Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area Salaries
BLS nonmetropolitan reporting area wages for Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area (May 2025)
Cashiers shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area
Cashiers publishes $29,390 here versus $32,880 nationally (-10.6%; 2,220metro-area jobs). Next is Fast Food and Counter Workers at $28,450 locally versus $31,200 nationally (-8.8%).
- Cashiers$29,390 in Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area sits 10.6% below the national Cashiers median of $32,880 (2,220 published local jobs).
- Fast Food and Counter Workers$28,450 in Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area sits 8.8% below the national Fast Food and Counter Workers median of $31,200 (2,090 published local jobs).
Cashiers and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 5100004 · Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area $54K mean
MEAN-LOW · RPP-UNK · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-UNK · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-MOST
- MEAN-LOW #377/528
- RPP-UNK RPP n/a
- OCC-MID 260 occs
- TOP-LEAD Physicians, Al… · $215K
- EMP-MIX Software Dev…
- TREND-UNK Pay chg n/a
- PHOTO-FINISH Erie, PA
- BOOK-MOST 257 rows · May 2025
Read with Erie, PA ($19 on published-row mean) · Understanding BLS wage data
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 Northwest Virginia nonmetro…
Largest published OEWS rows in this nonmetropolitan area
Software Developers and Industrial Engineers lead published employment inside Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Software Developers 250 jobs · $121,610
- 2. Industrial Engineers 180 jobs · $110,430
- 3. Financial Managers 170 jobs · $131,310
- 4. Physicians, All Other 90 jobs · $215,480
- 5. Industrial Production Managers 90 jobs · $133,350
- 6. Pharmacists 90 jobs · $128,270
- 7. Nurse Practitioners 90 jobs · $126,430
- 8. Computer and Information Systems Managers 80 jobs · $160,660
- 9. Sales Managers 80 jobs · $137,480
- 10. Construction Managers 70 jobs · $103,590
- 11. Chief Executives 60 jobs · $211,760
- 12. Managers, All Other 60 jobs · $148,570
- 13. Information Security Analysts 60 jobs · $108,250
- 14. Architectural and Engineering Managers 50 jobs · $169,960
- 15. Dentists, General 50 jobs · $165,430
- 16. Veterinarians 50 jobs · $122,390
- 17. Computer Occupations, All Other 50 jobs · $110,970
- 18. Family Medicine Physicians 40 jobs · $142,680
Occupations Tracked
260
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$54,282
employment-weighted, 257 complete rows
Top Salary
$215,480
Physicians, All Other
Top-pay occupations in Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area, by employment
Same top-pay sample as the salary ranking, sorted by published local jobs so the title sequence follows the OEWS mix.
Lowest Paying Jobs in Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants | $25,820 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $27,440 |
| Home Health and Personal Care Aides | $28,420 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $28,450 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $28,790 |
| Cooks, Fast Food | $29,240 |
| Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers | $29,340 |
| Cashiers | $29,390 |
| Animal Caretakers | $29,600 |
| Demonstrators and Product Promoters | $29,680 |
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 ($54,282 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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