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West Virginia / McDowell County

How's McDowell County?

One question about McDowell County, West Virginia, each answered from public data, with the method and the raw numbers one click away. More topics for this place are on the way.

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McDowell County year by year

Yearly figures for every US county, latest complete year 2025:wages and jobs from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Jobs and pay

IndicatorLatest1 yr5 yr10 yrAmong countiesTrend
Average weekly wage2025 · jobs covered by unemployment insurance, before tax, not adjusted for inflation$1,094+1.5%+22.1%+42.4%2nd quartile1,136 of 3,221 counties in 2025 · 24 of 55 in West Virginia
Jobs located here2025 · by where the job is, not where the worker lives3.7K jobs−5.0%−4.9%−22.1%3rd quartile2,272 of 3,221 counties in 2025 · 37 of 55 in West Virginia

2 indicators. Change is a percent change for totals and levels, and a difference in points or units for rates and shares. "Among counties" ranks McDowell County against every US county with a figure for the same year (1 is the highest value, which is not always the best). In the strip each tick is one of them, the dot is McDowell County and the taller gray tick is the United States as a whole, where there is a national figure. A year is shown only once it is complete. Each indicator's page ranks every state.