How much do Roof Bolters, Mining make in Wheeling, WV-OH?

Percentile spread

For Roof Bolters, Mining, the published 10th percentile is $66,380 and the 90th percentile is $84,650. The difference is $18,270, which is 27.4% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $66,380 to the 75th at $83,050, covers $16,670.

The mean annual wage is $74,720, which sits above the median of $66,610. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Wheeling, WV-OH median is 15.2% lower than the national median of $78,540 for Roof Bolters, Mining. In 2024 national prices the local median is $75,416, which is 4% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 16.1% lower than the West Virginia median of $79,400.

Wheeling, WV-OH covers more than one state. The state comparison uses West Virginia, the primary state on the BLS area record.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Wheeling, WV-OH is 88.323, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $66,610 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Roof Bolters, Mining at $75,416 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

One other metropolitan area within 200 miles publishes a annual median for Roof Bolters, Mining. Wheeling, WV-OH ranks 2nd of 2 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Beckley, WV is 144 miles away, with a median of $77,920 and employment of 190. That median is 17% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $88,176, against $75,416 here.

Employment share

Roof Bolters, Mining accounts for 0.21% of wage-and-salary employment in Wheeling, WV-OH (120 of 58,130). Nationally the occupation is 0.00% of employment (2,160 of 155,495,730). The local share is 148.61 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.