Roanoke, VA Salaries
Highest published occupation medians in Roanoke, VA - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Roanoke, VA moved from $46,010 in May 2024 to $47,140 in May 2025 (+2.5%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Roanoke, VA sits -0.6 pp behind that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
Home Health and Personal Care Aides shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Roanoke, VA
Home Health and Personal Care Aides publishes $27,540 here versus $35,800 nationally (-23.1%; 2,190metro-area jobs). Next is Registered Nurses at $80,090 locally versus $97,550 nationally (-17.9%).
- Home Health and Personal Care Aides$27,540 in Roanoke, VA sits 23.1% below the national Home Health and Personal Care Aides median of $35,800 (2,190 published local jobs).
- Registered Nurses$80,090 in Roanoke, VA sits 17.9% below the national Registered Nurses median of $97,550 (4,670 published local jobs).
- Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand$46,180 in Roanoke, VA sits 14.8% above the national Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand median of $40,240 (3,100 published local jobs).
- Retail Salespersons$30,440 in Roanoke, VA sits 14.0% below the national Retail Salespersons median of $35,410 (4,230 published local jobs).
Home Health and Personal Care Aides and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Roanoke, VA; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 40220 · Roanoke, VA $59K mean
MEAN-MID · RPP-LOW · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-MID #241/528
- RPP-LOW 93.6
- OCC-MID 387 occs
- TOP-LEAD Anesthesiologi… · $488K
- EMP-MIX Medical and…
- TREND-INLINE -0.6 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Gainesville, FL
- BOOK-FULL 376 rows · May 2025
Read with Gainesville, FL (+$11 on published-row mean) · Highest-paying careers
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 Roanoke, VA
Employment scale inside Roanoke, VA's top-pay list
Medical and Health Services Managers and Financial Managers lead published employment inside Roanoke, VA's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Medical and Health Services Managers 580 jobs · $128,800
- 2. Financial Managers 490 jobs · $158,030
- 3. Lawyers 480 jobs · $134,440
- 4. Nurse Practitioners 440 jobs · $134,920
- 5. Physician Assistants 360 jobs · $135,940
- 6. Pharmacists 360 jobs · $133,980
- 7. Computer and Information Systems Managers 270 jobs · $164,910
- 8. Managers, All Other 260 jobs · $133,010
- 9. Sales Managers 250 jobs · $138,380
- 10. Family Medicine Physicians 230 jobs · $224,410
- 11. Marketing Managers 160 jobs · $165,000
- 12. Human Resources Managers 160 jobs · $137,510
- 13. Architectural and Engineering Managers 140 jobs · $139,170
- 14. Chief Executives 100 jobs · $258,310
- 15. General Internal Medicine Physicians 90 jobs · $227,320
- 16. Computer Network Architects 80 jobs · $123,600
- 17. Obstetricians and Gynecologists 70 jobs · $346,900
- 18. Psychiatrists 70 jobs · $295,010
Occupations Tracked
387
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$58,539
employment-weighted, 376 complete rows
Top Salary
$488,310
Anesthesiologists
Cost of Living
93.6
6% below US avg
Highest Paying Jobs in Roanoke, VA
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anesthesiologists | $488,310 |
| 2 | Obstetricians and Gynecologists | $346,900 |
| 3 | Psychiatrists | $295,010 |
| 4 | Chief Executives | $258,310 |
| 5 | General Internal Medicine Physicians | $227,320 |
| 6 | Family Medicine Physicians | $224,410 |
| 7 | Pediatricians, General | $219,960 |
| 8 | Marketing Managers | $165,000 |
| 9 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $164,910 |
| 10 | Financial Managers | $158,030 |
| 11 | Optometrists | $144,900 |
| 12 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $139,170 |
| 13 | Sales Managers | $138,380 |
| 14 | Human Resources Managers | $137,510 |
| 15 | Physician Assistants | $135,940 |
| 16 | Nurse Practitioners | $134,920 |
| 17 | Lawyers | $134,440 |
| 18 | Public Relations Managers | $134,320 |
| 19 | Pharmacists | $133,980 |
| 20 | Managers, All Other | $133,010 |
| 21 | Medical and Health Services Managers | $128,800 |
| 22 | Psychologists, All Other | $128,590 |
| 23 | Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers | $126,440 |
| 24 | Elevator and Escalator Installers and Repairers | $125,680 |
| 25 | Computer Network Architects | $123,600 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Roanoke, VA
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Home Health and Personal Care Aides | $27,540 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $27,720 |
| Hairdressers, Hairstylists, and Cosmetologists | $27,750 |
| Parking Attendants | $27,910 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $28,160 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $28,350 |
| Funeral Attendants | $28,410 |
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | $28,590 |
| Dishwashers | $28,790 |
| Cashiers | $29,060 |
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 ($58,539 here) and summed published employment.
Similar mean wage
Nearest other metros by employment-weighted published-row annual mean wage.
Similar employment scale
Nearest headcount peers (floor 100,000 summed published jobs), distinct from the mean-wage column.
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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