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West Virginia Metropolitan Areas Wages
Region
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Average
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Entry Level
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Experienced
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Washington-Arlington-Alexandria DC-VA-MD-WV
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$75,040 or $36.08/hr
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$50,920 or $24.48/hr
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$129,360 or $62.19/hr
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West Virginia's Employment and Outlook (State-wide)
Outlook
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Increasing Growth rate is estimated to be 21%
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Job Openings
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16 estimated annual job openings
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Employment
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130 were employed in this occupation
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Regions with increasing outlook (over 20% growth rate expected)
Region
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Employment
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Projected Growth Rate
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Annual Openings (growth)
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Annual Openings (replacement)
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Annual Openings
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Workforce Investment Area 2
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39
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21%
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1
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5
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6
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National Earnings
Note: variations in salaries reflect differences in size of firm, location, level of education and professional credentials.
Where do these numbers come from?
National Employment and Outlook
Outlook
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stable
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The employment change from 2021 to 2031 is estimated to be +14%.
(The National average for all occupations is +5%)
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Job Openings
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very small number
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Less than 1000 average annual openings are expected for this occupation between 2021 and 2031.
(The National Average for all occupations is 1,757 openings)
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Employment
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small occupation
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This was a small occupation in the United States, employing 65,300 workers in 2021.
(The National average for all occupations is 142,207 workers)
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Growth
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Much faster than average growth
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Growth is expected due to the increasing use of integrated care, which is a treatment of multiple problems at one time by a group of specialists. In providing integrated care, marriage and family therapists are working with counselors such as substance abuse, behavior disorder, or mental health counselors, to address patients' issues as a team.
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Industries
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Large concentrations of this occupation are found in these industries
- Health care and social assistance (NAICS620000) (73.8%)
- Ambulatory health care services (NAICS621000) (36.3%)
- Social assistance (NAICS624000) (31.1%)
- Individual and family services (NAICS624100) (29.1%)
- Offices of other health practitioners (NAICS621300) (24.1%)
- Offices of mental health practitioners (except physicians) (NAICS621330) (18.4%)
- Self-employed workers (12.5%)
- Outpatient care centers (NAICS621400) (10.7%)
- Outpatient mental health and substance abuse centers (NAICS621420) (8.6%)
- State government, excluding education and hospitals (6.8%)
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