Winchester, VA-WV Salaries
Highest published occupation medians in Winchester, VA-WV - BLS OEWS May 2025
Observed metro pay change
What changed, BLS OEWS 2024–2025
- BLS's published All Occupations median in Winchester, VA-WV moved from $47,310 in May 2024 to $47,070 in May 2025 (-0.5%).
- Across the 393 metros priced in both releases, the median place changed +3.1%.
- Winchester, VA-WV sits -3.6 pp behind that median, nominal dollars, no price deflator applied.
Transparent derived index from BLS and BEA data, not an official government rating. Based on wage level, year-over-year wage growth, and regional-price-parity-adjusted purchasing power, not job availability, industry mix, or day-to-day livability. See the exact dimensions, weights, and formula.
Retail Salespersons shows the widest metro-area vs national median gap in Winchester, VA-WV
Retail Salespersons publishes $30,780 here versus $35,410 nationally (-13.1%; 2,290metro-area jobs).
- Retail Salespersons$30,780 in Winchester, VA-WV sits 13.1% below the national Retail Salespersons median of $35,410 (2,290 published local jobs).
Retail Salespersons and the other occupations above are descriptive OEWS endpoints for Winchester, VA-WV; they are not findings about taxes, employers, or worker experience.
BLS OEWS metro wage desk
MSA 49020 · Winchester, VA-WV $59K mean
MEAN-MID · RPP-MID · OCC-MID · TOP-LEAD · EMP-MIX · TREND-BEHIND · PHOTO-FINISH · BOOK-MOST
- MEAN-MID #215/528
- RPP-MID 96.5
- OCC-MID 257 occs
- TOP-LEAD Cardiologists · $500K
- EMP-MIX Management A…
- TREND-BEHIND -3.6 pp
- PHOTO-FINISH Ames, IA
- BOOK-MOST 255 rows · May 2025
Read with Ames, IA (+$3 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 Winchester, VA-WV
Employment scale inside Winchester, VA-WV's top-pay list
Management Analysts and Software Developers lead published employment inside Winchester, VA-WV's top-pay sample, order follows OEWS job counts, not median wage.
- 1. Management Analysts 360 jobs · $110,340
- 2. Software Developers 350 jobs · $133,290
- 3. Financial Managers 270 jobs · $151,990
- 4. Medical and Health Services Managers 270 jobs · $136,350
- 5. Computer Occupations, All Other 220 jobs · $118,290
- 6. Managers, All Other 190 jobs · $156,730
- 7. Nurse Practitioners 160 jobs · $130,700
- 8. Pharmacists 150 jobs · $135,850
- 9. Information Security Analysts 150 jobs · $119,680
- 10. Computer and Information Systems Managers 140 jobs · $166,770
- 11. Lawyers 140 jobs · $124,760
- 12. Sales Managers 130 jobs · $157,340
- 13. Physician Assistants 100 jobs · $126,080
- 14. Chief Executives 90 jobs · $221,620
- 15. Marketing Managers 80 jobs · $139,900
- 16. Human Resources Managers 80 jobs · $139,390
- 17. Industrial Production Managers 80 jobs · $112,270
- 18. Physicians, All Other 70 jobs · $210,550
Occupations Tracked
257
with wage data
Published-Row Mean
$59,290
employment-weighted, 255 complete rows
Top Salary
$500,020
Cardiologists
Cost of Living
96.5
4% below US avg
Highest Paying Jobs in Winchester, VA-WV
| # | Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cardiologists Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 40 workers (fewer than 100). | $500,020 |
| 2 | Chief Executives Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 90 workers (fewer than 100). | $221,620 |
| 3 | Physicians, All Other Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 70 workers (fewer than 100). | $210,550 |
| 4 | Family Medicine Physicians Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 60 workers (fewer than 100). | $198,720 |
| 5 | Architectural and Engineering Managers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 50 workers (fewer than 100). | $175,020 |
| 6 | Computer and Information Systems Managers | $166,770 |
| 7 | Sales Managers | $157,340 |
| 8 | Managers, All Other | $156,730 |
| 9 | Financial Managers | $151,990 |
| 10 | Marketing Managers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 80 workers (fewer than 100). | $139,900 |
| 11 | Human Resources Managers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 80 workers (fewer than 100). | $139,390 |
| 12 | Medical and Health Services Managers | $136,350 |
| 13 | Pharmacists | $135,850 |
| 14 | Software Developers | $133,290 |
| 15 | Computer Network Architects Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 60 workers (fewer than 100). | $132,500 |
| 16 | Nurse Practitioners | $130,700 |
| 17 | Data Scientists Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 60 workers (fewer than 100). | $129,990 |
| 18 | Physician Assistants | $126,080 |
| 19 | Lawyers | $124,760 |
| 20 | Information Security Analysts | $119,680 |
| 21 | Veterinarians Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 40 workers (fewer than 100). | $118,830 |
| 22 | Computer Occupations, All Other | $118,290 |
| 23 | Administrative Services Managers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 40 workers (fewer than 100). | $115,860 |
| 24 | Industrial Production Managers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 80 workers (fewer than 100). | $112,270 |
| 25 | Management Analysts | $110,340 |
Small sample marks a row whose BLS estimate rests on fewer than 100 workers. It is still a published figure, but BLS reports more sampling error for cells this small: the median relative standard error of the mean wage is 3.4% under 100 workers against 2.1% at 100 or more (May 2025 metro estimates). Small gaps in rank between neighbouring rows may not be meaningful.
Lowest Paying Jobs in Winchester, VA-WV
| Occupation | Median Salary |
|---|---|
| Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop | $27,830 |
| Amusement and Recreation Attendants Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 70 workers (fewer than 100). | $28,130 |
| Fast Food and Counter Workers | $28,360 |
| Cooks, Fast Food | $28,430 |
| Coaches and Scouts | $28,610 |
| Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers | $28,780 |
| Lifeguards, Ski Patrol, and Other Recreational Protective Service Workers Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 70 workers (fewer than 100). | $28,840 |
| Home Health and Personal Care Aides | $29,240 |
| Cashiers | $29,600 |
| Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants Small sample: Small sample: this BLS estimate rests on 70 workers (fewer than 100). | $29,740 |
Small sample marks a row whose BLS estimate rests on fewer than 100 workers. It is still a published figure, but BLS reports more sampling error for cells this small: the median relative standard error of the mean wage is 3.4% under 100 workers against 2.1% at 100 or more (May 2025 metro estimates). Small gaps in rank between neighbouring rows may not be meaningful.
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 ($59,290 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 Winchester, VA-WV wage figures in a real decision
- Cardiologists leads published medians in Winchester, VA-WV at $500,020/year (a small-sample estimate from fewer than 100 workers); open the occupation for percentile bands and state rows. Cardiologists
- The employment-weighted published-row mean of $59,290 adjusts to about $61,472 on a national-price basis at BEA RPP 96.5. 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.