According to WorkForce West Virginia, the top 10 employers in Webster County at the end of 2015 were:
1. Webster County Board of Education
2. Brooks Run Mining Company*
3. Webster County Memorial Hospital
4. J.C. Hamer Company
5. Cogar Enterprises
6. Seneca Health Services
7. Allegheny Wood Products
8. Northwest Hardwoods
9. Webster Nursing & Rehabilitation Services
10. Webster County Senior Citizens
*Brooks Run Mining Company has since shut down
As a State, West Virginia is the only state in the United States where less than half of its adult population works. The statewide unemployment rate in March, 2016 was 7.2%; Webster County's unemployment rate was 8.4%. West Virginia has 17.4% of its population on disability benefits, compared to about 10% nationwide.
Full statistics at: http://lmi.workforcewv.org/DataRelease/CountyRelease.html
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