Full-service restaurants in West Virginia 1,248 establishments · 22,026 employees · 2024
Firms (WV)
1,248
Employment
22,026
Avg Annual Pay
$22,719
State Rank
#43 of 52
How West Virginia compares to national
Metric
West Virginia
National
West Virginia vs. U.S.
Establishments
1,248
265,872
0.5% of U.S. total
Avg annual pay
$22,719
$30,527
-$7,808 (-25.6%)
Location quotient
0.92
1.00
8% less dense than national
Avg firm size (employees)
17.6
20.2
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Year-over-year firm growth
+3.0%
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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 0.92 means full-service restaurants are 8% 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 722511. 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