Sell plastic pallets in West Virginia
West Virginia had 3,631 warehousing jobs in 2025, 41st among the states, and its most concentrated pallet-using industry is chemical manufacturing. Send the lot with its ZIP; the desk reads size, style, grade and marks, and rules it sold, returned or scrapped.
Last reviewed November 12, 2026
West Virginia in numbers
- Warehousing and storage jobs, 2025
- 3,631 (41st of 50 states)
- Warehousing establishments
- 100 (39th of 50); about 36 jobs each
- Share of US warehousing jobs
- 0.19%
- Food manufacturing jobs
- 3,636 (47th of 50)
- Most concentrated pallet-using industry
- chemical manufacturing, 2.0x the national share of employment
- Pharmaceutical manufacturing jobs
- 823
- Auto parts jobs
- 3,925
Reading a West Virginia lot
Count the warehouses and West Virginia comes 39th; count the jobs in them and it comes 41st. It is one of the smaller warehousing states, so a lot here is rarely one of many on the same road. With about 36 people a site against a national 82, a lot is often a few stacks from one of many small docks.
West Virginia has 1.0 food manufacturing jobs for every warehousing job, against 0.9 across the fifty states. The plants are the bigger half of the picture, and they swap pallets on a schedule more than on wear. Among the other industries counted here, auto parts (3,925 jobs) is 4.8 times the size of pharmaceutical manufacturing (823).
Wood County holds 18.8% of West Virginia's warehousing jobs, and the top 3 listed hold 28.7%. The jobs are spread across the state, so no one county sets the route. None of the metros in the dossier sits inside West Virginia, so a lot is read by its ZIP.
The October 2025 USDA table used here gives no separate figure for West Virginia, so cold-chain lots are read on their photos and what they carried.
Where West Virginia's warehousing jobs sit
| County | Warehousing jobs | Share of the state's total |
|---|---|---|
| Wood | 684 | 18.8% |
| Putnam | 190 | 5.2% |
| Harrison | 169 | 4.7% |
What West Virginia's industries put on the dock
- Chemical manufacturing: 7,595 jobs, 2025
- Motor vehicle parts manufacturing: 3,925 jobs, 2025
- Plastics product manufacturing: 4,044 jobs, 2025
By location quotient chemical manufacturing leads in West Virginia, with 2.0 times the national share of employment. The page on chemical plants shows what that industry sets down on a dock.
Where West Virginia sits among the fifty
| Measure, 2025 | West Virginia | Next state above | Next state below |
|---|---|---|---|
| Warehousing jobs | 41st: 3,631 | Maine, 3,774 (+143) | New Hampshire, 3,283 (-348) |
| Warehousing establishments | 39th: 100 | Delaware, 134 (+34) | New Hampshire, 96 (-4) |
| Food manufacturing jobs | 47th: 3,636 | Rhode Island, 3,769 (+133) | New Hampshire, 2,774 (-862) |
States next to West Virginia
| State | Warehousing jobs | Largest county for warehousing | Food manufacturing jobs | Top concentration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ohio | 98,354 | Franklin (18,179) | 66,120 | motor vehicle parts manufacturing |
| Pennsylvania | 123,481 | Luzerne (13,602) | 82,538 | warehousing and storage |
| Maryland | 29,966 | Harford (3,435) | 19,600 | pharmaceutical and medicine manufacturing |
| Virginia | 51,123 | Suffolk city (6,757) | 32,684 | warehousing and storage |
| Kentucky | 38,281 | Boone (9,121) | 31,273 | motor vehicle manufacturing |
West Virginia has fewer warehousing jobs than each of these. The largest of them, Pennsylvania, has 34 times West Virginia's 3,631. A lot near a state line can be read against either side, so give the exact ZIP.
Other pallet-using industries counted in West Virginia
| Industry | Jobs, 2025 | Against warehousing jobs |
|---|---|---|
| Pharmaceutical manufacturing | 823 | 0.2 to 1 |
| Auto parts | 3,925 | 1.1 to 1 |
Sending a lot from West Virginia
Count the stacks, give the ZIP where they stand, and use the sorter or the form below. If the dock holds a retired drum or bag footprint, say so in the message.
How many warehousing jobs does West Virginia have?
3,631 private-sector jobs across 100 establishments in 2025, 0.19% of the US total, which ranks West Virginia 41st of 50.
Do you take plastic pallets from West Virginia?
Yes. The desk reads lots from every state, and the ZIP lets it read the route in West Virginia. This site states no price or pickup date.
Which West Virginia industry is most concentrated?
Chemical manufacturing, at 2.0 times the national share of employment in the 2025 federal data used here.
Words you will meet
- FM 4996
- FM Approvals standard that rates a pallet as equal to wood in fire tests.
- Fork pocket
- Opening in the pallet where the forks go.
- ISPM 15
- The international standard for treating wood packaging against pests. Plastic pallets are outside it.
- One-way pallet
- A cheaper pallet shipped with the load and not expected back.
- Multi-trip pallet
- A pallet designed to be returned and reused many times.
- RFID
- Radio tag moulded or fixed into a pallet so it can be tracked.
- Injection moulding
- Pallet made by forcing molten resin into a mould at high pressure.
- Structural foam
- Low-pressure moulding where a blowing agent expands the resin in the mould.
- Rotational moulding
- Resin heated in a rotating mould to make a hollow jointless part.
- Compression moulding
- Moulding by pressing resin in a closed mould; one of six processes in use.
- CP9
- A chemical-industry pallet standard, 1140 x 1140 mm.
- HDPE
- High-density polyethylene, resin code 2. The most common resin in plastic pallets; tough and moisture resistant.
- Nest ratio
- How many empty pallets fit in the height of one.
- Heat treated (HT)
- ISPM 15 treatment for wood: core at 56 C for 30 minutes. Not needed for plastic.
- UL 2335
- UL fire-test standard for storage pallets, with an idle pallet test and a commodity storage test.
- Thermoforming
- Heated plastic sheet formed over a mould; lighter pallets.
Who asks, and what they need
- Food and beverage distributors and bottlers
- Clean, odour-free, washable pallets; open or closed deck; 56 x 44 beverage and 48 x 40 sizes; often asks about food-contact paperwork.
- Chemical and drum shippers
- 48 x 48 and 45 x 45 pallets for drums and bags; chemical resistance.
- Distribution centres with surplus pallets
- Sell or recycle excess lots, mixed makers and colours, broken pallets.
What the sources say
- Private employers in the US averaged 521,212 jobs across 6,414 establishments in motor vehicle parts manufacturing (NAICS 3363) in 2025 (BLS QCEW). States with the most jobs: Michigan (111,465), Ohio (62,025), Indiana (52,146), Tennessee (38,791), Kentucky (32,261). (data.bls.gov)
- USDA APHIS lists plastic pallets among products not subject to APHIS regulation, as an alternative to wood packaging material. (aphis.usda.gov)
- Static capacity is the highest of the three ratings; racking is often the lowest; dynamic is always lower than static. (nelsoncompany.com)
- The 48 x 40 in GMA pallet makes up about 30 percent of new US wood pallets. (en.wikipedia.org)
- A 2010 insurer figure cited by ICC puts fire spread to a pallet above at about 18 minutes for plastic versus nearly 50 for wood. (iccsafe.org)
- Private employers in the US averaged 575,006 jobs across 12,344 establishments in plastics product manufacturing (NAICS 3261) in 2025 (BLS QCEW). States with the most jobs: Ohio (42,286), Texas (40,945), California (35,933), Pennsylvania (34,094), Indiana (33,122). (data.bls.gov)
- The Northwest Seaport Alliance (Seattle and Tacoma) handled 3,156,598 TEUs of international and domestic containers in 2025, down 5.5 percent from 2024, with full imports down 10.3 percent and full exports down 4.9 percent. (nwseaportalliance.com)
- USDA APHIS requires wood packaging material entering the US to be treated and certified under ISPM 15, and lists plastic pallets among alternatives that are not subject to APHIS regulation. (aphis.usda.gov)
- EPA's 2018 municipal solid waste data: plastics generation was 35.68 million tons, of which 3.09 million tons (8.7 percent) were recycled and 26.97 million tons landfilled; natural HDPE bottles were recycled at 29.3 percent. The page gives no pallet-specific or polypropylene figure. (epa.gov)
- Counties with the most private pharmaceutical and medicine manufacturing jobs (NAICS 3254) in 2025, BLS QCEW, counties with disclosed data only: Lake County, Illinois (16,883), Marion County, Indiana (16,292), Montgomery County, Pennsylvania (11,878), Suffolk County, New York (10,760), Los Angeles County, California (8,300), San Diego County, California (8,028). (data.bls.gov)
- Wood packaging material entering the US must be treated and certified per ISPM 15. (aphis.usda.gov)
- That Nelson model lists about 60 pallets per stack and 1,800 per truck. (nelsoncompany.com)
- That Nelson model is under 5 in tall, which the page says suits air freight, and works with automation and most roller conveyors. (nelsoncompany.com)
- A used Nelson 48 x 40 x 6.3 in HDPE one-piece pallet weighs 49 lb with 30,000 lb static, 5,000 lb dynamic and 2,200 lb racking ratings. (nelsoncompany.com)
- Only pallets designed for unsupported racking carry a racking rating. (nelsoncompany.com)
- Plastic pallets are often described as lasting 100 trips or more, and can cost roughly 10 times as much as hardwood pallets. (en.wikipedia.org)
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