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Lynchburg, VA

314 occupations with BLS estimates, May 2025. BLS area code 31340.

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
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)$273,740
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations)$219,400
Family Medicine Physicians$177,430
Dentists, General$167,440
Computer and Information Systems Managers$166,840
Marketing Managers$159,490
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations)$155,370
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations)$152,360
Sales Managers$149,990
Pharmacists$144,090
Human Resources Managers$136,100
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)$130,580
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations)$129,640
Medical and Health Services Managers$129,320
Optometrists$128,010
Purchasing Managers$125,110
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations)$122,800
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products (2 O*NET occupations)$122,560
Lawyers$122,110
Information Security Analysts$121,340
All 314 occupations
BLS occupationEmploymentMedian annualLocation quotient
Accountants and Auditors 13-2011680$78,9900.75
Advertising Sales Agents 41-301140$62,0900.66
Amusement and Recreation Attendants 39-3091130$27,4300.52
Animal Caretakers 39-2021220$28,8001.32
Architectural and Civil Drafters 17-301150$57,3100.70
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations) 11-9041100$152,3600.70
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics 49-3023590$46,9701.35
Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants 53-6031100$28,6501.62
Bakers 51-3011180$29,6501.22
Bartenders 35-3011290$44,3500.61
Bill and Account Collectors 43-301140$42,2000.40
Billing and Posting Clerks 43-3021310$43,9801.21
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks 43-3031890$47,0601.04
Brickmasons and Blockmasons 47-2021110$52,2703.33
Bus Drivers, School 53-3051470$48,2101.88
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists 49-3031370$59,5002.03
Business Operations Specialists, All Other (5 O*NET occupations) 13-1199350$60,2500.51
Business Teachers, Postsecondary 25-101160$76,9501.08
Butchers and Meat Cutters 51-302160$36,9300.67
Buyers and Purchasing Agents (3 O*NET occupations) 13-1020320$70,7601.06
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary 25-119430$59,6000.43
Carpenters 47-2031480$48,2701.15
Cashiers 41-20112,810$28,3901.46
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers 47-2051100$36,8400.78
Chefs and Head Cooks 35-101190$56,9300.72
Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders 51-901170$50,8400.78
Chemical Technicians 19-403150$62,7101.41
Chemists 19-203150$63,9601.02
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations) 11-1011160$219,4001.24
Child, Family, and School Social Workers 21-1021310$53,1101.25
Childcare Workers (2 O*NET occupations) 39-9011280$29,5000.86
Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians 17-302280Not available1.78
Civil Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) 17-2051170$96,1000.73
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators 13-1031120$65,1900.59
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment 53-7061250$34,6201.04
Clergy 21-201140$43,9901.14
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians (6 O*NET occupations) 29-201090$54,3500.45
Coaches and Scouts 27-2022290$46,6801.84
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 51-9124130$44,3001.35
Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other 21-109930$57,3500.50
Compensation, Benefits, and Job Analysis Specialists 13-114160$65,9900.92
Compliance Officers (7 O*NET occupations) 13-1041280$63,7801.08
Computer Network Architects (2 O*NET occupations) 15-124170$108,9400.63
Computer Network Support Specialists 15-1231140$60,3601.55
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators 51-9161160$54,9201.51
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Programmers 51-916230$56,3801.94
Computer Occupations, All Other (10 O*NET occupations) 15-129940$86,8300.16
Computer Systems Analysts (2 O*NET occupations) 15-1211250$98,1700.77
Computer User Support Specialists 15-1232270$54,5300.60
Computer and Information Systems Managers 11-3021180$166,8400.42
Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers 49-201140$44,0300.90
Construction Laborers 47-2061600$38,4000.88
Construction Managers 11-9021120$97,6200.49
Construction and Building Inspectors (2 O*NET occupations) 47-4011100$64,0001.05
Cooks, Fast Food 35-2011310$29,2900.77
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria 35-2012550$35,1202.00
Cooks, Restaurant 35-20141,000$35,0801.14
Correctional Officers and Jailers 33-3012300$49,2901.28
Cost Estimators 13-1051170$74,5701.19
Counter and Rental Clerks 41-2021350$38,8801.42
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks 43-4031120$43,0401.09
Customer Service Representatives 43-40511,220$37,6700.75
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic 51-4031170$48,1001.60
Data Entry Keyers 43-902140$36,6000.49
Data Scientists (3 O*NET occupations) 15-205170Not available0.41
Database Administrators 15-124270$79,9101.55
Dental Assistants 31-9091230$45,1100.95
Dental Hygienists 29-1292120$96,9900.87
Dentists, General 29-102180$167,4401.07
Detectives and Criminal Investigators (3 O*NET occupations) 33-302190$96,4301.33
Diagnostic Medical Sonographers 29-203260$95,1301.04
Dietitians and Nutritionists 29-103140$75,8600.90
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers 35-9011330$29,8900.98
Dishwashers 35-9021340$28,6601.15
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance 43-5032140$49,9901.09
Driver/Sales Workers 53-3031280$34,8901.11
Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers 47-208150$48,6100.91
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary 11-9032210$95,6901.04
Education Administrators, Postsecondary 11-9033100$95,3600.89
Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare 11-903130$52,5200.73
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors 21-1012250$58,9901.14
Electrical Engineers 17-2071160$98,6701.30
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians 17-302380$77,9101.35
Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment 49-209440$97,1500.86
Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers (2 O*NET occupations) 51-2028310$49,8802.03
Electricians 47-2111380$58,7500.80
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education 25-20211,080$50,4701.24
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs 43-4061140$47,8001.43
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants 43-6011150$61,9200.53
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors 39-9031260$36,4601.30
Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic 51-402190$44,8402.28
Facilities Managers (2 O*NET occupations) 11-301380$113,9400.82
Family Medicine Physicians 29-1215120$177,4301.77
Farm Equipment Mechanics and Service Technicians 49-304140$47,3201.51
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse 45-209240$36,1000.26
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations) 35-30233,280$28,2201.36
File Clerks 43-407140$38,2500.85
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations) 11-3031220$155,3700.41
Financial and Investment Analysts 13-2051120$82,8300.54
Firefighters 33-2011260$45,4501.21
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers (2 O*NET occupations) 47-1011540$65,3801.06
First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers 33-101150$58,6201.41
First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services 39-101460$46,6300.87
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers 35-1012840$39,6401.10
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers 37-1011140$41,2701.27
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers 37-1012110$50,0901.34
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers 49-1011460$75,6901.20
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers 41-1012210$87,2901.53
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers 43-1011770$62,5600.85
First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers 39-102250$41,9300.74
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives 33-1012100$98,0701.06
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers 51-1011610$73,8601.44
First-Line Supervisors of Protective Service Workers, All Other 33-109930$44,1702.37
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers 41-1011960$45,2901.37
First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers 33-109140$73,2300.70
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors (5 O*NET occupations) 53-1047350$59,1300.89
Food Preparation Workers 35-2021490$30,8000.88
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant 35-3041290$34,0101.59
Food Service Managers 11-9051110$61,4600.71
Fundraisers 13-113190$62,6801.24
Funeral Attendants 39-4021100$28,3004.97
General and Operations Managers 11-10211,930$95,0400.88
Graphic Designers 27-102480$49,0200.64
Grinding and Polishing Workers, Hand 51-902230Not available4.58
Grinding, Lapping, Polishing, and Buffing Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic 51-403350$37,1101.25
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other (4 O*NET occupations) 29-209970$45,3000.63
Healthcare Social Workers 21-102280$61,1900.64
Healthcare Support Workers, All Other (3 O*NET occupations) 31-909950$35,8800.67
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers 49-9021530$58,5002.06
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers 53-30321,410$55,0201.09
Helpers--Carpenters 47-301240$40,1103.30
Helpers--Electricians 47-301360$39,6401.49
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers 49-9098130$36,4002.13
Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters 47-301540$36,3801.47
Helpers--Production Workers 51-9198190$38,6701.84
Highway Maintenance Workers 47-4051170$48,6801.80
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations) 31-11202,120$27,8100.79
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop 35-9031250$27,7500.91
Human Resources Assistants, Except Payroll and Timekeeping 43-416140$47,7400.76
Human Resources Managers 11-312180$136,1000.57
Human Resources Specialists 13-1071430$69,4900.75
Industrial Engineers (4 O*NET occupations) 17-2112330$99,9001.43
Industrial Machinery Mechanics 49-9041490$59,8601.79
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations) 11-3051180$129,6401.19
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators 53-7051300$45,5200.62
Information Security Analysts 15-121290$121,3400.75
Information and Record Clerks, All Other 43-4199130$26,3501.49
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers 51-9061750$57,6602.00
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) 49-9099140$41,1701.24
Instructional Coordinators 25-903170$54,6400.51
Insulation Workers, Floor, Ceiling, and Wall 47-213150$38,2301.63
Insurance Claims and Policy Processing Clerks 43-904180$50,7600.57
Insurance Sales Agents 41-3021380$47,9901.28
Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan 43-411150$40,3000.57
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners 37-20111,590$31,5001.15
Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates 23-102340$104,0002.73
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education 25-201240$49,9000.55
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations) 53-70621,100$36,0800.60
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers 37-3011670$35,4001.13
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers 51-6011120$29,1001.00
Lawyers 23-1011250$122,1100.52
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants 43-601250$42,0900.51
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists 25-4022110$58,3901.35
Library Assistants, Clerical 43-412140$32,0900.66
Library Technicians 25-403140$29,0500.92
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses 29-2061570$61,3701.42
Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other (3 O*NET occupations) 19-4099Not available$95,770
Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers 33-9092170$28,6501.71
Light Truck Drivers 53-3033460$35,1400.76
Loan Interviewers and Clerks 43-413170$46,7600.66
Loan Officers 13-2072140$58,5500.79
Logisticians (3 O*NET occupations) 13-108180$78,5200.50
Machine Feeders and Offbearers 53-706340$32,8301.44
Machinists 51-4041480$61,1402.69
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners 37-2012660$31,4901.23
Mail Clerks and Mail Machine Operators, Except Postal Service 43-905190$36,8202.58
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General 49-9071880$47,9200.92
Management Analysts 13-1111320$84,9900.57
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) 11-9199120$130,5800.32
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists (2 O*NET occupations) 13-1161430$60,3100.77
Marketing Managers 11-202150$159,4900.20
Mechanical Drafters 17-301350$60,9301.92
Mechanical Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) 17-2141200$94,6301.08
Medical Assistants 31-9092450$40,2100.87
Medical Records Specialists 29-2072150$47,1801.21
Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists 19-104260$77,6500.59
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants 43-6013700$43,0301.16
Medical Transcriptionists 31-909450$36,4402.05
Medical and Health Services Managers 11-9111320$129,3200.85
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners 13-112170$45,8900.80
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers 21-102390$58,3201.07
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers 27-102680$38,0500.77
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education 25-2022370$60,3100.95
Millwrights 49-904450$45,7602.14
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations) 51-2090770$42,9000.88
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines 49-3042110$61,0301.01
Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic 51-4072140$30,9301.53
Morticians, Undertakers, and Funeral Arrangers 39-403140$59,8702.59
Multiple Machine Tool Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic 51-408150$48,8100.64
Network and Computer Systems Administrators 15-1244200$94,6601.01
New Accounts Clerks 43-414140$40,7101.78
Nurse Practitioners 29-1171250$120,7101.22
Nursing Assistants 31-11311,300$43,6601.43
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists 19-5011100$86,4801.17
Occupational Health and Safety Technicians 19-501260$85,4103.06
Occupational Therapists (2 O*NET occupations) 29-1122130$103,0601.25
Occupational Therapy Assistants 31-201140$78,2301.11
Office Clerks, General 43-90611,440$40,2200.93
Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other 43-9199110$40,9900.90
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators 47-2073230$50,1000.77
Ophthalmic Medical Technicians 29-205760$37,4601.31
Opticians, Dispensing 29-208150$48,8901.09
Optometrists 29-104140$128,0101.40
Order Clerks 43-415150$36,9900.96
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders 51-9111350$45,1901.48
Packers and Packagers, Hand 53-7064180$35,0200.51
Painters, Construction and Maintenance 47-2141110$38,9900.81
Painting, Coating, and Decorating Workers 51-912340$37,1107.78
Paper Goods Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 51-9196310$49,9005.23
Paralegals and Legal Assistants 23-2011140$50,6600.57
Paramedics 29-204370Not available1.08
Parts Salespersons 41-2022270$36,0601.57
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks 43-305150$59,9500.56
Personal Financial Advisors 13-2052120$89,6500.69
Pest Control Workers 37-202150$43,6800.80
Pharmacists 29-1051190$144,0900.96
Pharmacy Technicians 29-2052300$42,0301.03
Phlebotomists 31-9097120$38,4601.39
Physical Therapist Assistants 31-2021150$75,4202.08
Physical Therapists 29-1123160$102,4500.98
Physician Assistants (2 O*NET occupations) 29-1071130$122,8001.26
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) 29-1229130$273,7400.63
Pipelayers 47-215130$44,5801.62
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters (2 O*NET occupations) 47-2152330$57,2101.15
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers (2 O*NET occupations) 33-3051430$58,1501.02
Postal Service Clerks 43-505170$61,5701.52
Postal Service Mail Carriers 43-5052300$59,7001.47
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education 25-2011350$30,0701.16
Print Binding and Finishing Workers 51-5113100$37,9404.86
Printing Press Operators 51-5112190$44,8802.07
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists 21-1092110$46,3201.97
Producers and Directors (4 O*NET occupations) 27-201250$60,5100.54
Production Workers, All Other 51-9199320$60,0802.05
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks 43-5061230$60,6500.96
Project Management Specialists 13-1082740$94,6901.10
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers 11-914160$63,1400.33
Protective Service Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) 33-909960$45,0601.10
Public Relations Specialists 27-3031170$60,9900.95
Public Safety Telecommunicators 43-503190$47,1401.46
Purchasing Managers 11-306130$125,1100.65
Real Estate Sales Agents 41-902290$59,8800.78
Receptionists and Information Clerks 43-4171560$33,9400.98
Recreation Workers 39-9032Not available$33,970
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors 53-708190$47,6700.98
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations) 29-11412,200$80,4501.04
Rehabilitation Counselors 21-101580$45,1201.32
Residential Advisors 39-904170$34,6601.41
Respiratory Therapists 29-1126120$81,4701.40
Retail Salespersons 41-20312,950$30,5701.21
Riggers 49-909650$60,0403.87
Rolling Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic 51-402350$39,7203.28
Roofers 47-218170$46,1600.79
Sales Engineers 41-903140$97,5401.12
Sales Managers 11-2022110$149,9900.28
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel 41-3091620$59,6500.79
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products 41-4012790$51,7301.02
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products (2 O*NET occupations) 41-4011120$122,5600.68
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood 51-704150$36,7102.14
School Bus Monitors 33-909470$30,2401.47
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education 25-2031890$58,2901.33
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive 43-6014910$41,5100.85
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents 41-3031250$49,8600.81
Security Guards 33-9032570$49,4800.72
Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers 49-209830$49,9800.59
Self-Enrichment Teachers 25-3021120$36,4000.57
Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 51-9012120$51,5203.29
Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners 47-407140$47,7802.17
Sheet Metal Workers 47-2211140$47,0901.93
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks 43-5071580$42,6301.14
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs 53-3053170$35,3701.07
Social and Community Service Managers 11-9151100$82,6800.75
Social and Human Service Assistants 21-1093380$36,5301.40
Software Developers 15-1252510$109,8400.49
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers 15-125350$102,2500.45
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School (2 O*NET occupations) 25-2052150$57,9400.91
Special Education Teachers, Middle School 25-205750$60,8800.86
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School 25-2058130$56,4701.31
Speech-Language Pathologists 29-1127120$93,4101.03
Stockers and Order Fillers 53-70652,080$30,9601.17
Structural Iron and Steel Workers 47-222170$56,4401.64
Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters 51-204180$53,9402.59
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors (2 O*NET occupations) 21-1018780$60,2202.55
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term 25-3031580$27,3601.76
Surveying and Mapping Technicians 17-303140$48,4101.08
Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents 13-208130$49,1200.94
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations) 25-9045930$31,5701.04
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers 49-202250$59,9700.52
Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers 49-905240$91,1200.63
Tellers 43-3071210$39,6301.02
Textile Knitting and Weaving Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 51-6063200$37,69024.78
Tire Repairers and Changers 49-309360$38,1200.82
Title Examiners, Abstractors, and Searchers 23-209360$50,0602.10
Tour and Travel Guides (2 O*NET occupations) 39-701040$33,1201.27
Training and Development Specialists 13-1151250$72,5800.89
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers (2 O*NET occupations) 11-307160$116,0000.42
Tutors 25-304150$35,1500.48
Veterinarians 29-113170$107,8701.42
Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers 31-9096120$34,9401.46
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians 29-205690$46,0301.08
Waiters and Waitresses 35-30311,410$36,7801.00
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators 51-803150$49,1800.66
Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping 43-511140$40,9101.16
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers 51-4121610$51,9702.34
Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 51-412270$46,3903.31