Occupations With the Highest Reported Median Wages in Roanoke, VA

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

Occupations

OccupationMedian annual wageEmploymentSalary page
Special Education Teachers, Middle School$57,990100View salary detail
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists$57,930100View salary detail
Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment$57,89030View salary detail
Home Appliance Repairers$57,43030View salary detail
Chefs and Head Cooks$57,350100View salary detail
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers$56,4302,760View salary detail
Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers$56,37080View salary detail
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers$56,040940View salary detail
Teachers and Instructors, All Other$55,88070View salary detail
News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists$55,82060View salary detail
Computer User Support Specialists$55,750430View salary detail
Biological Technicians$55,52040View salary detail
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers$55,380100View salary detail
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$55,30050View salary detail
Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary$54,88070View salary detail
Interpreters and Translators$54,63040View salary detail
Advertising Sales Agents$54,62080View salary detail
Tax Preparers$53,63050View salary detail
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents$53,510420View salary detail
Clergy$53,13060View salary detail
Opticians, Dispensing$52,65090View salary detail
Crane and Tower Operators$52,54040View salary detail
Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other$52,460590View salary detail
Machinists$52,000290View salary detail
Rehabilitation Counselors$51,84050View salary detail
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters$51,700560View salary detail
Solar Thermal Installers and Technicians$51,700560View salary detail
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners$51,450—View salary detail
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics$51,230740View salary detail
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks$51,080440View salary detail
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks$51,060140View salary detail
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers$50,340180View salary detail
Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other$50,33040View salary detail
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$50,220120View salary detail
Correctional Officers and Jailers$50,070270View salary detail
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators$50,01080View salary detail
Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents$49,94070View salary detail
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers$49,83080View salary detail
Automotive Body and Related Repairers$49,660150View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Protective Service Workers, All Other$49,64050View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers$49,640110View salary detail
Information and Record Clerks, All Other$49,590150View salary detail
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers$49,230660View salary detail
Child, Family, and School Social Workers$49,230420View salary detail
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators$49,010480View salary detail
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General$48,8801,360View salary detail
Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders$48,77030View salary detail
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$48,700170View salary detail
Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$48,610—View salary detail
Dental Laboratory Technicians$48,55050View 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.