Jobs that pay the biggest premium in Wheeling, WV-OH

Each occupation's median wage in Wheeling, WV-OH compared against the national median for the same occupation. Unlike a cost-of-living adjustment — which scales every job in a state by the same constant and so cannot change their order — this genuinely re-ranks, and it shows where Wheeling, WV-OH pays a real premium. Limited to occupations with at least 1,000 workers in the state.

Cost of living: prices in Wheeling, WV-OH run 11.7% below the national average (2024), so a Wheeling, WV-OH salary is worth about 1.13× its face value in national terms. That scales every wage here by the same factor — it changes what the numbers mean, not their order.

Local wage estimates are suppressed more often than state ones — BLS withholds any figure too few local employers report — so an occupation missing here simply has no published local estimate.

Wages: BLS OEWS, May 2025 · Cost of living: BEA regional price parities, 2024

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OccupationMedian, Wheeling, WV-OH · vs. national

1Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers$64,620
High school diploma or equivalent
$41,790 – $64,620+63.1%
2Conveyor Operators and Tenders$64,160
No formal educational credential
$39,400 – $68,050+51.2%
3Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$63,040
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,710 – $65,450+28.7%
4Coaches and Scouts$60,180
Bachelor's degree
$33,520 – $103,710+27.2%
5Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians$97,450
Associate's degree
$63,900 – $122,810+24.6%
6Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers$91,090
High school diploma or equivalent
$64,700 – $95,530+22.5%
7First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers$97,310
High school diploma or equivalent
$55,690 – $132,300+21.8%
8Physicians, All Other$321,820
Doctoral or professional degree
$159,390 – $516,720+21.0%
9Sheet Metal Workers$73,880
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,590 – $77,330+19.5%
10Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers$66,680
No formal educational credential
$46,760 – $77,700+16.9%
11Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other$91,420
Associate's degree
$50,610 – $98,610+16.7%
12Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers$67,870
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,030 – $101,040+15.7%
13Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers$108,060
High school diploma or equivalent
$60,940 – $119,090+13.4%
14Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door$82,960
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,000 – $95,330+11.6%
15Mining and Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Engineers$117,670
Bachelor's degree
$85,690 – $146,350+10.8%
16Extraction Workers, All Other$62,970
High school diploma or equivalent
$52,340 – $68,710+10.5%
17Occupational Health and Safety Specialists$98,440
Bachelor's degree
$48,830 – $133,230+9.2%
18Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders$47,190
High school diploma or equivalent
$36,090 – $58,810+9.2%
19Roustabouts, Oil and Gas$51,230
No formal educational credential
$33,090 – $62,870+9.1%
20Loading and Moving Machine Operators, Underground Mining$81,100
No formal educational credential
$65,040 – $84,890+8.9%
21Roofers$60,230
No formal educational credential
$41,000 – $69,820+8.6%
22Substitute Teachers, Short-Term$44,880
Bachelor's degree
$29,480 – $71,090+7.7%
23Continuous Mining Machine Operators$66,300
No formal educational credential
$59,840 – $86,130+7.3%
24First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers$85,240
High school diploma or equivalent
$45,360 – $124,890+6.7%
25Electricians$66,970
High school diploma or equivalent
$44,220 – $95,430+6.0%
26Service Unit Operators, Oil and Gas$61,570
No formal educational credential
$39,380 – $88,530+5.9%
27Speech-Language Pathologists$101,750
Master's degree
$62,630 – $128,740+4.0%
28Painters, Construction and Maintenance$51,200
No formal educational credential
$33,050 – $65,500+3.6%
29Surveying and Mapping Technicians$55,430
High school diploma or equivalent
$29,310 – $75,850+2.2%
30Correctional Officers and Jailers$59,240
High school diploma or equivalent
$49,480 – $68,060+0.5%
31Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$64,060
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,450 – $92,980+0.4%
32Occupational Therapists$100,680
Master's degree
$63,390 – $124,040+0.3%
33Machinists$58,780
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,270 – $72,060+0.1%
34Engineers, All Other$122,470
Bachelor's degree
$76,440 – $167,380-0.4%
35Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians$62,610
Bachelor's degree
$36,500 – $81,840-0.5%
36Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$49,940
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,140 – $73,120-0.8%
37Industrial Machinery Mechanics$63,970
High school diploma or equivalent
$46,420 – $96,150-0.9%
38Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines$64,460
High school diploma or equivalent
$47,250 – $90,340-1.6%
39Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers$57,590
Postsecondary nondegree award
$42,360 – $69,720-1.8%
40Physical Therapists$100,920
Doctoral or professional degree
$76,870 – $130,300-1.8%
41Information and Record Clerks, All Other$48,440
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,170 – $64,070-2.1%
42Postal Service Mail Carriers$59,160
No formal educational credential
$42,390 – $81,040-2.3%
43Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$58,250
High school diploma or equivalent
$39,020 – $92,420-2.7%
44Nurse Practitioners$128,640
Master's degree
$99,910 – $154,080-2.8%
45Construction Laborers$45,800
No formal educational credential
$33,540 – $71,020-2.8%
46Packers and Packagers, Hand$35,250
No formal educational credential
$28,570 – $59,210-2.8%
47Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School$64,400
Bachelor's degree
$52,330 – $72,810-2.8%
48Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education$60,880
Bachelor's degree
$46,640 – $81,250-2.9%
49Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other$48,760
Postsecondary nondegree award
$35,520 – $70,810-3.0%
50Maintenance Workers, Machinery$58,650
High school diploma or equivalent
$38,520 – $78,320-3.6%

Bars run from the 10th to the 90th percentile; the middle half is shaded darker, and the tick is the median.

#	Occupation	MedianWheeling, WV-OH	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	vs. national
1	Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,620	$41,790 – $64,620	+63.1%
2	Conveyor Operators and TendersNo formal educational credential	$64,160	$39,400 – $68,050	+51.2%
3	Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,040	$47,710 – $65,450	+28.7%
4	Coaches and ScoutsBachelor's degree	$60,180	$33,520 – $103,710	+27.2%
5	Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and TechniciansAssociate's degree	$97,450	$63,900 – $122,810	+24.6%
6	Telecommunications Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$91,090	$64,700 – $95,530	+22.5%
7	First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$97,310	$55,690 – $132,300	+21.8%
8	Physicians, All OtherDoctoral or professional degree	$321,820	$159,390 – $516,720	+21.0%
9	Sheet Metal WorkersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$73,880	$39,590 – $77,330	+19.5%
10	Cement Masons and Concrete FinishersNo formal educational credential	$66,680	$46,760 – $77,700	+16.9%
11	Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All OtherAssociate's degree	$91,420	$50,610 – $98,610	+16.7%
12	Title Examiners, Abstractors, and SearchersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$67,870	$46,030 – $101,040	+15.7%
13	Electrical Power-Line Installers and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$108,060	$60,940 – $119,090	+13.4%
14	Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical DoorHigh school diploma or equivalent	$82,960	$45,000 – $95,330	+11.6%
15	Mining and Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety EngineersBachelor's degree	$117,670	$85,690 – $146,350	+10.8%
16	Extraction Workers, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$62,970	$52,340 – $68,710	+10.5%
17	Occupational Health and Safety SpecialistsBachelor's degree	$98,440	$48,830 – $133,230	+9.2%
18	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and TendersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$47,190	$36,090 – $58,810	+9.2%
19	Roustabouts, Oil and GasNo formal educational credential	$51,230	$33,090 – $62,870	+9.1%
20	Loading and Moving Machine Operators, Underground MiningNo formal educational credential	$81,100	$65,040 – $84,890	+8.9%
21	RoofersNo formal educational credential	$60,230	$41,000 – $69,820	+8.6%
22	Substitute Teachers, Short-TermBachelor's degree	$44,880	$29,480 – $71,090	+7.7%
23	Continuous Mining Machine OperatorsNo formal educational credential	$66,300	$59,840 – $86,130	+7.3%
24	First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and RepairersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$85,240	$45,360 – $124,890	+6.7%
25	ElectriciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$66,970	$44,220 – $95,430	+6.0%
26	Service Unit Operators, Oil and GasNo formal educational credential	$61,570	$39,380 – $88,530	+5.9%
27	Speech-Language PathologistsMaster's degree	$101,750	$62,630 – $128,740	+4.0%
28	Painters, Construction and MaintenanceNo formal educational credential	$51,200	$33,050 – $65,500	+3.6%
29	Surveying and Mapping TechniciansHigh school diploma or equivalent	$55,430	$29,310 – $75,850	+2.2%
30	Correctional Officers and JailersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$59,240	$49,480 – $68,060	+0.5%
31	Plumbers, Pipefitters, and SteamfittersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,060	$39,450 – $92,980	+0.4%
32	Occupational TherapistsMaster's degree	$100,680	$63,390 – $124,040	+0.3%
33	MachinistsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,780	$38,270 – $72,060	+0.1%
34	Engineers, All OtherBachelor's degree	$122,470	$76,440 – $167,380	-0.4%
35	Clinical Laboratory Technologists and TechniciansBachelor's degree	$62,610	$36,500 – $81,840	-0.5%
36	Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and AmbulanceHigh school diploma or equivalent	$49,940	$30,140 – $73,120	-0.8%
37	Industrial Machinery MechanicsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$63,970	$46,420 – $96,150	-0.9%
38	Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except EnginesHigh school diploma or equivalent	$64,460	$47,250 – $90,340	-1.6%
39	Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck DriversPostsecondary nondegree award	$57,590	$42,360 – $69,720	-1.8%
40	Physical TherapistsDoctoral or professional degree	$100,920	$76,870 – $130,300	-1.8%
41	Information and Record Clerks, All OtherHigh school diploma or equivalent	$48,440	$30,170 – $64,070	-2.1%
42	Postal Service Mail CarriersNo formal educational credential	$59,160	$42,390 – $81,040	-2.3%
43	Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment OperatorsHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,250	$39,020 – $92,420	-2.7%
44	Nurse PractitionersMaster's degree	$128,640	$99,910 – $154,080	-2.8%
45	Construction LaborersNo formal educational credential	$45,800	$33,540 – $71,020	-2.8%
46	Packers and Packagers, HandNo formal educational credential	$35,250	$28,570 – $59,210	-2.8%
47	Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary SchoolBachelor's degree	$64,400	$52,330 – $72,810	-2.8%
48	Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special EducationBachelor's degree	$60,880	$46,640 – $81,250	-2.9%
49	Health Technologists and Technicians, All OtherPostsecondary nondegree award	$48,760	$35,520 – $70,810	-3.0%
50	Maintenance Workers, MachineryHigh school diploma or equivalent	$58,650	$38,520 – $78,320	-3.6%

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