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Peer support specialist jobs in West Virginia

open peer support specialist jobs in West Virginia at . BLS measures a median of $18.89 an hour (source: BLS OEWS May 2025, Social and Human Service Assistants in West Virginia) for social and human service assistants here.

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Checked 5 Nov 2026, 08:17 UTC

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Where the peer support specialist jobs are in West Virginia

Towns with the most open jobs in this occupation. A town with a page lists every care job open there, by occupation.

What peer support specialists earn in West Virginia

The hourly pay open jobs here post, beside what BLS measured people employed in the occupation earned in the state and its metro areas.

Posted on open jobs in West Virginia

Too few open jobs here post an hourly rate for a typical range (it takes eight from three employers).

Measured by BLS in West Virginia, May 2025

$18.89/hr ($39,290 a year) (source: BLS OEWS May 2025, Social and Human Service Assistants in West Virginia)

Median for social and human service assistants, against $22.08 (source: BLS OEWS May 2025, Social and Human Service Assistants, national) for the whole US; 3,320 (source: BLS OEWS May 2025, Social and Human Service Assistants in West Virginia) employed in West Virginia.

By metro area

  • Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV$23.26/hr (source: BLS OEWS, Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV) · 7,790 (source: BLS OEWS, Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV) employed
  • Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH$17.52/hr (source: BLS OEWS, Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH) · 760 (source: BLS OEWS, Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH) employed
  • Charleston, WV$19.84/hr (source: BLS OEWS, Charleston, WV) · 480 (source: BLS OEWS, Charleston, WV) employed
  • Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV$20.45/hr (source: BLS OEWS, Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV) · 380 (source: BLS OEWS, Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV) employed
  • Winchester, VA-WV$18.53/hr (source: BLS OEWS, Winchester, VA-WV) · 250 (source: BLS OEWS, Winchester, VA-WV) employed
  • Parkersburg-Vienna, WV$18.26/hr (source: BLS OEWS, Parkersburg-Vienna, WV) · 220 (source: BLS OEWS, Parkersburg-Vienna, WV) employed
  • Wheeling, WV-OH$17.77/hr (source: BLS OEWS, Wheeling, WV-OH) · 210 (source: BLS OEWS, Wheeling, WV-OH) employed
  • Beckley, WV$18.08/hr (source: BLS OEWS, Beckley, WV) · 200 (source: BLS OEWS, Beckley, WV) employed
  • Morgantown, WV$18.24/hr (source: BLS OEWS, Morgantown, WV) · 190 (source: BLS OEWS, Morgantown, WV) employed
  • Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH$17.97/hr (source: BLS OEWS, Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH) · 90 (source: BLS OEWS, Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH) employed

BLS OEWS May 2025 metropolitan area estimates for Social and Human Service Assistants; areas that cross a state line list every state.

Employers hiring peer support specialists in West Virginia

What the job takes

Lived experience of recovery and a state peer certification course.

  • Depends on the state

    Peer recovery credential

    State certification board; exams by IC&RC

Peer support specialist jobs in West Virginia: common questions

How much do peer support specialists make in West Virginia?

Too few open peer support specialist jobs in West Virginia post an hourly rate for a typical posted range yet. BLS measured a median of $18.89/hr ($39,290 a year) for social and human service assistants in West Virginia (May 2025), against $22.08 nationally, 38th highest of 52 states and territories.

Where in West Virginia are the most peer support specialist jobs?

Morgantown (3), Huntington (2), Bridgeport (1), Clarksburg (1) and Williamson (1). A job open in several towns counts in each.

Who is hiring peer support specialists in West Virginia?

By open jobs on this board: Ascension Recovery Services (2), Marshall Health (2) and Acadia Healthcare (1). In all, 5 employers have peer support specialist jobs open in West Virginia.

What do you need to work as a peer support specialist in West Virginia?

Lived experience of recovery and a state peer certification course. Peer recovery credential (State certification board; exams by IC&RC). Where a license is state-issued, it comes from West Virginia's own board, unless a multistate compact covers it.

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Sources and method

A job counts here when one of its locations is in West Virginia, once however many locations there it lists. Its occupation is read from its title. Posted pay is the middle half of the distinct hourly rates jobs here state (a job posted many times at one rate counted once), shown when at least three such rates from three employers stand behind it. BLS figures are as published for the state, never adjusted.
  1. CareJobs.Now job board: open jobs in West Virginia, read every night from each employer's own careers site, published 5 Nov 2026
  2. BLS OEWS May 2025: Social and Human Service Assistants (SOC 21-1093), every state, published 15 May 2026
  3. BLS OEWS May 2025: Social and Human Service Assistants, national, published 15 May 2026
  4. BLS OEWS May 2025: Social and Human Service Assistants by metropolitan area, published 15 May 2026
  5. Peer recovery credential: State certification board; exams by IC&RC

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CareJobs.Now. (2026). Peer support specialist jobs in West Virginia. Data as of 5 Nov 2026. https://carejobs.now/occupations/peer-support-specialist/west-virginia

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