Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area

255 occupations with BLS estimates, May 2025. BLS area code 5100003.

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

Occupation	Employment
Cashiers	1,780
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations)	1,530
General and Operations Managers	1,240
Retail Salespersons	1,170
Office Clerks, General	1,010
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	890
Software Developers	880
Computer and Information Research Scientists	850
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations)	820
Stockers and Order Fillers	820
Waiters and Waitresses	790
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations)	780
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	760
Management Analysts	740
Engineers, All Other (9 O*NET occupations)	740
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	710
Cooks, Restaurant	650
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	630
Nursing Assistants	630
Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers	630

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.

Occupation	Location quotient	Employment
Computer and Information Research Scientists	61.55	850
Physicists	31.68	240
Engineers, All Other (9 O*NET occupations)	12.98	740
Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other (3 O*NET occupations)	12.60	280
Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers	11.69	630
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood	9.74	150
Aerospace Engineers	7.57	190
Computer Hardware Engineers	6.42	180
Electrical Engineers	5.15	380
Postal Service Clerks	5.01	140
Food Processing Workers, All Other	4.90	120
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians	4.76	170
Operations Research Analysts	4.15	170
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer (2 O*NET occupations)	4.13	150
Public Safety Telecommunicators	3.76	140
Mechanical Engineers (3 O*NET occupations)	3.53	390
Highway Maintenance Workers	3.09	180
Computer Occupations, All Other (10 O*NET occupations)	3.06	490
Correctional Officers and Jailers	3.01	430
Emergency Medical Technicians	2.95	200

Highest median wage

Occupation	Median annual
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations)	$202,590
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)	$183,190
Family Medicine Physicians	$182,540
Engineers, All Other (9 O*NET occupations)	$161,470
Dentists, General	$159,800
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations)	$157,440
Operations Research Analysts	$156,750
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer (2 O*NET occupations)	$156,750
Computer and Information Systems Managers	$154,440
Computer Occupations, All Other (10 O*NET occupations)	$147,620
Lawyers	$146,320
Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other (3 O*NET occupations)	$146,310
Sales Managers	$145,540
Human Resources Managers	$145,250
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)	$141,130
Electrical Engineers	$138,840
Physicists	$138,740
Aerospace Engineers	$136,970
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations)	$134,800
Computer and Information Research Scientists	$130,670

All 255 occupations

BLS occupation	Employment	Median annual	Location quotient
Accountants and Auditors `13-2011`	340	$79,170	0.64
Aerospace Engineers `17-2011`	190	$136,970	7.57
Amusement and Recreation Attendants `39-3091`	80	$28,130	0.56
Animal Caretakers `39-2021`	130	$30,470	1.29
Architectural and Civil Drafters `17-3011`	30	$63,450	0.80
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-9041`	50	$157,440	0.59
Automotive Body and Related Repairers `49-3021`	40	$50,220	0.73
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics `49-3023`	240	$53,030	0.92
Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants `53-6031`	60	$27,460	1.65
Bakers `51-3011`	40	$29,340	0.48
Bartenders `35-3011`	210	$44,150	0.76
Billing and Posting Clerks `43-3021`	60	$45,190	0.38
Biological Scientists, All Other (5 O*NET occupations) `19-1029`	Not available	$116,630
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks `43-3031`	490	$45,270	0.96
Brickmasons and Blockmasons `47-2021`	40	$45,020	2.22
Budget Analysts `13-2031`	40	$122,510	2.17
Bus Drivers, School `53-3051`	290	$49,470	1.95
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists `49-3031`	150	$56,520	1.38
Business Operations Specialists, All Other (5 O*NET occupations) `13-1199`	570	$108,740	1.41
Butchers and Meat Cutters `51-3021`	120	$34,890	2.45
Buyers and Purchasing Agents (3 O*NET occupations) `13-1020`	270	$96,510	1.50
Captains, Mates, and Pilots of Water Vessels `53-5021`	30	$77,250	2.23
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School `25-2032`	90	$61,920	2.12
Carpenters `47-2031`	390	$49,210	1.57
Cashiers `41-2011`	1,780	$28,980	1.55
Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers `47-2051`	30	$52,760	0.42
Chefs and Head Cooks `35-1011`	30	$57,290	0.47
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations) `11-1011`	50	$202,590	0.65
Child, Family, and School Social Workers `21-1021`	150	$59,460	1.06
Childcare Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `39-9011`	160	$30,420	0.82
Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians `17-3022`	30	Not available	1.18
Civil Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) `17-2051`	170	$104,960	1.24
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators `13-1031`	50	$65,400	0.38
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment `53-7061`	140	$29,130	1.01
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians (6 O*NET occupations) `29-2010`	40	$63,290	0.29
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders `51-9124`	40	$44,350	0.75
Compliance Officers (7 O*NET occupations) `13-1041`	140	$71,280	0.91
Computer Hardware Engineers `17-2061`	180	$127,400	6.42
Computer Network Architects (2 O*NET occupations) `15-1241`	40	$119,260	0.62
Computer Network Support Specialists `15-1231`	40	$62,310	0.73
Computer Occupations, All Other (10 O*NET occupations) `15-1299`	490	$147,620	3.06
Computer Programmers `15-1251`	40	$119,880	1.26
Computer Systems Analysts (2 O*NET occupations) `15-1211`	280	$106,920	1.48
Computer User Support Specialists `15-1232`	170	$57,670	0.64
Computer and Information Research Scientists `15-1221`	850	$130,670	61.55
Computer and Information Systems Managers `11-3021`	80	$154,440	0.32
Construction Laborers `47-2061`	290	$37,820	0.72
Construction Managers `11-9021`	70	$96,180	0.47
Construction and Building Inspectors (2 O*NET occupations) `47-4011`	90	$65,990	1.59
Cooks, Fast Food `35-2011`	160	$29,190	0.68
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria `35-2012`	120	$34,870	0.73
Cooks, Restaurant `35-2014`	650	$35,500	1.25
Cooks, Short Order `35-2015`	100	$31,050	1.86
Correctional Officers and Jailers `33-3012`	430	$47,450	3.01
Cost Estimators `13-1051`	40	$77,460	0.53
Counter and Rental Clerks `41-2021`	110	$37,150	0.71
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks `43-4031`	150	$43,040	2.32
Customer Service Representatives `43-4051`	470	$35,870	0.49
Data Scientists (3 O*NET occupations) `15-2051`	60	$95,700	0.61
Dental Assistants `31-9091`	70	$44,930	0.48
Dental Hygienists `29-1292`	40	$99,620	0.54
Dentists, General `29-1021`	40	$159,800	0.78
Detectives and Criminal Investigators (3 O*NET occupations) `33-3021`	90	$82,690	2.23
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers `35-9011`	230	$31,200	1.16
Dishwashers `35-9021`	120	$28,220	0.70
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance `43-5032`	110	$42,840	1.43
Driver/Sales Workers `53-3031`	230	$45,080	1.52
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary `11-9032`	200	$100,470	1.61
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors `21-1012`	120	$63,590	0.93
Electrical Engineers `17-2071`	380	$138,840	5.15
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers `49-9051`	120	$86,970	2.38
Electrical and Electronic Engineering Technologists and Technicians `17-3023`	170	$116,040	4.76
Electricians `47-2111`	130	$53,250	0.48
Electronics Engineers, Except Computer (2 O*NET occupations) `17-2072`	150	$156,750	4.13
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2021`	630	$59,910	1.23
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs `43-4061`	110	$45,910	2.00
Emergency Medical Technicians `29-2042`	200	$41,540	2.95
Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other (3 O*NET occupations) `17-3029`	280	$146,310	12.60
Engineers, All Other (9 O*NET occupations) `17-2199`	740	$161,470	12.98
Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health `19-4042`	50	$46,950	3.58
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants `43-6011`	70	$68,630	0.42
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors `39-9031`	120	$36,940	0.99
Facilities Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-3013`	40	$104,330	0.64
Family Medicine Physicians `29-1215`	40	$182,540	0.94
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse `45-2092`	130	$31,020	1.34
Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals `45-2093`	40	$38,560	3.27
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `35-3023`	1,530	$27,930	1.07
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations) `11-3031`	100	$130,100	0.34
Financial Specialists, All Other (3 O*NET occupations) `13-2099`	100	$114,920	2.08
Financial and Investment Analysts `13-2051`	60	$103,690	0.42
Firefighters `33-2011`	170	$56,670	1.29
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers (2 O*NET occupations) `47-1011`	240	$65,060	0.80
First-Line Supervisors of Correctional Officers `33-1011`	70	$61,060	3.46
First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services `39-1014`	50	$40,210	1.25
First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers `45-1011`	50	$60,740	4.96
First-Line Supervisors of Firefighting and Prevention Workers `33-1021`	40	$79,400	1.20
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers `35-1012`	530	$37,880	1.16
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers `37-1011`	80	$42,590	1.21
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers `37-1012`	40	$49,110	0.84
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers `49-1011`	270	$77,800	1.20
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers `41-1012`	50	$76,120	0.68
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers `43-1011`	400	$60,200	0.75
First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers `39-1022`	40	$43,450	0.91
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives `33-1012`	110	$81,470	1.90
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers `51-1011`	240	$70,410	0.98
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers `41-1011`	610	$44,830	1.46
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors (5 O*NET occupations) `53-1047`	190	$52,940	0.84
Food Preparation Workers `35-2021`	200	$31,470	0.61
Food Processing Workers, All Other `51-3099`	120	Not available	4.90
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant `35-3041`	60	$31,330	0.59
Food Service Managers `11-9051`	50	$60,460	0.59
General and Operations Managers `11-1021`	1,240	$90,410	0.95
Graphic Designers `27-1024`	40	$70,540	0.50
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists `39-5012`	80	$28,780	0.68
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other (4 O*NET occupations) `29-2099`	90	$38,120	1.30
Healthcare Social Workers `21-1022`	50	$57,740	0.67
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers `49-9021`	260	$58,560	1.71
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers `53-3032`	760	$49,540	0.99
Helpers--Electricians `47-3013`	40	$42,210	1.76
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers `49-9098`	30	$36,500	0.93
Highway Maintenance Workers `47-4051`	180	$51,040	3.09
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations) `31-1120`	Not available	$29,050
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop `35-9031`	120	$27,810	0.74
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks `43-4081`	160	$29,620	1.64
Human Resources Managers `11-3121`	40	$145,250	0.45
Human Resources Specialists `13-1071`	270	$78,290	0.80
Industrial Engineers (4 O*NET occupations) `17-2112`	80	$126,330	0.59
Industrial Machinery Mechanics `49-9041`	130	$59,900	0.79
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations) `11-3051`	30	$134,800	0.34
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators `53-7051`	180	$37,610	0.63
Information Security Analysts `15-1212`	100	$129,490	1.35
Information and Record Clerks, All Other `43-4199`	60	$52,420	1.23
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers `51-9061`	170	$36,210	0.77
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) `49-9099`	50	$48,390	0.78
Instructional Coordinators `25-9031`	50	$71,860	0.62
Insurance Sales Agents `41-3021`	120	$57,550	0.65
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2011`	890	$31,310	1.08
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2012`	70	$57,930	1.77
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations) `53-7062`	820	$35,360	0.75
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers `37-3011`	410	$35,560	1.17
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers `51-6011`	40	$28,710	0.57
Lawyers `23-1011`	80	$146,320	0.28
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants `43-6012`	50	$42,340	0.82
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists `25-4022`	60	$58,990	1.24
Library Assistants, Clerical `43-4121`	50	$29,650	1.47
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses `29-2061`	290	$64,780	1.22
Light Truck Drivers `53-3033`	190	$33,280	0.52
Loan Interviewers and Clerks `43-4131`	30	$47,560	0.49
Loan Officers `13-2072`	40	$61,200	0.43
Logging Equipment Operators `45-4022`	50	$46,630	5.90
Logisticians (3 O*NET occupations) `13-1081`	110	$107,040	1.21
Machine Feeders and Offbearers `53-7063`	90	$34,390	5.64
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners `37-2012`	430	$29,390	1.33
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General `49-9071`	710	$47,050	1.24
Management Analysts `13-1111`	740	$125,050	2.22
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) `11-9199`	90	$141,130	0.41
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists (2 O*NET occupations) `13-1161`	140	$63,700	0.43
Meat, Poultry, and Fish Cutters and Trimmers `51-3022`	630	$35,000	11.69
Mechanical Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) `17-2141`	390	$129,750	3.53
Medical Assistants `31-9092`	150	$38,410	0.48
Medical Records Specialists `29-2072`	30	$49,780	0.42
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants `43-6013`	180	$44,710	0.51
Medical and Health Services Managers `11-9111`	100	$112,710	0.43
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners `13-1121`	40	$43,060	0.69
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers `21-1023`	40	$48,530	0.85
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2022`	400	$60,010	1.74
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations) `51-2090`	170	$36,220	0.32
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines `49-3042`	40	$63,540	0.66
Molders, Shapers, and Casters, Except Metal and Plastic (4 O*NET occupations) `51-9195`	80	$38,100	6.42
Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians `49-3051`	50	$49,960	5.30
Network and Computer Systems Administrators `15-1244`	150	$99,010	1.25
Nurse Practitioners `29-1171`	60	$120,050	0.53
Nursing Assistants `31-1131`	630	$44,090	1.17
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists `19-5011`	80	$66,300	1.50
Occupational Therapists (2 O*NET occupations) `29-1122`	40	$99,570	0.69
Office Clerks, General `43-9061`	1,010	$39,940	1.10
Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other `43-9199`	80	$49,350	1.14
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators `47-2073`	210	$55,610	1.20
Operations Research Analysts `15-2031`	170	$156,750	4.15
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders `51-9111`	80	$34,950	0.55
Packers and Packagers, Hand `53-7064`	250	$34,550	1.21
Painters, Construction and Maintenance `47-2141`	50	$44,800	0.56
Paralegals and Legal Assistants `23-2011`	50	$59,780	0.31
Paramedics `29-2043`	70	$47,390	1.93
Parts Salespersons `41-2022`	110	$34,420	1.10
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks `43-3051`	40	$59,980	0.71
Personal Financial Advisors `13-2052`	40	$95,620	0.36
Pest Control Workers `37-2021`	70	$44,820	1.73
Pharmacists `29-1051`	100	$125,690	0.85
Pharmacy Technicians `29-2052`	170	$39,940	0.95
Phlebotomists `31-9097`	30	$37,750	0.57
Physical Therapist Assistants `31-2021`	50	$61,900	1.22
Physical Therapists `29-1123`	80	$102,600	0.84
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) `29-1229`	50	$183,190	0.40
Physicists `19-2012`	240	$138,740	31.68
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters (2 O*NET occupations) `47-2152`	100	$48,180	0.60
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers (2 O*NET occupations) `33-3051`	480	$59,190	1.94
Postal Service Clerks `43-5051`	140	$61,050	5.01
Postal Service Mail Carriers `43-5052`	160	$57,470	1.27
Postmasters and Mail Superintendents `11-9131`	40	$88,050	8.20
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education `25-2011`	170	$37,450	0.94
Probation Officers and Correctional Treatment Specialists `21-1092`	70	$51,040	2.00
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks `43-5061`	60	$58,890	0.42
Project Management Specialists `13-1082`	340	$116,090	0.86
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers `11-9141`	30	$69,030	0.28
Protective Service Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) `33-9099`	50	$45,410	1.61
Public Relations Specialists `27-3031`	70	$73,400	0.66
Public Safety Telecommunicators `43-5031`	140	$44,940	3.76
Real Estate Brokers `41-9021`	Not available	$78,860
Real Estate Sales Agents `41-9022`	100	$47,770	1.38
Receptionists and Information Clerks `43-4171`	270	$34,940	0.81
Recreation Workers `39-9032`	Not available	$34,300
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors `53-7081`	140	$31,310	2.58
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations) `29-1141`	590	$81,970	0.47
Rehabilitation Counselors `21-1015`	30	$60,190	0.86
Retail Salespersons `41-2031`	1,170	$32,310	0.81
Sales Managers `11-2022`	50	$145,540	0.22
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel `41-3091`	230	$61,990	0.50
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products `41-4012`	170	$62,510	0.38
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products (2 O*NET occupations) `41-4011`	30	$87,160	0.33
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood `51-7041`	150	$35,670	9.74
School Bus Monitors `33-9094`	60	$36,280	2.02
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education `25-2031`	620	$60,760	1.57
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive `43-6014`	540	$45,880	0.85
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents `41-3031`	90	$49,570	0.51
Security Guards `33-9032`	180	$37,550	0.37
Self-Enrichment Teachers `25-3021`	30	$36,670	0.25
Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners `47-4071`	50	$47,180	4.09
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks `43-5071`	220	$39,440	0.74
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs `53-3053`	160	$36,560	1.72
Social and Community Service Managers `11-9151`	50	$89,110	0.65
Social and Human Service Assistants `21-1093`	160	$39,320	0.98
Software Developers `15-1252`	880	$105,910	1.41
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers `15-1253`	100	$98,120	1.38
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School (2 O*NET occupations) `25-2052`	120	$57,510	1.22
Special Education Teachers, Middle School `25-2057`	70	$58,570	1.97
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School `25-2058`	120	$59,900	2.02
Speech-Language Pathologists `29-1127`	70	$90,000	0.99
Stockers and Order Fillers `53-7065`	820	$36,240	0.78
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors (2 O*NET occupations) `21-1018`	100	$60,370	0.54
Surveying and Mapping Technicians `17-3031`	40	$48,290	1.77
Tax Examiners and Collectors, and Revenue Agents `13-2081`	30	$53,810	1.51
Teachers and Instructors, All Other `25-3099`	60	$50,000	1.35
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations) `25-9045`	780	$35,460	1.47
Technical Writers `27-3042`	50	$85,610	3.08
Tellers `43-3071`	160	$39,530	1.31
Tour and Travel Guides (2 O*NET occupations) `39-7010`	30	$27,500	1.67
Training and Development Specialists `13-1151`	220	$87,060	1.30
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers (2 O*NET occupations) `11-3071`	30	$88,950	0.38
Veterinarians `29-1131`	40	$115,630	1.34
Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers `31-9096`	60	$36,130	1.28
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians `29-2056`	30	$47,830	0.65
Waiters and Waitresses `35-3031`	790	$36,610	0.93
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators `51-8031`	110	$49,150	2.32
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers `51-4121`	130	$52,000	0.83