers
Milkovasa // Shutterstock

- Increase in employment 2022-2023: +10.2% (380 employees)
--- Employment in 2023: 4,120
--- Employment in 2022: 3,740
--- Median annual salary in 2023: $34,340

#39. Medical assistants
Pressmaster // Shutterstock

- Increase in employment 2022-2023: +10.5% (130 employees)
--- Employment in 2023: 1,370
--- Employment in 2022: 1,240
--- Median annual salary in 2023: $49,610

#38. Market research analysts and marketing specialists
Dragon Images // Shutterstock

- Increase in employment 2022-2023: +10.8% (170 employees)
--- Employment in 2023: 1,740
--- Employment in 2022: 1,570
--- Median annual salary in 2023: $22,880

#37. Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop
Andrey_Popov // Shutterstock

- Increase in employment 2022-2023: +11.4% (230 employees)
--- Employment in 2023: 2,250
--- Employment in 2022: 2,020
--- Median annual salary in 2023: $37,090

#36. Billing and posting clerks
Avatar_023 // Shutterstock

- Increase in employment 2022-2023: +11.4% (120 employees)
--- Employment in 2023: 1,170
--- Employment in 2022: 1,050
--- Median annual salary in 2023: $43,260

#35. Water and wastewater treatment plant and system operators
Canva

- Increase in employment 2022-2023: +11.6% (310 employees)
--- Employment in 2023: 2,980
--- Employment in 2022: 2,670
--- Median annual salary in 2023: $27,510

#34. Food preparation workers
Canva

- Increase in employment 2022-2023: +12.5% (840 employees)
--- Employment in 2023: 7,580
--- Employment in 2022: 6,740
--- Median annual salary in 2023: $38,140

#33. Construction laborers
anyaivanova // Shutterstock

- Increase in employment 2022-2023: +12.5% (210 employees)
--- Employment in 2023: 1,890
--- Employment in 2022: 1,680
--- Median annual salary in 2023: $57,900

#32. Clinical laboratory technologists and technicians
Nicola Forenza // Shutterstock

- Increase in employment 2022-2023: +13.0% (170 employees)
--- Employment in 2023: 1,480
--- Employment in 2022: 1,310
--- Median annual salary in 2023: $43,360

#31. Legal secretaries and administrative assistants
Monkey Business Images // Shutterstock

- Increase in employment 2022-2023: +13.4% (220 employees)
--- Employment in 2023: 1,860
--- Employment in 2022: 1,640
--- Median annual salary in 2023: $108,830

#30. Nurse practitioners
Canva

- Increase in employment 2022-2023: +15.1% (2,600 employees)
--- Employment in 2023: 19,790
--- Employment in 2022: 17,190
--- Median annual salary in 2023: $25,660

#29. Home health and personal care aides
Pressmaster // Shutterstock

- Increase in employment 2022-2023: +15.2% (160 employees)
--- Employment in 2023: 1,210
--- Employment in 2022: 1,050
--- Median annual salary in 2023: $27,400

#28. Animal caretakers
Frame Stock Footage // Shutterstock

- Increase in employment 2022-2023: +15.6% (150 employees)
--- Employment in 2023: 1,110
--- Employment in 2022: 960
--- Median annual salary in 2023: $145,420

#27. Computer and information systems managers
comzeal images // Shutterstock

- Increase in employment 2022-2023: +16.5% (150 employees)
--- Employment in 2023: 1,060
--- Employment in 2022: 910
--- Median annual salary in 2023: $51,920

#26. Loan officers
David Spates // Shutterstock

- Increase in employment 2022-2023: +16.9% (280 employees)
--- Employment in 2023: 1,940
--- Employment in 2022: 1,660
--- Median annual salary in 2023: $46,080

#25. Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers
Jacob Lund // Shutterstock

- Increase in employment 2022-2023: +16.9% (380 employees)
--- Employment in 2023: 2,630
--- Employment in 2022: 2,250
--- Median annual salary in 2023: $110,150

#24. Managers, all other
welcomia // Shutterstock

- Increase in employment 2022-2023: +17.5% (330 employees)
--- Employment in 2023: 2,220
--- Employment in 2022: 1,890
--- Median annual salary in 2023: $53,310

#23. Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines
Rawpixel.com // Shutterstock

- Increase in employment 2022-2023: +18.0% (250 employees)
--- Employment in 2023: 1,640
--- Employment in 2022: 1,390
--- Median annual salary in 2023: $44,140

#22. Substance abuse, behavioral disorder, and mental health counselors
Gorodenkoff // Shutterstock

- Increase in employment 2022-2023: +18.8% (740 employees)
--- Employment in 2023: 4,670
--- Employment in 2022: 3,930
--- Median annual salary in 2023: $47,430

#21. Substitute teachers, short-term
Fusionstudio // Shutterstock

- Increase in employment 2022-2023: +20.1% (430 employees)
--- Employment in 2023: 2,570
--- Employment in 2022: 2,140
--- Median annual salary in 2023: $37,160

#20. Shipping, receiving, and inventory clerks
VH-studio // Shutterstock

- Increase in employment 2022-2023: +22.0% (240 employees)
--- Employment in 2023: 1,330
--- Employment in 2022: 1,090
--- Median annual salary in 2023: $50,630

#19. Educational, guidance, and career counselors and advisors
B Brown // Shutterstock

- Increase in employment 2022-2023: +22.1% (850 employees)
--- Employment in 2023: 4,690
--- Employment in 2022: 3,840
--- Median annual salary in 2023: $57,770

#18. Secondary school teachers, except special and career/technical education
Kzenon // Shutterstock

- Increase in employment 2022-2023: +23.7% (280 employees)
--- Employment in 2023: 1,460
--- Employment in 2022: 1,180
--- Median annual salary in 2023: $58,800

#17. Training and development specialists
Alena Veasey // Shutterstock

- Increase in employment 2022-2023: +26.1% (3,060 employees)
--- Employment in 2023: 14,770
--- Employment in 2022: 11,710
--- Median annual salary in 2023: $22,270

#16. Cooks, fast food
Gorodenkoff // Shutterstock

- Increase in employment 2022-2023: +27.0% (270 employees)
--- Employment in 2023: 1,270
--- Employment in 2022: 1,000
--- Median annual salary in 2023: $45,780

#15. Paramedics
Canva

- Increase in employment 2022-2023: +28.6% (260 employees)
--- Employment in 2023: 1,170
--- Employment in 2022: 910
--- Median annual salary in 2023: $72,430

#14. Continuous mining machine operators
Canva

- Increase in employment 2022-2023: +29.8% (940 employees)
--- Employment in 2023: 4,090
--- Employment in 2022: 3,150
--- Median annual salary in 2023: $29,010

#13. Landscaping and groundskeeping workers
LaKirr // Shutterstock

- Increase in employment 2022-2023: +29.9% (230 employees)
--- Employment in 2023: 1,000
--- Employment in 2022: 770
--- Median annual salary in 2023: $62,290

#11. Extraction workers, all other
Canva

- Increase in employment 2022-2023: +29.9% (230 employees)
--- Employment in 2023: 1,000
--- Employment in 2022: 770
--- Median annual salary in 2023: $32,290

#11. Refuse and recyclable material collectors
Kitawit Jitaton // Shutterstock

- Increase in employment 2022-2023: +34.0% (330 employees)
--- Employment in 2023: 1,300
--- Employment in 2022: 970
--- Median annual salary in 2023: $80,810

#10. Telecommunications line installers and repairers
N.Z.Photography // Shutterstock

- Increase in employment 2022-2023: +35.6% (890 employees)
--- Employment in 2023: 3,390
--- Employment in 2022: 2,500
--- Median annual salary in 2023: $104,920

#9. Computer occupations, all other
Monkey Business Images // Shutterstock

- Increase in employment 2022-2023: +39.1% (540 employees)
--- Employment in 2023: 1,920
--- Employment in 2022: 1,380
--- Median annual salary in 2023: $30,820

#8. Interviewers, except eligibility and loan
LightField Studios // Shutterstock

- Increase in employment 2022-2023: +40.0% (420 employees)
--- Employment in 2023: 1,470
--- Employment in 2022: 1,050
--- Median annual salary in 2023: $30,760

#7. Emergency medical technicians
Vasin Lee // Shutterstock

- Increase in employment 2022-2023: +40.3% (310 employees)
--- Employment in 2023: 1,080
--- Employment in 2022: 770
--- Median annual salary in 2023: $28,640

#6. Residential advisors
Lee Charlie // Shutterstock

- Increase in employment 2022-2023: +43.0% (460 employees)
--- Employment in 2023: 1,530
--- Employment in 2022: 1,070
--- Median annual salary in 2023: $36,070

#5. Court, municipal, and license clerks
Monkey Business Images // Shutterstock

- Increase in employment 2022-2023: +47.2% (500 employees)
--- Employment in 2023: 1,560
--- Employment in 2022: 1,060
--- Median annual salary in 2023: $60,330

#4. Claims adjusters, examiners, and investigators
Canva

- Increase in employment 2022-2023: +63.0% (460 employees)
--- Employment in 2023: 1,190
--- Employment in 2022: 730
--- Median annual salary in 2023: $98,090

#3. Computer systems analysts
Gorodenkoff // Shutterstock

- Increase in employment 2022-2023: +139.3% (2,730 employees)
--- Employment in 2023: 4,690
--- Employment in 2022: 1,960
--- Median annual salary in 2023: $35,910

#2. Miscellaneous assemblers and fabricators
Canva

- Increase in employment 2022-2023: +144.4% (910 employees)
--- Employment in 2023: 1,540
--- Employment in 2022: 630
--- Median annual salary in 2023: $64,970

This story features data reporting and writing by Wade Zhou and is part of a series utilizing data automation across 50 states.

#1. Loading and moving machine operators, underground mining
Stacker // Canva