Monongalia County, WV jobs, unemployment and layoffs
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Show me jobs near meMonongalia County economy
2.8%
unemployment, Sep 2026
3.5% the month before
57,558
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
106,520
people in Monongalia County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$62,704
median household income
Source: Census ACS
52%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS
Monongalia County outlook: Building
Built from public Bureau of Labor Statistics and Census figures. It describes the area, not any one employer in it.
- Private-sector jobs up 6.6% from 2022 to 2025
- Population up 2.0% from 2020 to 2025
- Unemployment 2.8%, down 0.7 points from a year ago
- Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+2,661 jobs), construction (+301 jobs)
- Sectors losing the most jobs: manufacturing (−635 jobs)
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Monongalia County layoffs
No layoff notices naming Monongalia 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.
Employers hiring most in Monongalia 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.
- WVU Medicine4 open roles
- Cintas3 open roles
- Encompass Health3 open roles
- Langan3 open roles
- WVU Medicine Golisano Children's3 open roles
- Ascensionrs2 open roles
- PADO AI Orchestration2 open roles
- United Bank2 open roles
- 5 Star Global Recruitment Partners1 open role
- Alvest1 open role
Largest employers headquartered in Monongalia County
- West Virginia University5,001–20,000 employees
Employee counts with a year are published figures (Wikidata). Other sizes are estimates from our company directory, not payroll counts.
Colleges in Monongalia County
| College | City | Type | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Virginia University | Morgantown | Public 4-year | 20,000+ |
Workforce development and job centers
The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Monongalia 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).
- Region VI Workforce Investment Board
Barbour, Braxton, Doddridge, Gilmer, Harrison, Lewis, Marion, Monongalia, Preston, Randolph, Taylor, Tucker, Upshur
WorkForce WV - Morgantown
Morgantown · Comprehensive
Mon-Thurs. 8:30 am-5:00 pm; Fri 9:00 am- 5:00 pm
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See your options after a layoffSources: 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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