Occupations With the Highest Reported Median Wages in Staunton, VA

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

Occupations

Occupation	Median annual wage	Employment	Salary page
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel	$56,480	240	View salary detail
Graphic Designers	$56,410	30	View salary detail
Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$55,790	130	View salary detail
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents	$53,930	60	View salary detail
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	$53,830	150	View salary detail
Self-Enrichment Teachers	$53,640	310	View salary detail
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists	$53,330	50	View salary detail
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	$52,690	190	View salary detail
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance	$51,370	90	View salary detail
Solar Thermal Installers and Technicians	$51,250	110	View salary detail
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters	$51,250	110	View salary detail
Paralegals and Legal Assistants	$50,890	50	View salary detail
Surveying and Mapping Technicians	$49,760	40	View salary detail
Highway Maintenance Workers	$49,750	70	View salary detail
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs	$49,710	100	View salary detail
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators	$49,600	70	View salary detail
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics	$49,470	230	View salary detail
Firefighters	$49,410	80	View salary detail
Loan Interviewers and Clerks	$49,260	40	View salary detail
Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$49,180	30	View salary detail
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	$48,860	490	View salary detail
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators	$48,800	50	View salary detail
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators	$48,750	160	View salary detail
Carpenters	$48,620	290	View salary detail
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	$48,530	400	View salary detail
Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other	$48,390	70	View salary detail
Medical Records Specialists	$48,270	40	View salary detail
Correctional Officers and Jailers	$47,850	260	View salary detail
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	$47,750	530	View salary detail
Real Estate Sales Agents	$47,530	50	View salary detail
Patient Representatives	$47,490	—	View salary detail
Neurodiagnostic Technologists	$47,490	—	View salary detail
Ophthalmic Medical Technologists	$47,490	—	View salary detail
Brickmasons and Blockmasons	$47,430	30	View salary detail
Recycling and Reclamation Workers	$47,310	1,880	View salary detail
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand	$47,310	1,880	View salary detail
Residential Advisors	$47,250	40	View salary detail
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$47,160	60	View salary detail
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors	$46,910	60	View salary detail
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other	$46,370	120	View salary detail
Geothermal Technicians	$46,370	120	View salary detail
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians	$46,280	50	View salary detail
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$46,230	40	View salary detail
Pharmacy Technicians	$46,100	130	View salary detail
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	$45,890	390	View salary detail
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators	$45,850	—	View salary detail
Dental Assistants	$45,810	110	View salary detail
Bus Drivers, School	$45,700	190	View salary detail
Counter and Rental Clerks	$45,690	140	View salary detail
Public Safety Telecommunicators	$45,490	40	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.