Lynchburg, VA Salaries
Local wages where BEA prices sit below the US average (RPP 89.4) - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Lynchburg, VA moved from $45,440 in May 2024 to $46,190 in May 2025 (+1.7%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Lynchburg, VA sits -1.5 pp behind that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
Transparent derived index from BLS and BEA data, not an official government rating. Based on wage level, year-over-year wage growth, and regional-price-parity-adjusted purchasing power, not job availability, industry mix, or day-to-day livability. See the exact dimensions, weights, and formula.
Home Health and Personal Care Aides shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Lynchburg, VA
Home Health and Personal Care Aides publishes $27,810 here versus $35,800 nationally (-22.3%; 2,120metro-area jobs). Next is Registered Nurses at $80,450 locally versus $97,550 nationally (-17.5%).
- Home Health and Personal Care Aides$27,810 in Lynchburg, VA sits 22.3% below the national Home Health and Personal Care Aides median of $35,800 (2,120 published local jobs).
- Registered Nurses$80,450 in Lynchburg, VA sits 17.5% below the national Registered Nurses median of $97,550 (2,200 published local jobs).
- Stockers and Order Fillers$30,960 in Lynchburg, VA sits 17.1% below the national Stockers and Order Fillers median of $37,330 (2,080 published local jobs).
- Retail Salespersons$30,570 in Lynchburg, VA sits 13.7% below the national Retail Salespersons median of $35,410 (2,950 published local jobs).
Home Health and Personal Care Aides and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Lynchburg, VA; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 31340 · Lynchburg, VA $56K mean
MEAN-LOW · RPP-LOW · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-LOW #317/528
- RPP-LOW 89.4
- OCC-MID 310 occs
- TOP-LEAD Physicians, Al… · $274K
- EMP-MIX Software Dev…
- TREND-INLINE -1.5 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Southern Ohio no…
- BOOK-FULL 308 rows · May 2025
Read with Southern Ohio nonmetropolitan area ($8 on published-row mean) · Salary vs. cost of living
Instrument codes from this MSA’s OEWS published-row mean, BEA RPP, occupation book, employment lead, All Occupations pay change, and nearest peer, not a moving recommendation.
Published-row mean neighbourhood around Lynchburg, VA
Where Lynchburg, VA already employs the upper wage tier
Software Developers and Medical and Health Services Managers lead published employment inside Lynchburg, VA's top-pay sample, order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Software Developers 510 jobs · $109,840
- 2. Medical and Health Services Managers 320 jobs · $129,320
- 3. Lawyers 250 jobs · $122,110
- 4. Nurse Practitioners 250 jobs · $120,710
- 5. Financial Managers 220 jobs · $155,370
- 6. Pharmacists 190 jobs · $144,090
- 7. Computer and Information Systems Managers 180 jobs · $166,840
- 8. Industrial Production Managers 180 jobs · $129,640
- 9. Chief Executives 160 jobs · $219,400
- 10. Physicians, All Other 130 jobs · $273,740
- 11. Physician Assistants 130 jobs · $122,800
- 12. Family Medicine Physicians 120 jobs · $177,430
- 13. Managers, All Other 120 jobs · $130,580
- 14. Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products 120 jobs · $122,560
- 15. Sales Managers 110 jobs · $149,990
- 16. Architectural and Engineering Managers 100 jobs · $152,360
- 17. Information Security Analysts 90 jobs · $121,340
- 18. Dentists, General 80 jobs · $167,440
Occupations Tracked
310
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$56,301
employment-weighted, 308 complete rows
Top Salary
$273,740
Physicians, All Other
Cost of Living
89.4
11% below US avg
Top-pay occupations in Lynchburg, VA, by employment
Same top-pay sample as the salary ranking, sorted by published local jobs so the title sequence follows the OEWS mix.
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Software Developers | $109,840 |
| 2 | Medical and Health Services Managers | $129,320 |
| 3 | Lawyers | $122,110 |
| 4 | Nurse Practitioners | $120,710 |
| 5 | Financial Managers | $155,370 |
| 6 | Pharmacists | $144,090 |
| 7 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $166,840 |
| 8 | Industrial Production Managers | $129,640 |
| 9 | Chief Executives | $219,400 |
| 10 | Physicians, All Other | $273,740 |
| 11 | Physician Assistants | $122,800 |
| 12 | Family Medicine Physicians | $177,430 |
| 13 | Managers, All Other | $130,580 |
| 14 | Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products | $122,560 |
| 15 | Sales Managers | $149,990 |
| 16 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $152,360 |
| 17 | Information Security Analysts Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 90 workers (fewer than 100). | $121,340 |
| 18 | Dentists, General Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 80 workers (fewer than 100). | $167,440 |
| 19 | Human Resources Managers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 80 workers (fewer than 100). | $136,100 |
| 20 | Facilities Managers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 80 workers (fewer than 100). | $113,940 |
| 21 | Computer Network Architects Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 70 workers (fewer than 100). | $108,940 |
| 22 | Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 60 workers (fewer than 100). | $116,000 |
| 23 | Marketing Managers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 50 workers (fewer than 100). | $159,490 |
| 24 | Optometrists Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 40 workers (fewer than 100). | $128,010 |
| 25 | Purchasing Managers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 30 workers (fewer than 100). | $125,110 |
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.
Lowest Paying Jobs in Lynchburg, VA
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Information and Record Clerks, All Other | $26,350 |
| Substitute Teachers, Short-Term | $27,360 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $27,430 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $27,750 |
| Home Health and Personal Care Aides | $27,810 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $28,220 |
| Funeral Attendants | $28,300 |
| Cashiers | $28,390 |
| Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants | $28,650 |
| Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers | $28,650 |
Other BLS Wage Areas in VA
Other metropolitan or nonmetropolitan OEWS areas assigned to the same state. Cross-state pay and employment peers live in Nationwide similar metros below.
Nationwide metros with similar published-row mean pay or employment scale
Two OEWS peer sets outside VA. Same-state wage areas above stay geographic; these neighborhoods are cross-state nearest neighbors on employment-weighted published-row mean wage ($56,301 here) and summed published employment.
Similar mean wage
Nearest other metros by employment-weighted published-row annual mean wage.
Peers are nearest-neighbor matches on BLS OEWS employment-weighted published-row mean wage and summed occupation employment. Employment peers exclude metros already listed in the mean-wage column so the two link sets stay distinct. Mean wage here is not a worker-level median.
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How to use Lynchburg, VA wage figures in a real decision
- Physicians, All Other leads published medians in Lynchburg, VA at $273,740/year; open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Physicians, All Other
- The employment-weighted published-row mean of $56,301 adjusts to about $63,003 on a national-price basis at BEA RPP 89.4. Salary vs cost of living
- Compare this metropolitan statistical area against the statewide occupation table for VA before treating one geography as the other. State wage page
BLS OEWS estimates reflect the May 2025 reference period; small occupation-area cells can be suppressed, and figures are not employer offers.
Source data and WageDex calculations are identified in context on this page. Occupation rows use BLS OEWS May 2025. The metro benchmark is WageDex's employment-weighted mean of published occupation means; where BEA RPP is available, the price-level figure divides that benchmark by the published area parity. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error.