Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA Salaries
Local wages where BEA prices sit below the US average (RPP 91.1) - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA moved from $46,140 in May 2024 to $48,040 in May 2025 (+4.1%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA sits +1.0 pp ahead of that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
Based on wage level, year-over-year wage growth, and regional-price-parity-adjusted purchasing power from BLS and BEA sources, not job availability, industry mix, or day-to-day livability.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 44420 · Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA $57K mean
MEAN-LOW · RPP-LOW · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-INLINE · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-MOST
- MEAN-LOW #281/528
- RPP-LOW 91.1
- OCC-MID 208 occs
- TOP-LEAD Physicians, Al… · $240K
- EMP-MIX Medical and…
- TREND-INLINE +1.0 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH East Central Ill…
- BOOK-MOST 205 rows · May 2025
Read with East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area ($15 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 Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA
Where Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA already employs the upper wage tier
Medical and Health Services Managers and Software Developers lead published employment inside Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA's top-pay sample, order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Medical and Health Services Managers 140 jobs · $129,200
- 2. Software Developers 140 jobs · $115,610
- 3. Financial Managers 120 jobs · $137,420
- 4. Pharmacists 110 jobs · $138,030
- 5. Industrial Engineers 110 jobs · $100,980
- 6. Nurse Practitioners 100 jobs · $125,710
- 7. Physical Therapists 100 jobs · $102,840
- 8. Civil Engineers 90 jobs · $97,530
- 9. Managers, All Other 80 jobs · $117,480
- 10. Lawyers 80 jobs · $103,530
- 11. Physicians, All Other 70 jobs · $239,680
- 12. Sales Managers 70 jobs · $146,080
- 13. Construction Managers 70 jobs · $103,750
- 14. Computer and Information Systems Managers 60 jobs · $160,610
- 15. Physician Assistants 60 jobs · $128,580
- 16. Industrial Production Managers 60 jobs · $125,100
- 17. Dental Hygienists 60 jobs · $100,350
- 18. Veterinarians 60 jobs · $97,960
Occupations Tracked
208
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$57,247
employment-weighted, 205 complete rows
Top Salary
$239,680
Physicians, All Other
Cost of Living
91.1
9% below US avg
Top-pay occupations in Staunton-Stuarts Draft, 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 | Medical and Health Services Managers | $129,200 |
| 2 | Software Developers | $115,610 |
| 3 | Financial Managers | $137,420 |
| 4 | Pharmacists | $138,030 |
| 5 | Industrial Engineers | $100,980 |
| 6 | Nurse Practitioners | $125,710 |
| 7 | Physical Therapists | $102,840 |
| 8 | Civil Engineers | $97,530 |
| 9 | Managers, All Other | $117,480 |
| 10 | Lawyers | $103,530 |
| 11 | Physicians, All Other | $239,680 |
| 12 | Sales Managers | $146,080 |
| 13 | Construction Managers | $103,750 |
| 14 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $160,610 |
| 15 | Physician Assistants | $128,580 |
| 16 | Industrial Production Managers | $125,100 |
| 17 | Dental Hygienists | $100,350 |
| 18 | Veterinarians | $97,960 |
| 19 | Human Resources Managers | $133,190 |
| 20 | Chief Executives | $225,760 |
| 21 | Dentists, General | $158,820 |
| 22 | Architectural and Engineering Managers | $144,480 |
| 23 | Personal Financial Advisors | $133,900 |
| 24 | Electrical Engineers | $114,280 |
| 25 | Information Security Analysts | $127,860 |
Lowest Paying Jobs in Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants | $27,400 |
| Home Health and Personal Care Aides | $28,520 |
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | $28,640 |
| Substitute Teachers, Short-Term | $28,750 |
| Animal Caretakers | $28,940 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $29,310 |
| Cashiers | $29,530 |
| Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners | $29,880 |
| Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks | $30,070 |
| Dishwashers | $30,130 |
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 ($57,247 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 Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA wage figures in a real decision
- Physicians, All Other leads published medians in Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA at $239,680/year; open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Physicians, All Other
- The employment-weighted published-row mean of $57,247 adjusts to about $62,820 on a national-price basis at BEA RPP 91.1. 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.