[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":311},["ShallowReactive",2],{"page:\u002Fwhere-we-ship\u002Fstates\u002Fwest-virginia":3},{"tier":4,"sections":5,"faq":173,"sources":180,"related":196,"plate":237,"form":245,"scene":246,"path":247,"crumb":21,"ruler":248,"answer":249,"title":250,"h1":250,"description":249,"type":251,"schema":252,"reviewed":255,"crumbs":256,"jsonld":266},3,[6,14,43,60,86,110,140],{"h2":7,"blocks":8},"West Virginia, by road",[9,12],{"t":10,"text":11},"p","West Virginia is a place where mountain grades matter here: I-64, I-77 and I-79 all climb, and the Eastern Panhandle touches I-81. Pallets here follow I-64, I-77, I-79, I-68 and I-81, and the distance they travel empty is the cost a nestable cuts.",{"t":10,"text":13},"The counties with the most warehousing jobs are Wood (684), Putnam (190) and Harrison (169), which is 28.7 percent of the state's 3,631. It shares a land border with Ohio, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia and Kentucky.",{"h2":15,"blocks":16},"Warehousing in numbers",[17,41],{"t":18,"head":19,"rows":23,"caption":40},"table",[20,21,22],"Measure","West Virginia","How it is worked out",[24,28,32,36],[25,26,27],"Private warehousing and storage jobs","3,631","BLS QCEW, NAICS 493, 2025",[29,30,31],"Share of US jobs in the trade","0.19 percent","3,631 against about 1,901,976 nationwide",[33,34,35],"Establishments","100","BLS QCEW",[37,38,39],"Jobs per establishment","36","3,631 ÷ 100, rounded","",{"t":10,"text":42},"West Virginia reports no refrigerated warehouse capacity separately in the USDA table we used, so the cold question depends on the individual customer.",{"h2":44,"blocks":45},"Reading the numbers",[46],{"t":47,"items":48},"ul",[49,50,51,52,53,54,55,56,57,58,59],"Wood County has 684 warehousing jobs, 18.8 percent of West Virginia's 3,631, the most in the state.","Putnam County has 190 warehousing jobs, 5.2 percent of West Virginia's 3,631, 494 fewer than Wood County.","Harrison County has 169 warehousing jobs, 4.7 percent of West Virginia's 3,631, 515 fewer than Wood County.","Chemical manufacturing employs 7,595 people in West Virginia, 2.09 for every warehousing job.","Motor vehicle parts manufacturing employs 3,925 people in West Virginia, 1.08 for every warehousing job.","Plastics product manufacturing employs 4,044 people in West Virginia, 1.11 for every warehousing job.","West Virginia holds 0.19 percent of US warehousing jobs, about one in every 526, spread over 100 establishments averaging 36 jobs each.","Ohio has 98,354 warehousing jobs, 27.09 times the 3,631 in West Virginia.","Pennsylvania has 123,481 warehousing jobs, 34.01 times the 3,631 in West Virginia.","Maryland has 29,966 warehousing jobs, 8.25 times the 3,631 in West Virginia.","Virginia has 51,123 warehousing jobs, 14.08 times the 3,631 in West Virginia.",{"h2":61,"blocks":62},"Who ships pallets here",[63,82,84],{"t":18,"head":64,"rows":68,"caption":81},[65,66,67],"Industry","Private jobs, 2025","Jobs per warehousing job",[69,73,77],[70,71,72],"Chemical manufacturing","7,595","2.09",[74,75,76],"Motor vehicle parts manufacturing","3,925","1.08",[78,79,80],"Plastics product manufacturing","4,044","1.11","Jobs: BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2025; where counties are withheld the figure is partial.",{"t":10,"text":83},"In West Virginia, chemical manufacturing employs 7,595. Drums and bags set the footprint: 48 x 48 in holds four 55-gallon drums without overhang, and 45 x 45 in is the CP9 chemical standard. It tends to lean on stackable heavy-duty pallets sized to the drum or bag, usually in 45 x 45 in (CP9) or 48 x 48 in for drums, and to ask about the static load with the container on it, and any fire listing.",{"t":10,"text":85},"Chemical manufacturing is the trade where West Virginia is most concentrated, at 2 times the national share of employment. A buyer in that trade will tend to ask the questions in the last column first.",{"h2":87,"blocks":88},"The empty return",[89,91],{"t":10,"text":90},"An illustration, not a forecast: if each of 100 warehouse establishments in West Virginia sent back 800 empty pallets in a week, that would be 80,000 pallets. 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