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Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA

259 occupations with BLS estimates, May 2025. BLS area code 13980.

BLS figures are for its own occupation list. Where one BLS occupation covers several O*NET occupations, it links to the first and says how many.

Largest

Most concentrated

By location quotient: the occupation's share of jobs here divided by its share nationally. Occupations employing fewer than 100 here are left out.

Highest median wage

OccupationMedian annual
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations)$208,030
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)$207,770
Sales Managers$160,830
Computer and Information Systems Managers$157,250
Fundraising Managers$143,730
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations)$139,800
Human Resources Managers$138,220
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations)$137,870
Pharmacists$131,740
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)$131,230
Dentists, General$128,140
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations)$125,400
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations)$125,050
Nurse Practitioners$124,800
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products (2 O*NET occupations)$122,120
Marketing Managers$119,420
Computer Network Architects (2 O*NET occupations)$117,030
Information Security Analysts$115,980
Computer Occupations, All Other (10 O*NET occupations)$112,820
Software Developers$111,630
All 259 occupations
BLS occupationEmploymentMedian annualLocation quotient
Accountants and Auditors 13-2011490$74,8000.71
Administrative Services Managers 11-301250$82,0200.43
Amusement and Recreation Attendants 39-3091120$32,5800.61
Animal Caretakers 39-2021160$28,1601.30
Architects, Except Landscape and Naval 17-101130$73,7100.63
Architectural and Civil Drafters 17-301130$63,7700.70
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations) 11-904190$137,8700.81
Automotive Body and Related Repairers 49-3021100$54,3301.45
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics 49-3023440$48,5001.30
Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants 53-6031Not available$29,080
Bartenders 35-3011270$43,0700.75
Bill and Account Collectors 43-301130$33,8600.42
Billing and Posting Clerks 43-3021110$44,9800.58
Biological Technicians 19-4021280$51,7108.47
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks 43-3031720$51,6201.10
Bus Drivers, School 53-3051300$47,9701.54
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists 49-3031440Not available3.20
Business Operations Specialists, All Other (5 O*NET occupations) 13-1199Not available$67,190
Butchers and Meat Cutters 51-302140$36,3700.59
Buyers and Purchasing Agents (3 O*NET occupations) 13-1020220$67,0000.96
Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters 51-7011Not available$47,360
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School 25-203270$76,3901.39
Carpenters 47-2031340$47,5801.07
Cashiers 41-20111,790$28,7701.22
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers 47-205140$45,5000.39
Chefs and Head Cooks 35-101170$56,5800.72
Chemical Technicians 19-4031120$57,6704.25
Chemists 19-203180$96,6501.97
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations) 11-101150$208,0300.56
Child, Family, and School Social Workers 21-1021110$47,1900.59
Childcare Workers (2 O*NET occupations) 39-9011250$29,0901.01
Civil Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) 17-2051Not available$94,200
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment 53-7061100$29,9500.56
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians (6 O*NET occupations) 29-201080$60,5300.50
Coaches and Scouts 27-2022240$65,2702.04
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 51-9124300$51,8003.92
Commercial and Industrial Designers 27-102140$74,6402.73
Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other 21-109930$57,9000.66
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists 13-114140$62,7700.67
Compliance Officers (7 O*NET occupations) 13-1041160$77,6800.83
Computer Network Architects (2 O*NET occupations) 15-124140$117,0300.45
Computer Network Support Specialists 15-123150$68,2900.79
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators 51-9161100$47,8701.18
Computer Occupations, All Other (10 O*NET occupations) 15-129990$112,8200.45
Computer Programmers 15-125130$87,1000.69
Computer Systems Analysts (2 O*NET occupations) 15-1211160$96,8300.64
Computer User Support Specialists 15-1232330$54,1900.96
Computer and Information Systems Managers 11-3021170$157,2500.53
Conservation Scientists (3 O*NET occupations) 19-103130$68,5602.78
Construction Laborers 47-2061Not available$41,670
Construction Managers 11-902180$95,0400.44
Construction and Building Inspectors (2 O*NET occupations) 47-4011110$62,6601.59
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria 35-2012300$37,0301.42
Cooks, Restaurant 35-2014720$35,0501.07
Correctional Officers and Jailers 33-3012150$50,1700.84
Cost Estimators 13-1051Not available$67,040
Counter and Rental Clerks 41-2021210$40,3001.11
Couriers and Messengers 43-502150$39,3401.64
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks 43-403190$42,3501.10
Customer Service Representatives 43-4051640$37,4300.52
Data Scientists (3 O*NET occupations) 15-205160$89,0700.50
Database Administrators 15-124250$82,3201.47
Dental Assistants 31-9091120$46,4800.67
Dental Hygienists 29-129270$90,5500.68
Dentists, General 29-102140$128,1400.67
Detectives and Criminal Investigators (3 O*NET occupations) 33-302140$77,2500.79
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers 35-9011340$34,6201.31
Dishwashers 35-9021230$29,1601.01
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance 43-5032140$38,9001.40
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary 11-9032130$99,2100.85
Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other 25-9099140$66,7102.39
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors 21-1012340$61,5802.04
Electrical Engineers 17-2071130$100,9001.36
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers 49-905150$84,8400.79
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians 17-3023150$61,4603.30
Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment 49-209490$50,7403.05
Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers (2 O*NET occupations) 51-2028560$38,5704.75
Electricians 47-2111270$62,4900.73
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education 25-2021630$60,6000.96
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs 43-406160$45,2700.86
Emergency Medical Technicians 29-2042100$48,3201.14
Engineers, All Other (9 O*NET occupations) 17-2199110$108,8101.44
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health (4 O*NET occupations) 19-204140$70,8200.97
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants 43-6011130$66,6900.61
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors 39-9031140$37,2900.92
Extruding, Forming, Pressing, and Compacting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 51-904150$42,9701.75
Facilities Managers (2 O*NET occupations) 11-301350$105,9500.64
Farm and Home Management Educators 25-9021120$51,67029.49
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations) 35-30232,230$28,3001.21
File Clerks 43-407140$35,4001.07
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations) 11-3031210$139,8000.53
Financial and Investment Analysts 13-205160$86,1000.32
Firefighters 33-201160$38,3800.35
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers (2 O*NET occupations) 47-1011Not available$65,630
First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services 39-101460$51,4701.26
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers 35-1012600$42,9001.03
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers 37-1011140$46,5601.65
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers 37-101280$51,9001.24
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers 49-1011420$74,1001.44
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers 41-101290$90,5800.86
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers 43-1011Not available$59,960
First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers 39-102240$40,4700.64
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives 33-1012110$78,6101.56
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers 51-1011490$77,8001.52
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers 41-1011610$46,1401.15
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors (5 O*NET occupations) 53-1047270$55,3700.90
Food Preparation Workers 35-2021320$31,2000.76
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant 35-3041150$31,3301.04
Food Service Managers 11-905190$64,2800.80
Fundraisers 13-1131120$78,2002.21
Fundraising Managers 11-203370$143,7303.63
Funeral Attendants 39-402140$35,6502.88
General and Operations Managers 11-10211,290$97,4800.77
Graphic Designers 27-102470$53,3100.70
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists 39-5012170$29,7001.17
Healthcare Social Workers 21-102240$62,3100.50
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers 49-9021190$50,0300.98
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers 53-3032920$53,9800.94
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers 49-909890$38,6201.95
Helpers--Production Workers 51-919840$36,8300.51
Highway Maintenance Workers 47-4051100$49,4001.37
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations) 31-11201,050$29,7000.51
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks 43-4081160$29,7201.28
Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping 43-416150$51,9501.18
Human Resources Managers 11-312170$138,2200.68
Human Resources Specialists 13-1071360$69,8800.83
Industrial Engineering Technologists and Technicians (2 O*NET occupations) 17-3026150$61,3104.31
Industrial Engineers (4 O*NET occupations) 17-2112420$98,4802.39
Industrial Machinery Mechanics 49-9041330$65,1501.56
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations) 11-3051110$125,4000.93
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators 53-7051250$39,3800.67
Information Security Analysts 15-121280$115,9800.86
Information and Record Clerks, All Other 43-419960$43,8400.99
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers 51-9061320$46,0801.12
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) 49-909940$41,6900.49
Insurance Sales Agents 41-302190$45,7200.41
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners 37-20111,480$34,5201.41
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education 25-201250$51,3901.04
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations) 53-70621,310$46,4400.94
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers 37-3011500$35,1801.10
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers 51-601180$29,3900.88
Lawyers 23-1011130$106,5000.37
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants 43-601230$37,7000.41
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists 25-4022130$58,3102.04
Library Technicians 25-403180$31,5202.51
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses 29-2061360$57,4601.17
Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other (3 O*NET occupations) 19-409970$61,1001.85
Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers 33-9092160$31,2002.08
Light Truck Drivers 53-3033420$35,5800.89
Loan Officers 13-207290$85,6100.68
Logisticians (3 O*NET occupations) 13-1081110$86,1200.92
Machinists 51-4041230$59,9201.65
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners 37-2012450$29,5301.09
Maintenance Workers, Machinery 49-904330$57,5801.05
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General 49-9071930$48,0401.28
Management Analysts 13-1111220$95,9400.51
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) 11-9199120$131,2300.40
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists (2 O*NET occupations) 13-1161270$62,7900.63
Marketing Managers 11-202150$119,4200.27
Mechanical Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) 17-2141170$98,4001.18
Medical Assistants 31-9092250$39,3500.65
Medical Records Specialists 29-207240$46,3500.46
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists 19-1042110$78,6201.34
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants 43-6013310$39,8200.69
Medical Transcriptionists 31-9094Not available$36,210
Medical and Health Services Managers 11-9111180$106,6400.62
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners 13-112160$50,9300.88
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers 21-1023Not available$58,980
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers 27-102650$37,5800.60
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education 25-2022260$62,7000.87
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations) 51-20902,450$45,9503.67
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 51-902380$48,0401.69
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines 49-304250$58,9100.55
Network and Computer Systems Administrators 15-1244140$88,3900.94
New Accounts Clerks 43-414130$36,5001.73
Nurse Practitioners 29-1171110$124,8000.72
Nursing Assistants 31-1131760$37,8501.10
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists 19-501160$81,1200.92
Occupational Therapists (2 O*NET occupations) 29-112250$98,8000.70
Office Clerks, General 43-90611,480$42,4201.26
Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other 43-919950$49,1000.57
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators 47-2073Not available$50,030
Ophthalmic Medical Technicians 29-205730$36,8200.91
Order Clerks 43-415140$35,6001.12
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders 51-9111130$44,2200.71
Packers and Packagers, Hand 53-7064170$33,9300.65
Painters, Construction and Maintenance 47-214150$39,4900.46
Paralegals and Legal Assistants 23-201170$58,3200.37
Paramedics 29-2043120$50,1502.44
Parts Salespersons 41-2022150$35,9601.15
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks 43-305160$46,7700.78
Personal Financial Advisors 13-205230$78,5300.26
Pest Control Workers 37-202150$40,2800.98
Pharmacists 29-1051170$131,7401.08
Pharmacy Technicians 29-2052230$40,5101.01
Phlebotomists 31-909780$43,4601.15
Physical Therapist Assistants 31-202150$73,0000.92
Physical Therapists 29-1123120$101,7500.94
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations) 29-107160$125,0500.80
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) 29-1229100$207,7700.59
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters (2 O*NET occupations) 47-2152Not available$53,340
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers (2 O*NET occupations) 33-3051470$56,2501.47
Postal Service Clerks 43-505150$58,1501.54
Postal Service Mail Carriers 43-5052170$62,3901.10
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education 25-2011200$31,2000.88
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists 21-109250$56,9201.07
Producers and Directors (4 O*NET occupations) 27-201230$64,6600.49
Production Workers, All Other 51-9199100$41,5800.86
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks 43-5061230$61,2401.22
Project Management Specialists 13-1082380$85,0700.75
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers 11-914180$74,9900.53
Protective Service Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) 33-909930$40,3300.78
Public Relations Managers 11-203260$106,8801.55
Public Relations Specialists 27-3031190$65,1701.37
Public Safety Telecommunicators 43-503180$46,3801.60
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians 29-2034110$77,1100.98
Real Estate Sales Agents 41-9022Not available$44,570
Receptionists and Information Clerks 43-4171370$34,9400.86
Recreation Workers 39-9032220$33,6601.41
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors 53-7081130$36,1601.92
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations) 29-11411,330$81,2300.83
Retail Salespersons 41-20311,690$31,7800.91
Sales Managers 11-202280$160,8300.27
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel 41-3091280$56,0200.46
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products 41-4012300$66,1800.51
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products (2 O*NET occupations) 41-4011Not available$122,120
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education 25-2031480$60,8800.95
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive 43-6014700$44,1000.86
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents 41-303180$57,4100.35
Security Guards 33-9032400$36,7800.65
Self-Enrichment Teachers 25-3021110$37,7600.71
Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 51-901230$46,4301.21
Sheet Metal Workers 47-221140$37,7800.66
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks 43-5071390$40,9301.00
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs 53-3053150$34,5201.26
Social and Community Service Managers 11-915140$84,9000.40
Social and Human Service Assistants 21-1093140$39,0300.69
Software Developers 15-1252590$111,6300.73
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers 15-125360$101,5100.68
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School (2 O*NET occupations) 25-2052110$59,4600.90
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School 25-205880$59,4401.00
Speech-Language Pathologists 29-112760$85,7700.72
Stockers and Order Fillers 53-70651,520$34,8801.13
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors (2 O*NET occupations) 21-1018730$52,0603.11
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term 25-3031370$27,7201.50
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations) 25-9045590$30,4400.87
Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers 49-905250$51,6701.13
Tellers 43-3071170$37,8401.09
Training and Development Specialists 13-1151190$63,9700.86
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers (2 O*NET occupations) 11-307150$90,1600.47
Tutors 25-304140$38,8300.52
Veterinarians 29-113160$105,3001.51
Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers 31-9096150$36,2302.45
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians 29-2056150$51,9602.51
Waiters and Waitresses 35-30311,080$37,6701.00
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators 51-8031110Not available1.81
Web Developers 15-125450$86,6801.39
Web and Digital Interface Designers (2 O*NET occupations) 15-125540$47,4200.73
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers 51-4121250$57,6501.27