Occupations With the Highest Reported Median Wages in Richmond, VA

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

Occupations

OccupationMedian annual wageEmploymentSalary page
Tile and Stone Setters$50,130120View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers$50,060450View salary detail
Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$49,980930View salary detail
Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators$49,880250View salary detail
Prepress Technicians and Workers$49,85050View salary detail
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$49,830910View salary detail
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$49,780130View salary detail
Cargo and Freight Agents$49,640280View salary detail
Freight Forwarders$49,640280View salary detail
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other$49,500820View salary detail
Patient Representatives$49,500820View salary detail
Neurodiagnostic Technologists$49,500820View salary detail
Ophthalmic Medical Technologists$49,500820View salary detail
Insulation Workers, Mechanical$49,460410View salary detail
Adult Basic Education, Adult Secondary Education, and English as a Second Language Instructors$49,440200View salary detail
Bus Drivers, School$49,3702,070View salary detail
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$49,270390View salary detail
Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers$49,260360View salary detail
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors$49,150730View salary detail
Social Science Research Assistants$49,060120View salary detail
Animal Control Workers$49,01060View salary detail
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$48,960100View salary detail
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$48,930270View salary detail
Rehabilitation Counselors$48,890—View salary detail
Millwrights$48,890150View salary detail
Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals$48,88040View salary detail
Coin, Vending, and Amusement Machine Servicers and Repairers$48,74090View salary detail
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$48,7305,520View salary detail
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers$48,7101,330View salary detail
Pipelayers$48,700240View salary detail
Information and Record Clerks, All Other$48,580880View salary detail
Painting, Coating, and Decorating Workers$48,57050View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers$48,3805,000View salary detail
Furnace, Kiln, Oven, Drier, and Kettle Operators and Tenders$48,33050View salary detail
Psychiatric Technicians$48,320610View salary detail
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$48,310440View salary detail
New Accounts Clerks$48,30070View salary detail
Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$48,260230View salary detail
Environmental Engineering Technologists and Technicians$48,20050View salary detail
Roofers$48,050330View salary detail
Sheet Metal Workers$48,010610View salary detail
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive$47,8404,940View salary detail
Dental Assistants$47,7601,610View salary detail
Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks$47,6901,530View salary detail
Painters, Construction and Maintenance$47,6701,010View salary detail
Upholsterers$47,56060View salary detail
Tailors, Dressmakers, and Custom Sewers$47,370—View salary detail
Emergency Medical Technicians$47,290—View salary detail
Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters$47,230290View salary detail
Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics$47,230270View 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.