| Researchers are saying that most of West Virginia's jobs will require no more than a high school education by 2018.
That conclusion placed the Mountain State among the lowest rankings nationally, according to a national report issued by Georgetown University.
Georgetown's Center on Education and Workforce predict that 49 percent of jobs in West Virginia will require more than a high school education, with the national average near 63 percent.
The study says WV jobs requiring just high school education are expected to total 328,000.
They are mostly service sector jobs, with Walmart being the state's
biggest employer.
Tens of thousands of WV jobs have been globalized, a problem compounded by the current recession.
The globalized jobs that have gone abroad include some of the lowest paid West Virginia jobs that once provided a livelihood for many WV families.
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