Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area Salaries
BLS nonmetropolitan reporting area wages for Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area (May 2025)
Home Health and Personal Care Aides shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area
Home Health and Personal Care Aides publishes $27,780 here versus $35,800 nationally (-22.4%; 3,950metro-area jobs). Next is Registered Nurses at $82,140 locally versus $97,550 nationally (-15.8%).
- Home Health and Personal Care Aides$27,780 in Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area sits 22.4% below the national Home Health and Personal Care Aides median of $35,800 (3,950 published local jobs).
- Registered Nurses$82,140 in Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area sits 15.8% below the national Registered Nurses median of $97,550 (2,080 published local jobs).
- Office Clerks, General$38,930 in Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area sits 13.5% below the national Office Clerks, General median of $45,010 (2,070 published local jobs).
- Cashiers$28,900 in Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area sits 12.1% below the national Cashiers median of $32,880 (3,950 published local jobs).
Home Health and Personal Care Aides and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 5100001 · Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area $53K mean
MEAN-TRACE · RPP-UNK · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-UNK · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-FULL
- MEAN-TRACE #432/528
- RPP-UNK RPP n/a
- OCC-MID 327 occs
- TOP-LEAD Family Medicin… · $282K
- EMP-MIX Software Dev…
- TREND-UNK Pay chg n/a
- PHOTO-FINISH Northern West Vi…
- BOOK-FULL 321 rows · May 2025
Read with Northern West Virginia nonmetropolitan area (+$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 Southwest Virginia nonmetro…
Largest published OEWS rows in this nonmetropolitan area
Software Developers and Pharmacists lead published employment inside Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area's top-pay sample, order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Software Developers 360 jobs · $124,340
- 2. Pharmacists 320 jobs · $126,160
- 3. Lawyers 320 jobs · $102,950
- 4. Nurse Practitioners 300 jobs · $125,730
- 5. Medical and Health Services Managers 280 jobs · $100,950
- 6. Financial Managers 240 jobs · $131,740
- 7. Physical Therapists 230 jobs · $102,530
- 8. Industrial Production Managers 170 jobs · $114,180
- 9. Managers, All Other 160 jobs · $120,780
- 10. Physicians, All Other 140 jobs · $176,650
- 11. Construction Managers 130 jobs · $102,580
- 12. Physician Assistants 120 jobs · $127,390
- 13. Chief Executives 90 jobs · $222,760
- 14. Sales Managers 90 jobs · $164,200
- 15. Computer and Information Systems Managers 90 jobs · $161,110
- 16. Family Medicine Physicians 80 jobs · $282,220
- 17. Dentists, General 70 jobs · $160,710
- 18. Information Security Analysts 70 jobs · $126,500
Occupations Tracked
327
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$52,542
employment-weighted, 321 complete rows
Top Salary
$282,220
Family Medicine Physicians
Top-pay occupations in Southwest 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 | $124,340 |
| 2 | Pharmacists | $126,160 |
| 3 | Lawyers | $102,950 |
| 4 | Nurse Practitioners | $125,730 |
| 5 | Medical and Health Services Managers | $100,950 |
| 6 | Financial Managers | $131,740 |
| 7 | Physical Therapists | $102,530 |
| 8 | Industrial Production Managers | $114,180 |
| 9 | Managers, All Other | $120,780 |
| 10 | Physicians, All Other | $176,650 |
| 11 | Construction Managers | $102,580 |
| 12 | Physician Assistants | $127,390 |
| 13 | Chief Executives | $222,760 |
| 14 | Sales Managers | $164,200 |
| 15 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $161,110 |
| 16 | Family Medicine Physicians | $282,220 |
| 17 | Dentists, General | $160,710 |
| 18 | Information Security Analysts | $126,500 |
| 19 | Electrical Engineers | $102,700 |
| 20 | Veterinarians | $116,990 |
| 21 | Human Resources Managers | $115,690 |
| 22 | Marketing Managers | $158,320 |
| 23 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $139,590 |
| 24 | Personal Financial Advisors | $116,780 |
| 25 | Computer Occupations, All Other | $100,850 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers | $26,920 |
| Ushers, Lobby Attendants, and Ticket Takers | $27,260 |
| Home Health and Personal Care Aides | $27,780 |
| Ambulance Drivers and Attendants, Except Emergency Medical Technicians | $27,850 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $27,930 |
| Dishwashers | $28,090 |
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $28,240 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $28,310 |
| Refuse and Recyclable Material Collectors | $28,530 |
| Tour and Travel Guides | $28,580 |
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 ($52,542 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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- Family Medicine Physicians leads published medians in Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area at $282,220/year; open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Family Medicine Physicians
- Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area's employment-weighted published-row mean is $52,542 across 321 occupation rows with employment estimates. Understanding BLS data
- Compare this nonmetropolitan 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.
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