West Virginia workforce development boards and American Job Centers

West Virginia at a glance

• 3.5%

  unemployment, Sep 2026

  Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics, counties summed

• 10

  Layoff notices, last 12 months

  naming 568 workers

• 18

  American Job Centers

• 21

  colleges in the IPEDS directory

  public and private nonprofit

See every West Virginia layoff notice

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

Workforce boards

• Northern Panhandle Workforce Development Board

  Brooke, Hancock, Marshall, Ohio, Tyler, Wetzel

• Region 1 Workforce Development Board

  Fayette, Greenbrier, McDowell, Mercer, Monroe, Nicholas, Pocahontas, Raleigh, Summers, Webster, Wyoming

• Region III Workforce Development Board of Kanawha County, Inc.

  Kanawha

• Region VI Workforce Investment Board

  Barbour, Braxton, Doddridge, Gilmer, Harrison, Lewis, Marion, Monongalia, Preston, Randolph, Taylor, Tucker, Upshur

• South Western West Virginia Region Workforce Investment Board

  Boone, Cabell, Lincoln, Logan, Mingo, Putnam, Wayne

• West Virginia Region 7 Workforce Development Board

  Berkeley, Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Jefferson, Mineral, Morgan, Pendleton

• Workforce Development Board Mid-Ohio Valley

  Calhoun, Clay, Jackson, Mason, Pleasants, Ritchie, Roane, Wirt, Wood

American Job Centers