Logan County, WV jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Logan County’s unemployment rate is 4.9%. No layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 1 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Logan County economy

4.9%
unemployment, Sep 2026
5.1% the month before
11,764
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
31,826
people in Logan County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$47,237
median household income
Source: Census ACS
35%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Logan County outlook: Steady

Built from public Bureau of Labor Statistics and Census figures. It describes the area, not any one employer in it.

Private-sector jobs up 21.5% from 2022 to 2025
Population down 6.6% from 2020 to 2025
Unemployment 4.9%, down 0.2 points from a year ago
Sectors adding the most jobs: admin & staffing (+512 jobs)

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Logan County layoffs

No layoff notices naming Logan County in the last 12 months are on file. The WARN Act covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.

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Employers hiring most in Logan County

Employers with the most open professional roles in this county’s cities. The county is taken from each job’s city, so roles with no city are not counted.

Rollins1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Logan County. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.

Laid off in West Virginia? How to file for unemployment in West Virginia (steps, weekly amount and the appeal deadline).

South Western West Virginia Region Workforce Investment Board
Boone, Cabell, Lincoln, Logan, Mingo, Putnam, Wayne

WorkForce WV - Logan
Logan · Affiliate
Mon-Thur 8:30am - 5pm; Fri 9am-5pm

Cities in Logan County

Logan1 jobs

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Sources: Census Bureau and BLS (county unemployment is not seasonally adjusted); layoff notices from West Virginia’s published record; job counts from our live job board; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers. West Virginia unemployment benefits and severance rules.

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