Plumbing, heating & AC contractors in West Virginia 536 establishments · 3,992 employees · 2024
Firms (WV)
536
Employment
3,992
Avg Annual Pay
$64,697
State Rank
#42 of 52
How West Virginia compares to national
Metric
West Virginia
National
West Virginia vs. U.S.
Establishments
536
122,643
0.4% of U.S. total
Avg annual pay
$64,697
$78,183
-$13,486 (-17.2%)
Location quotient
0.86
1.00
14% less dense than national
Avg firm size (employees)
7.4
10.5
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Year-over-year firm growth
+1.9%
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An establishment is a single physical location where business is conducted. A firm with multiple locations counts as multiple establishments. "Avg pay" is wages and salaries per employee, including bonuses and tips — for proprietorships, the owner's take is largely outside this number. The location quotient (LQ) of 0.86 means plumbing, heating & ac contractors are 14% under-represented in West Virginia's business mix relative to the U.S. average.
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Source. BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages — 2024 annual averages, private-ownership only, NAICS 23822 (5-digit aggregation). Establishment counts include any firm with at least one paid employee covered by state unemployment insurance.
SMB Density · firm counts, employment, and wages by industry × state · data from BLS QCEW 2024 annual (private ownership, state-level; mostly 6-digit NAICS, 3 specialty-trade industries at 5-digit aggregation) · data.json