Occupations With the Highest Reported Median Wages in Blacksburg, VA

341 occupations have a published Bureau of Labor Statistics median wage in Blacksburg, VA for 2025. Rows are ordered by reported annual median wage.

Occupations

Occupation	Median annual wage	Employment	Salary page
Sustainability Specialists	$67,190	—	View salary detail
Business Continuity Planners	$67,190	—	View salary detail
Online Merchants	$67,190	—	View salary detail
Cost Estimators	$67,040	—	View salary detail
Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other	$66,710	140	View salary detail
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants	$66,690	130	View salary detail
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products	$66,180	300	View salary detail
Solar Energy Installation Managers	$65,630	—	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers	$65,630	—	View salary detail
Coaches and Scouts	$65,270	240	View salary detail
Public Relations Specialists	$65,170	190	View salary detail
Industrial Machinery Mechanics	$65,150	330	View salary detail
Talent Directors	$64,660	30	View salary detail
Media Technical Directors/Managers	$64,660	30	View salary detail
Media Programming Directors	$64,660	30	View salary detail
Producers and Directors	$64,660	30	View salary detail
Food Service Managers	$64,280	90	View salary detail
Training and Development Specialists	$63,970	190	View salary detail
Architectural and Civil Drafters	$63,770	30	View salary detail
Search Marketing Strategists	$62,790	270	View salary detail
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	$62,790	270	View salary detail
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists	$62,770	40	View salary detail
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	$62,700	260	View salary detail
Construction and Building Inspectors	$62,660	110	View salary detail
Energy Auditors	$62,660	110	View salary detail
Electricians	$62,490	270	View salary detail
Postal Service Mail Carriers	$62,390	170	View salary detail
Healthcare Social Workers	$62,310	40	View salary detail
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors	$61,580	340	View salary detail
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians	$61,460	150	View salary detail
Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians	$61,310	150	View salary detail
Nanotechnology Engineering Technologists and Technicians	$61,310	150	View salary detail
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks	$61,240	230	View salary detail
Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other	$61,100	70	View salary detail
Remote Sensing Technicians	$61,100	70	View salary detail
Quality Control Analysts	$61,100	70	View salary detail
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	$60,880	480	View salary detail
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	$60,600	630	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers	$59,960	—	View salary detail
Machinists	$59,920	230	View salary detail
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School	$59,440	80	View salary detail
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers	$58,980	—	View salary detail
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines	$58,910	50	View salary detail
Paralegals and Legal Assistants	$58,320	70	View salary detail
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists	$58,310	130	View salary detail
Postal Service Clerks	$58,150	50	View salary detail
Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other	$57,900	30	View salary detail
Chemical Technicians	$57,670	120	View salary detail
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	$57,650	250	View salary detail
Maintenance Workers, Machinery	$57,580	30	View salary detail

Career and skills data: O*NET (onetcenter.org). Salary and employment data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS, 2025 (bls.gov/oes). Figures are published survey estimates, not real-time market data.