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The career you’re seeking can determine what scholarships you may qualify for and the likelihood of securing a job after graduating. To help you understand what opportunities are out there we have done the research to find exactly what field is hiring, and how much they are willing to pay in order to fill that position.
Unique To West Virginia
Top Three Positions Based Off Of Hiring
| Job Title: | Registered nurses | Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food | Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants |
| Salary: | $47963 | $13218 | $18540 |
| # of Open Positions: | 12260 | 11610 | 7990 |
| Competition*: | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.8 |
Top Six Positions Based Off Of Salary
| Job Title: | Surgeons | Internists, general | Family and general practitioners |
| Salary: | $182690 | $168836 | $148917 |
| # of Open Positions: | 230 | 180 | 500 |
| Competition*: | 2 | 1.7 | 1.6 |
| Job Title: | Chemical engineers | Medical and health services managers | Education administrators, elementary and secondary school |
| Salary: | $78880 | $63287 | $60308 |
| # of Open Positions: | 190 | 1230 | 240 |
| Competition*: | 2.5 | 1.6 | 1.7 |
*Competition: = This row tells us which jobs are more common in Arizona, relative to the state population, compared to their popularity in every other US states. A Local Popularity Index of 1.0 matches the average across all US states; higher and lower percentages indicate the job is proportionally more or less popular here.
West Virginia Nationwide Stats
Top Three Positions Based Off Of Hiring
| Job Title: | Retail salespersons | Cashiers | Registered nurses |
| Salary: | $18760 | $14338 | $47963 |
| # of Open Positions: | 17140 | 16060 | 12260 |
| Competition*: | 1.1 | 1.4 | 1.5 |
Top Six Positions Based Off Of Salary
| Job Title: | Chief executives | Lawyers | Pharmacists |
| Salary: | $113205 | $91353 | $90143 |
| # of Open Positions: | 1160 | 1670 | 1130 |
| Competition*: | 1 | 0.8 | 1.4 |
| Job Title: | General and operations managers | Financial managers | Medical and health services managers |
| Salary: | $72445 | $65986 | $63287 |
| # of Open Positions: | 5590 | 1390 | 1230 |
| Competition*: | 1 | 0.8 | 1.6 |
*Competition: = Unlike the Unique To West Virginia table above, which shows where jobs in West Virginia are unusually common compared to other states, the West Virginia Nationwide Stats table lists jobs which are the most common in raw numbers in the state.