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Project Manager Salary in West Virginia (2026)

The average Project Manager in West Virginia earns around $115,000/year. After taxes, your estimated take-home is $85,557/year ($7,130/month).

Take-Home Pay Breakdown

CategoryAmount
Annual Take-Home Pay
$85,557
Monthly Take-Home Pay
$7,130
Biweekly Take-Home Pay
$3,291
Hourly Take-Home Pay

based on 2,080 hrs/year

$41/hr
Federal Tax
$16,470
State Tax
$4,175
FICA Taxes
$8,798
Effective Tax Rate

total taxes ÷ gross salary

25.6%
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Project Manager Salary Ranges in West Virginia

Entry Level (0–3 yrs)

$78,000

/year

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Mid Level (3–7 yrs)

$115,000

/year

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Senior Level (7+ yrs)

$175,000

/year

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Not all Project Managers earn the same — not even close

West Virginia's project manager market is anchored by Marcellus shale capex PM (Diversified Energy + Antero + EQT + Southwestern + the substantial WV midstream pipeline + processing plant + LNG export facility capex programs), Toyota Motor Manufacturing WV Buffalo plant capex + retool PM, Mylan/Viatris Morgantown pharma facility PM, Special Metals Huntington specialty alloy plant PM, WVU Medicine hospital construction + facility expansion PM (the substantial WVU Cancer Institute expansion + WVU Heart and Vascular Institute + WVU Children's Hospital expansion), CAMC Charleston + Cabell Huntington capex PM, USACE Huntington District (substantial Ohio River + Kanawha River navigation + flood + lock + dam capex), WV Division of Highways (WVDOH) + I-64 + I-77 + I-79 + I-81 + Coalfields Expressway + King Coal Highway mega-projects, plus FBI CJIS + NIOSH + IRS Martinsburg federal facility PM.

Senior Marcellus Pipeline / Capex PM

$135,000–$215,000+ TC

Diversified + Antero + EQT + Southwestern · midstream + gathering + processing capex

Senior Manufacturing PM (Toyota / Special Metals)

$118,000–$185,000

Toyota Motor Manufacturing WV Buffalo + Special Metals Huntington · plant + retool capex

Senior Healthcare PM (WVU Medicine / CAMC)

$108,000–$165,000

WVU Medicine + CAMC + Cabell Huntington + Marshall Health · facility + Epic implementation

Senior USACE PM (Huntington District)

$108,000–$162,000

USACE Huntington · Ohio + Kanawha River navigation + flood + lock + dam capex

Senior Transportation / Highway Engineer (WVDOH)

$95,000–$148,000

WVDOH + I-64 + I-77 + I-79 + Coalfields Expressway + King Coal Highway mega-projects

Senior Federal PM (FBI CJIS / NIOSH / IRS)

$108,000–$162,000

FBI CJIS Clarksburg + NIOSH Morgantown + IRS Martinsburg · federal facility + cleared programs

Senior Construction PM (Civil / Heavy)

$108,000–$165,000

Kokosing + Bizzack + Brayman + WV heavy civil + post-disaster reconstruction

Senior PMP / Six Sigma Black Belt

$108,000–$162,000

PMP + LSS BB at WV Fortune 1000 + Toyota + Marcellus · process improvement programs

Mid-Level Project Manager (3-6 yrs)

$72,000–$108,000

Functional PM at WV enterprise + manufacturing + healthcare · transitioning to senior band

Junior Project Coordinator (0-3 yrs)

$52,000–$72,000

WVU + Marshall + WV State + WV Tech pipeline · entry band · PMP candidate

Worth knowing: WV Marcellus shale capex is one of the country's most distinctive concentrated US natural gas + midstream PM markets and a feature most national PM surveys understate for WV. The substantial WV Marcellus + Utica shale gas operations capex (WV is country's #4 US natural gas producer ~7 Tcf annual production + the substantial Marcellus + Utica shale gas + the substantial post-2008 WV Marcellus shale boom + the substantial multi-billion-dollar Marcellus gathering + processing + transmission pipeline + LNG export feed pipeline capex including Mountain Valley Pipeline ~$7.5B completed 2024 + the substantial post-2024 ExxonMobil-Pioneer Marcellus consolidation + the substantial WV midstream M&A) supports substantial Marcellus pipeline + capex PM work. Senior WV Marcellus PMs clear $135-215K+ TC. Toyota Motor Manufacturing WV Buffalo (~2K + the substantial post-1996 Toyota WV expansion + Toyota engine + transmission manufacturing serving Toyota North America assembly + the substantial Toyota WV capex including post-2020 Toyota WV hybrid + electric transition investment) supports substantial automotive plant PM. Special Metals Huntington (Berkshire Hathaway-owned specialty nickel alloys + the only US producer of certain specialty nickel-based aerospace + nuclear + petrochemical alloys + the substantial post-2018 Berkshire acquisition + the substantial Special Metals capex modernization) supports substantial specialty alloy plant PM. WVU Medicine substantial hospital construction + facility expansion + the substantial WVU Cancer Institute + WVU Heart and Vascular Institute + WVU Children's Hospital expansion + WVU Eye Institute. The substantial WVDOH mega-project portfolio (Coalfields Expressway + King Coal Highway + post-2024 WV-flood recovery + I-64 + I-77 + I-79 corridors) supports substantial WV highway + bridge civil PM. 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 PM proposition.

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