Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA · SOC 33-1012

First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford Metro

Compiled by WageDex

Metro area salary data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (May 2025)

Geography used: wage and employment figures cover the full Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA BLS wage area, not only its central city; the comparison figure is the United States national estimate. Verify with the BLS OEWS source tables.

Median Salary

$78,610

per year in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford metro

26% below

National Median

$106,040

per year nationally

Hourly Rate

$37.80/hr

median hourly

Employment

110

jobs in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford metro

The Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford pay distribution spans from $61,320 at the 10th percentile to $106,600 at the 90th, a 1.7× observed spread. Differences in specialization, employer, sector, location, credentials, schedule, and experience may all contribute, but OEWS does not isolate their effects. The 25th percentile sits at $71,180 and the 75th at $90,950, so half of Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford-based first-line supervisors of police and detectives earn within that middle band.

Metro figures use establishment work location, not worker residence. BLS draws metro boundaries from the OMB MSA definitions, so Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA covers the central city plus outlying counties tied to the metro economically. OEWS includes straight-time pay, tips, commissions, incentive pay, and production bonuses. It excludes employer health and retirement benefits, overtime premiums, stock compensation, signing bonuses, and other nonproduction bonuses. The same occupation's national profile, statewide VA estimate, and peer-metro rows provide distinct geographic comparisons. A published median is a benchmark, not a prediction or ceiling for one worker.

Salary Range in the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford Metro

Annual Salary Distribution

10th$61,320

25th$71,180

Median$78,610

75th$90,950

90th$106,600

Top Paying Jobs in Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford

1. Chief Executives Small sample $208,030 2. Physicians, All Other $207,770 3. Sales Managers Small sample $160,830 4. Computer and Information Systems Managers $157,250 5. Fundraising Managers Small sample $143,730 6. Financial Managers $139,800 7. Human Resources Managers Small sample $138,220 8. Architectural and Engineering Managers Small sample $137,870 9. Pharmacists $131,740 10. Managers, All Other $131,230

Small sample marks a row whose BLS estimate rests on fewer than 100 workers. It is still a published figure, but BLS reports more sampling error for cells this small: the median relative standard error of the mean wage is 3.4% under 100 workers against 2.1% at 100 or more (May 2025 metro estimates). Small gaps in rank between neighbouring rows may not be meaningful.