Virginia Careers and Salaries

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

Occupations

Occupation	Median annual wage	Employment	Salary page
Personal Care and Service Workers, All Other	$33,910	1,570	View salary detail
Interior Designers	$62,560	1,550	View salary detail
Ophthalmic Medical Technicians	$40,920	1,540	View salary detail
Textile Winding, Twisting, and Drawing Out Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$50,770	1,530	View salary detail
Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers	$44,750	1,530	View salary detail
Writers and Authors	$85,000	1,530	View salary detail
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders	$49,970	1,530	View salary detail
Poets, Lyricists and Creative Writers	$85,000	1,530	View salary detail
Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing	$39,370	1,520	View salary detail
Dietitians and Nutritionists	$77,380	1,510	View salary detail
Real Estate Brokers	$77,270	1,500	View salary detail
Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	$45,220	1,490	View salary detail
Education Administrators, All Other	$108,820	1,480	View salary detail
Slaughterers and Meat Packers	$37,430	1,480	View salary detail
Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians	$67,100	1,480	View salary detail
Commercial and Industrial Designers	$82,230	1,480	View salary detail
Natural Sciences Managers	$150,570	1,470	View salary detail
Water Resource Specialists	$150,570	1,470	View salary detail
Clinical Research Coordinators	$150,570	1,470	View salary detail
Funeral Attendants	$35,010	1,450	View salary detail
Ship Engineers	$82,370	1,450	View salary detail
Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health	$49,430	1,450	View salary detail
Maintenance Workers, Machinery	$65,500	1,420	View salary detail
Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other	$35,870	1,390	View salary detail
Chemical Technicians	$51,850	1,370	View salary detail
Medical Equipment Repairers	$61,070	1,360	View salary detail
Surveyors	$71,070	1,360	View salary detail
Geodetic Surveyors	$71,070	1,360	View salary detail
Insulation Workers, Mechanical	$57,010	1,350	View salary detail
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers	$54,230	1,340	View salary detail
Machine Feeders and Offbearers	$36,290	1,340	View salary detail
Freight Forwarders	$49,680	1,280	View salary detail
Cargo and Freight Agents	$49,680	1,280	View salary detail
Private Detectives and Investigators	$56,160	1,280	View salary detail
Financial Examiners	$104,060	1,280	View salary detail
Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates	$104,000	1,270	View salary detail
Nanotechnology Engineering Technologists and Technicians	$66,310	1,270	View salary detail
Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians	$66,310	1,270	View salary detail
Physical Therapist Aides	$33,390	1,260	View salary detail
Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics	$47,480	1,240	View salary detail
Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters	$53,940	1,220	View salary detail
Clergy	$55,430	1,220	View salary detail
School Psychologists	$85,670	1,200	View salary detail
Helpers--Carpenters	$43,730	1,200	View salary detail
Food Processing Workers, All Other	$37,810	1,190	View salary detail
Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining	$59,480	1,150	View salary detail
Commercial Pilots	$104,890	1,130	View salary detail
Occupational Therapy Assistants	$74,960	1,130	View salary detail
Crane and Tower Operators	$66,600	1,120	View salary detail
Air Traffic Controllers	$191,820	1,120	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.