State profile
West Virginia
United States · GDP 2025
#43 of 51 US states by GDPbottom-decile growth
EA Place Score
——methodology in progress
GDP 2025 (USD)
$109.3B
BEA · 2025
GDP growth (YoY)
+2.6%
BEA · 2025
Jobs tracked
551,240
Census CBP · 2023
Employers
35,839
Census CBP · 2023
Avg. wage
$56.0k
BLS QCEW · 2023
Population
1,792,967
Census PEP · 2022
West Virginia · GDP by county
BEA 2025 · hover or taplower
higher · USD
Counties
top 24 by GDP · BEA 2024Kanawha$14.4BMonongalia$9.4BCabell$6.7BBerkeley$6.1BHarrison$6.0BOhio$5.1BWood$4.7BRaleigh$4.5BPutnam$3.8BMarshall$3.7BMarion$3.0BJefferson$3.0BMercer$2.3BLogan$2.1BFayette$1.6BTyler$1.5BGreenbrier$1.5BWetzel$1.4BWayne$1.3BBrooke$1.3BHancock$1.2BRandolph$1.1BMason$1.1BBoone$1.1B
See all counties in West Virginia →Public companies headquartered here
SEC EDGAR · FMPCompanySectorRevenueEA
1American Public Education, Inc.Consumer Defensive$648.9M72B2Energy Services of America CorporationIndustrials$411.0M59C3Infinity Natural Resources, Inc.Energy$350.4M47D4United Bankshares, Inc.Financial Services$312.0M56C5Main Street Financial Services Corp.Financial Services$87.2M56C6City Holding CompanyFinancial Services$74.3M68B7Champion Industries IncIndustrials$61.3M——8Citizens Financial Corp.Financial Services$44.3M54D9CNB Financial Services, Inc.Financial Services$38.9M48D10Highlands Bankshares, Inc.Financial Services$37.3M54D11MCNB Banks, Inc.Financial Services$20.7M45D12Beaver Coal Company, LimitedReal Estate$7.8M71B13Surya Oil and Gas Corp.Energy$6.1M40D14MVB Financial Corp.Financial Services$3.4M44D15Osceola Gold, Inc.Basic Materials———16WesBanco, Inc.Financial Services———17Kronos Advanced Technologies Inc.Industrials———18Potomac Bancshares, Inc.Financial Services———19JSB Financial Inc.Financial Services———HQ-based placement with total (global) headcount — local employment attribution needs firmographic data; the industry mix at right is measured county data (CBP).
Industry mix · employment
Health care36%
Retail trade20%
Food & accommodation17%
Manufacturing13%
Construction7%
Admin & support7%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
GDP trend
2021–2025 · nominal
$87.2B2021
$98.8B2022
$101.5B2023
$106.5B2024
$109.3B2025
Filing activity
SEC EDGAR11 filings from 3 companies here in the last 90 days.
Wage trend
BLS QCEW · 2019–2023$56.0k
avg. annual pay · +20% since 2019
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What is the GDP of West Virginia?
West Virginia's economy produced $109.3B in 2025, growing 2.6% year over year — among the slowest-growing US states. Its largest employment sector is health care.
GDP: BEA (2025), USD-normalized · Jobs/employers/wages & industry mix: Census CBP (2023) · Population & migration: Census PEP · Income: BEA CAINC1 · Companies: SEC EDGAR + FMP, by HQ.