Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area Salaries
BLS nonmetropolitan reporting area wages for Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area (May 2025)
Home Health and Personal Care Aides shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area
Home Health and Personal Care Aides publishes $28,420 here versus $35,800 nationally (-20.6%; 4,160metro-area jobs). Next is Registered Nurses at $84,550 locally versus $97,550 nationally (-13.3%).
- Home Health and Personal Care Aides$28,420 in Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area sits 20.6% below the national Home Health and Personal Care Aides median of $35,800 (4,160 published local jobs).
- Registered Nurses$84,550 in Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area sits 13.3% below the national Registered Nurses median of $97,550 (2,050 published local jobs).
- General and Operations Managers$92,440 in Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area sits 12.6% below the national General and Operations Managers median of $105,770 (2,030 published local jobs).
- Cashiers$29,060 in Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area sits 11.6% below the national Cashiers median of $32,880 (3,160 published local jobs).
Home Health and Personal Care Aides and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 5100002 · Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area $54K mean
MEAN-TRACE · RPP-UNK · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-UNK · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-TRACE #398/528
- RPP-UNK RPP n/a
- OCC-MID 323 occs
- TOP-LEAD Chief Executives · $219K
- EMP-MIX Software Dev…
- TREND-UNK Pay chg n/a
- PHOTO-FINISH Farmington, NM
- BOOK-FULL 317 rows · May 2025
Read with Farmington, NM (+$32 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 Southside Virginia nonmetro…
Largest published OEWS rows in this nonmetropolitan area
Software Developers and Medical and Health Services Managers lead published employment inside Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area's top-pay sample — order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Software Developers 330 jobs · $129,930
- 2. Medical and Health Services Managers 300 jobs · $113,660
- 3. Pharmacists 230 jobs · $138,790
- 4. Financial Managers 230 jobs · $125,180
- 5. Physical Therapists 230 jobs · $103,430
- 6. Nurse Practitioners 210 jobs · $125,290
- 7. Lawyers 170 jobs · $100,770
- 8. Industrial Production Managers 140 jobs · $105,160
- 9. Managers, All Other 130 jobs · $112,110
- 10. Physicians, All Other 120 jobs · $199,270
- 11. Computer and Information Systems Managers 100 jobs · $145,740
- 12. Education Administrators, Postsecondary 100 jobs · $108,090
- 13. Chief Executives 90 jobs · $219,230
- 14. Sales Managers 90 jobs · $174,370
- 15. Physician Assistants 90 jobs · $127,140
- 16. Electrical Engineers 90 jobs · $108,310
- 17. Dentists, General 80 jobs · $159,690
- 18. Information Security Analysts 70 jobs · $107,600
Occupations Tracked
323
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$53,520
employment-weighted, 317 complete rows
Top Salary
$219,230
Chief Executives
Top-pay occupations in Southside 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.
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Software Developers | $129,930 |
| 2 | Medical and Health Services Managers | $113,660 |
| 3 | Pharmacists | $138,790 |
| 4 | Financial Managers | $125,180 |
| 5 | Physical Therapists | $103,430 |
| 6 | Nurse Practitioners | $125,290 |
| 7 | Lawyers | $100,770 |
| 8 | Industrial Production Managers | $105,160 |
| 9 | Managers, All Other | $112,110 |
| 10 | Physicians, All Other | $199,270 |
| 11 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $145,740 |
| 12 | Education Administrators, Postsecondary | $108,090 |
| 13 | Chief Executives | $219,230 |
| 14 | Sales Managers | $174,370 |
| 15 | Physician Assistants | $127,140 |
| 16 | Electrical Engineers | $108,310 |
| 17 | Dentists, General | $159,690 |
| 18 | Information Security Analysts | $107,600 |
| 19 | Family Medicine Physicians | $179,230 |
| 20 | Veterinarians | $127,730 |
| 21 | Marketing Managers | $161,090 |
| 22 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $148,250 |
| 23 | Computer Network Architects | $137,490 |
| 24 | Human Resources Managers | $122,430 |
| 25 | Data Scientists | $100,950 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Southside Virginia nonmetropolitan area
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants | $25,810 |
| Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers | $26,620 |
| Crossing Guards and Flaggers | $26,970 |
| Tour and Travel Guides | $27,500 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $28,070 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $28,150 |
| Home Health and Personal Care Aides | $28,420 |
| Pressers, Textile, Garment, and Related Materials | $28,530 |
| Dishwashers | $28,700 |
| Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers | $28,870 |
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 ($53,520 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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