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

Occupation	Median annual wage	Employment	Salary page
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	$48,470	780	View salary detail
Public Safety Telecommunicators	$48,470	150	View salary detail
Brickmasons and Blockmasons	$48,460	70	View salary detail
Credit Counselors	$48,400	30	View salary detail
Loan Interviewers and Clerks	$48,360	200	View salary detail
Talent Directors	$47,960	100	View salary detail
Producers and Directors	$47,960	100	View salary detail
Media Programming Directors	$47,960	100	View salary detail
Media Technical Directors/Managers	$47,960	100	View salary detail
Glaziers	$47,950	30	View salary detail
Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare	$47,950	50	View salary detail
Cargo and Freight Agents	$47,880	50	View salary detail
Freight Forwarders	$47,880	50	View salary detail
Surveying and Mapping Technicians	$47,850	70	View salary detail
Printing Press Operators	$47,630	130	View salary detail
Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators	$47,620	160	View salary detail
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs	$47,520	140	View salary detail
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$47,520	190	View salary detail
Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers	$47,510	50	View salary detail
Highway Maintenance Workers	$47,490	200	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers	$47,470	200	View salary detail
Real Estate Sales Agents	$47,450	240	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services	$47,340	120	View salary detail
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance	$47,070	250	View salary detail
Carpenters	$47,050	830	View salary detail
Procurement Clerks	$47,050	30	View salary detail
Medical Records Specialists	$46,970	180	View salary detail
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians	$46,970	100	View salary detail
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary	$46,850	70	View salary detail
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators	$46,620	140	View salary detail
Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining	$46,610	30	View salary detail
Bartenders	$46,530	520	View salary detail
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	$46,420	1,230	View salary detail
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$46,390	40	View salary detail
Phlebotomists	$46,380	190	View salary detail
Bus Drivers, School	$46,380	550	View salary detail
Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$46,310	40	View salary detail
Roofers	$46,280	90	View salary detail
Pest Control Workers	$46,240	90	View salary detail
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand	$46,180	3,100	View salary detail
Recycling and Reclamation Workers	$46,180	3,100	View salary detail
Endoscopy Technicians	$46,020	110	View salary detail
Healthcare Support Workers, All Other	$46,020	110	View salary detail
Speech-Language Pathology Assistants	$46,020	110	View salary detail
Sheet Metal Workers	$45,980	130	View salary detail
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	$45,950	100	View salary detail
Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping	$45,870	90	View salary detail
Tutors	$45,830	120	View salary detail
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators	$45,770	530	View salary detail
Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity	$45,760	130	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.