Offices of lawyers in West Virginia 914 establishments · 4,242 employees · 2024
Firms (WV)
914
Employment
4,242
Avg Annual Pay
$77,529
State Rank
#40 of 52
How West Virginia compares to national
Metric
West Virginia
National
West Virginia vs. U.S.
Establishments
914
189,717
0.5% of U.S. total
Avg annual pay
$77,529
$136,372
-$58,843 (-43.1%)
Location quotient
0.95
1.00
5% less dense than national
Avg firm size (employees)
4.6
5.8
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Year-over-year firm growth
+1.8%
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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 0.95 means offices of lawyers are 5% under-represented in West Virginia's business mix relative to the U.S. average.
Source. BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages — 2024 annual averages, private-ownership only, NAICS 541110. 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