Occupations With the Highest Reported Median Wages in Virginia

875 occupations have a published Bureau of Labor Statistics median wage in Virginia for 2025. Rows are ordered by reported annual median wage.

Occupations

OccupationMedian annual wageEmploymentSalary page
Earth Drillers, Except Oil and Gas$55,470440View salary detail
Clergy$55,4301,220View salary detail
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants$55,3202,380View salary detail
Court Reporters and Simultaneous Captioners$55,210320View salary detail
Reinforcing Iron and Rebar Workers$55,120—View salary detail
Heat Treating Equipment Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$55,070190View salary detail
Grounds Maintenance Workers, All Other$54,990120View salary detail
Brickmasons and Blockmasons$54,6802,350View salary detail
Procurement Clerks$54,660930View salary detail
Forest and Conservation Workers$54,560—View salary detail
Forging Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$54,230560View salary detail
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers$54,2301,340View salary detail
Audio and Video Technicians$53,9601,900View salary detail
Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters$53,9401,220View salary detail
Locksmiths and Safe Repairers$53,590430View salary detail
Biological Technicians$53,3601,820View salary detail
Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare$53,3201,590View salary detail
Medical Records Specialists$53,2904,630View salary detail
Social Science Research Assistants$53,260700View salary detail
Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other$53,1705,890View salary detail
Bus Drivers, Transit and Intercity$52,9403,800View salary detail
Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other$52,5902,320View salary detail
Exercise Physiologists$52,400240View salary detail
Environmental Engineering Technologists and Technicians$52,330—View salary detail
Sheet Metal Workers$52,2204,520View salary detail
Hydrologic Technicians$52,19040View salary detail
Museum Technicians and Conservators$52,190310View salary detail
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians$52,0902,790View salary detail
Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping$51,9502,160View salary detail
Dental Laboratory Technicians$51,9001,050View salary detail
Chemical Technicians$51,8501,370View salary detail
Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other$51,690130View salary detail
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks$51,62031,990View salary detail
Credit Counselors$51,550760View salary detail
Millwrights$51,430690View salary detail
Building Cleaning Workers, All Other$51,210130View salary detail
Transportation Workers, All Other$51,11070View salary detail
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs$50,9604,290View salary detail
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers$50,9304,020View salary detail
Mechanical Door Repairers$50,880380View salary detail
Highway Maintenance Workers$50,8003,400View salary detail
Textile Winding, Twisting, and Drawing Out Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders$50,7701,530View salary detail
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance$50,7105,830View salary detail
Information and Record Clerks, All Other$50,6704,810View salary detail
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic$50,6001,030View salary detail
Manufactured Building and Mobile Home Installers$50,50030View salary detail
Public Safety Telecommunicators$50,4903,050View salary detail
Floor Layers, Except Carpet, Wood, and Hard Tiles$50,440270View salary detail
Helpers--Extraction Workers$50,35090View salary detail
Bus Drivers, School$50,19012,930View salary detail

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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.