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

Occupation	Median annual wage	Employment	Salary page
Slaughterers and Meat Packers	$37,430	1,480	View salary detail
Floral Designers	$37,350	980	View salary detail
Psychiatric Aides	$37,280	—	View salary detail
Shoe and Leather Workers and Repairers	$37,230	70	View salary detail
Driver/Sales Workers	$37,180	10,780	View salary detail
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education	$37,140	13,570	View salary detail
Receptionists and Information Clerks	$37,060	23,360	View salary detail
Hoist and Winch Operators	$37,020	40	View salary detail
Ambulance Drivers and Attendants, Except Emergency Medical Technicians	$36,980	370	View salary detail
Orderlies	$36,960	900	View salary detail
Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service	$36,780	1,610	View salary detail
Cooks, Restaurant	$36,750	40,310	View salary detail
Switchboard Operators, Including Answering Service	$36,730	610	View salary detail
Manicurists and Pedicurists	$36,630	4,230	View salary detail
Baggage Porters and Bellhops	$36,530	800	View salary detail
Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other	$36,520	910	View salary detail
School Bus Monitors	$36,510	1,920	View salary detail
Bicycle Repairers	$36,420	190	View salary detail
Pharmacy Aides	$36,390	510	View salary detail
Stockers and Order Fillers	$36,380	69,660	View salary detail
Machine Feeders and Offbearers	$36,290	1,340	View salary detail
Log Graders and Scalers	$36,220	80	View salary detail
Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers	$36,170	2,740	View salary detail
Recreation Workers	$36,120	9,260	View salary detail
Engine and Other Machine Assemblers	$36,030	570	View salary detail
Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other	$35,870	1,390	View salary detail
Cooks, All Other	$35,810	480	View salary detail
Sewing Machine Operators	$35,790	2,010	View salary detail
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood	$35,790	1,580	View salary detail
Sales and Related Workers, All Other	$35,730	950	View salary detail
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse	$35,580	1,590	View salary detail
Cooling and Freezing Equipment Operators and Tenders	$35,370	170	View salary detail
Protective Service Workers, All Other	$35,230	4,000	View salary detail
Retail Loss Prevention Specialists	$35,230	4,000	View salary detail
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	$35,170	65,970	View salary detail
Food Cooking Machine Operators and Tenders	$35,140	510	View salary detail
Medical Transcriptionists	$35,130	—	View salary detail
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant	$35,090	7,420	View salary detail
Funeral Attendants	$35,010	1,450	View salary detail
Packers and Packagers, Hand	$35,000	7,790	View salary detail
Food Preparation Workers	$34,900	16,340	View salary detail
Graders and Sorters, Agricultural Products	$34,860	230	View salary detail
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment	$34,450	8,860	View salary detail
Bakers	$34,430	7,820	View salary detail
Textile Cutting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$34,410	50	View salary detail
Animal Caretakers	$34,380	10,070	View salary detail
Childcare Workers	$34,330	13,930	View salary detail
Nannies	$34,330	13,930	View salary detail
Retail Salespersons	$34,240	100,290	View salary detail
Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians	$34,170	470	View 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.