Wood County, WV jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Wood County’s unemployment rate is 3.6%. No layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 7 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Wood County economy

3.6%
unemployment, Sep 2026
4.0% the month before
35,584
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
83,829
people in Wood County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$56,193
median household income
Source: Census ACS
35%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Wood 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 3.6% from 2022 to 2025
Population down 2.1% from 2020 to 2025
Unemployment 3.6%, down 0.4 points from a year ago
Sectors adding the most jobs: health care (+654 jobs)

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Wood County layoffs

No layoff notices naming Wood 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.

All layoff notices in the state

Employers hiring most in Wood 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.

Applied Industrial Technologies1 open role
Aspen Careers1 open role
Bureau of the Fiscal Service1 open role
Cintas1 open role
Highmark1 open role
Klie Law Offices1 open role
Texas Roadhouse1 open role

Colleges in Wood County

Colleges in Wood County
College	City	Type	Students
West Virginia University at Parkersburg	Parkersburg	Public 4-year	1,000–4,999

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Wood 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).

Workforce Development Board Mid-Ohio Valley
Calhoun, Clay, Jackson, Mason, Pleasants, Ritchie, Roane, Wirt, Wood

WorkForce WV - Parkersburg
Parkersburg · Comprehensive
8:30am - 5:00pm Mon-Thur; 9am-5pm Fri (Closed daily from Noon-1pm for lunch)

Cities in Wood County

Parkersburg7 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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