JobAfterNext

Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area

262 occupations with BLS estimates, May 2025. BLS area code 5100004.

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)$215,480
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations)$211,760
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations)$169,960
Dentists, General$165,430
Computer and Information Systems Managers$160,660
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations)$148,570
Family Medicine Physicians$142,680
Marketing Managers$137,530
Sales Managers$137,480
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations)$133,350
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health (4 O*NET occupations)$132,340
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations)$131,310
Pharmacists$128,270
Human Resources Managers$127,870
Nurse Practitioners$126,430
Veterinarians$122,390
Software Developers$121,610
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products (2 O*NET occupations)$119,510
Personal Financial Advisors$116,780
Computer Occupations, All Other (10 O*NET occupations)$110,970
All 262 occupations
BLS occupationEmploymentMedian annualLocation quotient
Accountants and Auditors 13-2011400$78,1000.66
Amusement and Recreation Attendants 39-3091120$27,4400.73
Animal Caretakers 39-2021180$29,6001.65
Architectural and Engineering Managers (2 O*NET occupations) 11-904150$169,9600.58
Athletic Trainers 29-909140$62,3702.96
Automotive Body and Related Repairers 49-302140$49,9200.67
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics 49-3023300$47,8901.03
Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants 53-603190$25,8202.10
Bartenders 35-3011280$43,2700.90
Billing and Posting Clerks 43-302190$44,8300.53
Biological Technicians 19-402150$40,3301.54
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks 43-3031540$46,7000.94
Brickmasons and Blockmasons 47-202140$47,7301.83
Bus Drivers, School 53-3051520$48,0103.07
Bus and Truck Mechanics and Diesel Engine Specialists 49-3031240$59,0901.94
Business Operations Specialists, All Other (5 O*NET occupations) 13-1199310$60,1100.68
Buyers and Purchasing Agents (3 O*NET occupations) 13-1020160$65,5900.79
Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters 51-7011260$45,6908.02
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Middle School 25-202340$61,2705.19
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Postsecondary 25-119440$41,6000.90
Career/Technical Education Teachers, Secondary School 25-2032160$63,6903.49
Carpenters 47-2031470$45,2801.66
Cashiers 41-20112,220$29,3901.71
Chefs and Head Cooks 35-101160$61,7300.70
Chief Executives (2 O*NET occupations) 11-101160$211,7600.74
Child, Family, and School Social Workers 21-1021170$58,8101.05
Childcare Workers (2 O*NET occupations) 39-9011220$30,7101.02
Civil Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) 17-205150$78,8000.32
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment 53-7061150$34,8100.93
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians (6 O*NET occupations) 29-201040$64,1600.26
Coaches and Scouts 27-2022150$46,7401.41
Coating, Painting, and Spraying Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 51-9124150$49,6102.19
Compliance Officers (7 O*NET occupations) 13-1041160$71,9100.90
Computer Network Support Specialists 15-123180$61,0001.28
Computer Numerically Controlled Tool Operators 51-916150$48,9700.70
Computer Occupations, All Other (10 O*NET occupations) 15-129950$110,9700.28
Computer Systems Analysts (2 O*NET occupations) 15-121170$101,5800.32
Computer User Support Specialists 15-1232180$50,3500.60
Computer and Information Systems Managers 11-302180$160,6600.30
Construction Laborers 47-2061530$42,4201.14
Construction Managers 11-902170$103,5900.41
Construction and Building Inspectors (2 O*NET occupations) 47-401170$69,6301.11
Cooks, Fast Food 35-2011200$29,2400.74
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria 35-2012370$35,5501.98
Cooks, Restaurant 35-2014730$35,9701.23
Cooks, Short Order 35-201570$31,0501.20
Correctional Officers and Jailers 33-3012210$48,9501.31
Cost Estimators 13-1051110$69,6101.13
Counter and Rental Clerks 41-2021100$39,4600.60
Court, Municipal, and License Clerks 43-4031170$43,6002.24
Customer Service Representatives 43-4051600$37,4400.55
Cutting and Slicing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 51-903230$43,0501.83
Cutting, Punching, and Press Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic 51-403190$45,7801.21
Data Entry Keyers 43-902140$38,9000.74
Demonstrators and Product Promoters 41-901160$29,6802.24
Dental Assistants 31-9091120$40,6000.71
Dental Hygienists 29-129260$99,6200.69
Dentists, General 29-102150$165,4300.96
Detectives and Criminal Investigators (3 O*NET occupations) 33-302180$79,7701.66
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers 35-9011180$30,1200.80
Dishwashers 35-9021220$30,0301.11
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance 43-5032110$42,8501.29
Driver/Sales Workers 53-3031120$40,4400.69
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary 11-9032230$103,3401.66
Educational Instruction and Library Workers, All Other 25-909980$58,1801.61
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors 21-1012290$61,1201.99
Electrical Engineers 17-207140$109,1400.53
Electrical Power-Line Installers and Repairers 49-9051110$79,8602.06
Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment 49-209450$80,1801.84
Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay 49-209560$100,5506.91
Electricians 47-2111300$60,3200.94
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education 25-2021790$60,5101.36
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs 43-4061150$45,8802.29
Emergency Medical Technicians 29-2042190$44,2902.49
Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health 19-404250$75,1503.18
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health (4 O*NET occupations) 19-204130$132,3400.92
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants 43-6011120$59,6500.63
Exercise Trainers and Group Fitness Instructors 39-903140$31,5800.33
Extruding and Drawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic 51-4021110$47,2804.21
Facilities Managers (2 O*NET occupations) 11-301360$91,8200.96
Family Medicine Physicians 29-121540$142,6800.81
Farmworkers and Laborers, Crop, Nursery, and Greenhouse 45-209250$32,7600.47
Fast Food and Counter Workers (2 O*NET occupations) 35-30232,090$28,4501.29
Financial Managers (3 O*NET occupations) 11-3031170$131,3100.49
Financial and Investment Analysts 13-205130$83,8800.23
Firefighters 33-2011200$48,0401.35
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers (2 O*NET occupations) 47-1011340$64,6501.00
First-Line Supervisors of Entertainment and Recreation Workers, Except Gambling Services 39-101440$48,7400.95
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers 35-1012580$38,2801.13
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers 37-1011100$46,7601.31
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers 37-101270$53,6501.25
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers 49-1011370$79,7301.43
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers 41-101290$76,3700.99
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers 43-1011570$60,6800.94
First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers 39-102250$45,6900.98
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives 33-101280$80,7701.24
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers 51-1011520$74,4601.83
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers 41-1011700$46,4401.50
First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers 33-109130$78,0401.02
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors (5 O*NET occupations) 53-1047200$61,8700.77
Food Batchmakers 51-309290$46,3201.26
Food Preparation Workers 35-2021240$31,7900.64
Food Processing Workers, All Other 51-309950$37,2401.79
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant 35-3041150$32,7401.26
Food Service Managers 11-905180$62,1700.83
Forest and Conservation Technicians 19-407160$56,7704.31
Foresters 19-103230$86,3007.20
Fundraisers 13-113170$70,8901.56
Funeral Attendants 39-402140$37,6903.36
General and Operations Managers 11-10211,410$89,1700.96
Graphic Designers 27-102470$46,8200.79
Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists 39-501290$36,6500.74
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other (4 O*NET occupations) 29-209960$39,1700.83
Healthcare Social Workers 21-102230$62,3800.39
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers 49-9021290$50,8201.71
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers 53-30321,120$50,9501.30
Helpers--Electricians 47-301340$40,5401.57
Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers 49-909880$34,1202.02
Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters 47-301540$37,4402.02
Helpers--Production Workers 51-9198330$35,9504.74
Highway Maintenance Workers 47-4051260$50,7004.00
Home Health and Personal Care Aides (2 O*NET occupations) 31-11201,510$28,4200.84
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop 35-9031150$28,7900.80
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks 43-4081240$30,7002.19
Human Resources Managers 11-312140$127,8700.43
Human Resources Specialists 13-1071210$70,0200.55
Industrial Engineers (4 O*NET occupations) 17-2112180$110,4301.15
Industrial Machinery Mechanics 49-9041330$68,6901.79
Industrial Production Managers (6 O*NET occupations) 11-305190$133,3500.89
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators 53-7051740$63,9902.28
Information Security Analysts 15-121260$108,2500.69
Information and Record Clerks, All Other 43-419970$54,9501.19
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers 51-9061320$46,9701.26
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) 49-9099160$51,9302.22
Instructional Coordinators 25-903170$66,5600.77
Insurance Sales Agents 41-3021140$60,5000.70
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners 37-20111,070$34,4001.15
Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates 23-102340$104,0004.07
Kindergarten Teachers, Except Special Education 25-201280$57,3701.68
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand (2 O*NET occupations) 53-7062810$35,7700.66
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers 37-3011700$36,1401.76
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers 51-601190$30,0601.10
Lawyers 23-1011110$102,0800.34
Legal Secretaries and Administrative Assistants 43-601230$46,6500.52
Librarians and Media Collections Specialists 25-4022140$63,1102.48
Library Technicians 25-403160$37,2901.99
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses 29-2061320$65,6201.16
Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers 33-909280$29,3401.27
Light Truck Drivers 53-3033220$35,3700.54
Loan Interviewers and Clerks 43-413160$47,6800.92
Loan Officers 13-207260$64,5700.51
Logisticians (3 O*NET occupations) 13-108170$90,0600.68
Machinists 51-4041130$57,8701.07
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners 37-2012640$30,4001.76
Maintenance Workers, Machinery 49-904350$70,3802.10
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General 49-9071820$46,6601.28
Management Analysts 13-1111150$98,3000.41
Managers, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) 11-919960$148,5700.24
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists (2 O*NET occupations) 13-1161210$58,7200.56
Marketing Managers 11-202130$137,5300.21
Mechanical Engineers (3 O*NET occupations) 17-214170$97,0000.58
Medical Assistants 31-9092200$44,9100.58
Medical Records Specialists 29-207230$48,3100.40
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants 43-6013240$46,1300.60
Medical and Health Services Managers 11-9111110$100,9500.44
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners 13-112170$48,6601.24
Mental Health and Substance Abuse Social Workers 21-102340$58,0000.80
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers 27-102650$36,3000.77
Middle School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education 25-2022430$61,2501.65
Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators (2 O*NET occupations) 51-2090540$46,0600.92
Mixing and Blending Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 51-902360$52,7001.38
Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines 49-304290$61,2401.24
Network and Computer Systems Administrators 15-1244150$82,0101.14
Nurse Practitioners 29-117190$126,4300.65
Nursing Assistants 31-1131730$39,8801.20
Occupational Health and Safety Specialists 19-501170$81,2501.24
Occupational Therapists (2 O*NET occupations) 29-112240$98,1000.65
Office Clerks, General 43-90611,170$41,7801.14
Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other 43-919970$44,9800.85
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators 47-2073270$54,1301.36
Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders 51-9111250$44,9501.56
Packers and Packagers, Hand 53-7064110$34,5400.48
Painters, Construction and Maintenance 47-214180$41,0400.83
Paralegals and Legal Assistants 23-2011110$47,7000.66
Paramedics 29-204350$48,0601.07
Parts Salespersons 41-2022190$30,8901.68
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks 43-305140$50,9000.60
Personal Financial Advisors 13-205230$116,7800.30
Pharmacists 29-105190$128,2700.70
Pharmacy Technicians 29-2052190$39,9400.96
Phlebotomists 31-909730$43,7700.58
Physical Therapist Assistants 31-202160$69,6701.28
Physical Therapists 29-1123110$103,3501.00
Physicians, All Other (7 O*NET occupations) 29-122990$215,4800.60
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters (2 O*NET occupations) 47-2152160$60,8100.84
Police and Sheriff's Patrol Officers (2 O*NET occupations) 33-3051570$56,1702.02
Postal Service Clerks 43-505190$60,5303.01
Postal Service Mail Carriers 43-5052230$59,9901.67
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education 25-2011160$36,0300.80
Printing Press Operators 51-5112100$40,8001.58
Production Workers, All Other 51-9199140$36,6001.37
Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks 43-5061180$57,0201.12
Project Management Specialists 13-1082300$88,1200.68
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers 11-914150Not available0.36
Protective Service Workers, All Other (2 O*NET occupations) 33-909950$53,9701.50
Public Relations Specialists 27-303190$60,6700.73
Public Safety Telecommunicators 43-5031150$44,9103.58
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians 29-203450$78,4100.52
Real Estate Brokers 41-9021Not available$76,840
Real Estate Sales Agents 41-902260Not available0.72
Receptionists and Information Clerks 43-4171310$35,8200.80
Recreation Workers 39-9032Not available$32,540
Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors 53-7081190$32,2303.09
Registered Nurses (5 O*NET occupations) 29-1141690$82,2000.49
Residential Advisors 39-904160$39,7101.62
Respiratory Therapists 29-112640$83,2600.66
Retail Salespersons 41-20311,320$33,9500.81
Roofers 47-218150$46,7900.90
Sales Managers 11-202280$137,4800.28
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel 41-3091360$53,2500.68
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products 41-4012220$64,1200.42
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products (2 O*NET occupations) 41-401140$119,5100.37
Sawing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Wood 51-7041150$36,0908.51
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education 25-2031870$60,7801.96
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive 43-6014760$43,7701.06
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents 41-3031130$49,1800.66
Security Guards 33-9032370$48,8400.68
Self-Enrichment Teachers 25-3021120$45,1800.83
Separating, Filtering, Clarifying, Precipitating, and Still Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders 51-901290$70,2003.59
Septic Tank Servicers and Sewer Pipe Cleaners 47-407150$47,3603.95
Sewing Machine Operators 51-6031150$36,4303.46
Sheet Metal Workers 47-221150$44,8600.98
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks 43-5071360$44,5101.05
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs 53-305390$34,0100.91
Social and Community Service Managers 11-915140$80,7800.44
Social and Human Service Assistants 21-1093140$43,8200.75
Software Developers 15-1252250$121,6100.35
Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers 15-125330$102,3400.44
Special Education Teachers, Kindergarten and Elementary School (2 O*NET occupations) 25-2052160$60,5701.48
Special Education Teachers, Middle School 25-205780$59,5702.02
Special Education Teachers, Secondary School 25-2058160$55,5002.31
Speech-Language Pathologists 29-112760$96,1900.76
Stockers and Order Fillers 53-70651,890$37,2601.59
Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors (2 O*NET occupations) 21-1018100$51,2300.49
Substitute Teachers, Short-Term 25-3031350$29,7501.58
Surveying and Mapping Technicians 17-303150$47,9002.08
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary (3 O*NET occupations) 25-9045800$30,9001.35
Telecommunications Line Installers and Repairers 49-905270$59,1901.73
Tellers 43-3071160$36,9401.18
Tire Repairers and Changers 49-3093Not available$36,960
Tour and Travel Guides (2 O*NET occupations) 39-7010150$29,8006.57
Training and Development Specialists 13-1151190$68,9501.01
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers (2 O*NET occupations) 11-307130$97,1200.33
Tutors 25-304160$75,3000.80
Veterinarians 29-113150$122,3901.47
Veterinary Assistants and Laboratory Animal Caretakers 31-9096110$36,4202.08
Veterinary Technologists and Technicians 29-205680$47,3601.48
Waiters and Waitresses 35-3031980$36,9001.03
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators 51-8031160$49,7702.90
Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping 43-511150$64,0702.17
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers 51-4121170$54,1000.98
Woodworking Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Except Sawing 51-7042160$46,3406.14