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.
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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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.