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IT Manager Salary in West Virginia (2026)

The average IT Manager in West Virginia earns around $185,000/year. After taxes, your estimated take-home is $129,985/year ($10,832/month).

Take-Home Pay Breakdown

CategoryAmount
Annual Take-Home Pay
$129,985
Monthly Take-Home Pay
$10,832
Biweekly Take-Home Pay
$4,999
Hourly Take-Home Pay

based on 2,080 hrs/year

$62/hr
Federal Tax
$33,134
State Tax
$7,759
FICA Taxes
$14,122
Effective Tax Rate

total taxes ÷ gross salary

29.74%
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IT Manager Salary Ranges in West Virginia

Entry Level (0–3 yrs)

$145,000

/year

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Mid Level (3–7 yrs)

$185,000

/year

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Senior Level (7+ yrs)

$325,000

/year

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Not all IT Managers earn the same — not even close

West Virginia's IT manager market is anchored by WVU Medicine IT Morgantown (the largest WV health system + only WV academic medical IT + Epic + clinical informatics + medical device + telehealth), FBI CJIS Division Clarksburg cleared IT (~3K cleared federal civilian + contractor workforce), NIOSH Morgantown federal research IT, NETL Morgantown DOE national lab IT, IRS Martinsburg Computing Center federal IT (~1.5K IRS federal civilian + contractor managing IRS production data centers), WesBanco HQ Wheeling regional banking IT, Viatris Morgantown pharma manufacturing IT legacy, Toyota Motor Manufacturing WV Buffalo plant IT, plus WVU + Marshall + WV State academic IT.

Senior IT Director (WVU Medicine / WesBanco / FBI CJIS)

$135,000–$235,000+ TC

Senior IT leadership at WV major employers · multi-team + multi-program

Senior IT Manager (Healthcare / Epic)

$115,000–$172,000

WVU Medicine + CAMC + Cabell Huntington + Marshall Health · Epic + clinical IT + medical device

Senior IT Manager (Cleared / FBI CJIS / NETL)

$118,000–$185,000

FBI CJIS + NETL + NIOSH + IRS Martinsburg · cleared federal IT + TS/SCI premium

Senior IT Manager (Banking)

$108,000–$162,000

WesBanco + United Bank + Summit Community + Truist WV · core banking + payments + AML

Senior IT Manager (Manufacturing / Toyota)

$108,000–$162,000

Toyota Motor Manufacturing WV + Special Metals + Viatris · plant IT + ERP + MES

Senior IT Manager (Energy / Marcellus)

$115,000–$172,000

Diversified + Antero + EQT + Southwestern · Marcellus operations + SCADA + production IT

Senior IT Manager (Government / WV State)

$82,000–$128,000

WV Office of Technology + WV state government + WV state lottery · WV state IT modernization

Mid-Level IT Manager (3-6 yrs)

$78,000–$118,000

Functional IT manager at WV major employers · transitioning to senior band

Junior IT Project Lead (0-3 yrs)

$55,000–$78,000

WVU + Marshall + WV State + WV Tech pipeline · entry band · transitioning to manager track

Senior CIO / VP IT

$165,000–$305,000+ TC

CIO / VP IT at WV Fortune 1000 + major employers · executive band

Worth knowing: WVU Medicine IT Morgantown is the country's most distinctive concentrated US single-state academic medical IT operation HQ'd in WV and a feature most national IT manager surveys understate for WV. WVU Medicine (the largest WV health system + ~22K WV employees + the only WV academic medical center + WVU J.W. Ruby Memorial Hospital Morgantown ~700 beds + WVU Children's Hospital + WVU Cancer Institute + WVU Heart and Vascular Institute + WVU Eye Institute + WVU Camden Clark + WVU Reynolds Memorial + WVU Wheeling + WVU United Hospital Center + WVU St Joseph's + WVU Berkeley Medical Center + WVU Jefferson Medical Center + the substantial 23-hospital WV-NW-VA-W-MD multi-state network) operates one of the country's substantial US health system IT organizations HQ'd outside the major coastal metros. Senior WVU Medicine IT managers clear $115-172K. FBI CJIS Clarksburg substantial cleared federal IT + NCIC + IAFIS + NICS production IT. NETL Morgantown DOE national lab IT (the substantial CCUS + hydrogen + Marcellus shale research IT) + NIOSH Morgantown CDC research IT + IRS Martinsburg Computing Center (~1.5K IRS federal civilian + contractor + the substantial IRS Production Data Center managing IRS Master File + the substantial IRS taxpayer data processing) support substantial cleared federal IT at $118-185K + TS/SCI premium. WesBanco Wheeling (Fortune 1000 ~$18B assets + the largest WV-HQ bank + post-2024 WesBanco-Premier merger) substantial regional banking IT. Toyota WV Buffalo + Viatris Morgantown + Special Metals Huntington substantial manufacturing + plant + ERP + MES IT. The substantial WV Marcellus + Utica shale operations IT at Diversified Energy + Antero + EQT + Southwestern (WV is country's #4 US natural gas producer) supports substantial WV energy operations + SCADA + production IT. WV progressive 2.36-5.12% top by 2026 + WV RTW since 2016 + WV property tax ~0.55% + no state estate tax + lower WV cost of living anchor the WV IT manager proposition.

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