Fairmont Jobs

Fairmont is a city in Marion County, West Virginia, USA. The population was 19,097 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Marion County . Established in 1820 as Middletown, then in Monongalia County, it was chartered by the Virginia General Assembly in 1843 as Fairmont, a contraction of "Fair Mountain". Fairmont is nicknamed "The Friendly City" and is also touted as "The Home of the Original Pepperoni Roll". Fairmont is located in the North-Central region of the state, along West Virginia's I-79 High Tech Corridor, about 18 miles southwest of Morgantown, and about 23 miles northeast of Clarksburg. Fairmont's National White Collar Crime Center provides nationwide support to law enforcement agencies involved in prevention, investigation, and prosecution of economic and high-tech crime. The NASA Independent Verification and Validation Facility, governed by the Goddard Space Flight Center, houses more than 150 full-time employees and more than 20 in-house partners and contractors....more

Among the most common occupations in Fairmont are Management, professional, and related occupations, 29%; Sales and office occupations, 27%; and Service occupations, 16%. Approximately 65 percent of workers in Fairmont, West Virginia work for companies, 21 percent work for the government and 4 percent are self-employed.

The leading industries in Fairmont, West Virginia are Educational, health and social services, 26%; Retail trade, 12%; and Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation and food services, 8%. Simply Hired's Fairmont job listings indicate that the following industries in Fairmont are hiring the most workers:

According to government data, the average salary for jobs in Fairmont, West Virginia is $24,172, and the median income of households in Fairmont was $25,628.

According to our Fairmont Trends data, the number of Fairmont, West Virginia jobs has not changed since October 2011.

Population of Fairmont Total population 19,097 Male 46.54% Female 53.46% Median age 39.3     Fairmont Housing Owner-occupied homes 63.4% Median cost of a home $62,000 Median mortgage payment $435 Renter-occupied homes 36.6% Vacant housing 13.4% Median monthly rent $395     Average Income Median for all male full-time $27,944 Median for all female full-time $20,401     Household Income Less than $10,000 19% $10,000 to $14,999 12% $15,000 to $24,999 18% $25,000 to $34,999 14% $35,000 to $49,999 14% $50,000 to $74,999 13% $75,000 to $99,999 6% $100,000 to $149,999 3% $150,000 to $199,999 1% $200,000 or more 0%

Education Less than 9th grade 8% 9th to 12th grade, no diploma 12% High school graduate 35% Some college, no degree 20% Associate's degree 5% Bachelor's degree 12% Graduate degree 8%     Marital Status Never married 28% Currently married 47% Separated 2% Widowed 11% Divorced 12%     Race White 92% Black or African American 7% Asian 1% Other 0%     Fairmont Commute Carpool 9.7% Public transportation 1.1% Average travel time 19 minutes