Lynchburg, VA metro area

Highest-Paying Occupations in Lynchburg Metro

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Lynchburg, VA metro area

Figures describe the Lynchburg, VA metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Lynchburg city limits. Occupations are ranked by published median annual wage; occupations where BLS suppressed the annual median or publishes only hourly wages are not ranked (4 such occupations here).

Top 25 of 310 occupations

Occupations with the highest published median annual wages in the Lynchburg, VA metro area, May 2025
#	Occupation	Median annual	Median hourly	Employment
1	Physicians, All Other	$273,740	$131.61	130
2	Chief Executives	$219,400	$105.48	160
3	Family Medicine Physicians	$177,430	$85.30	120
4	Dentists, General	$167,440	$80.50	80
5	Computer and Information Systems Managers	$166,840	$80.21	180
6	Marketing Managers	$159,490	$76.68	50
7	Financial Managers	$155,370	$74.70	220
8	Architectural and Engineering Managers	$152,360	$73.25	100
9	Sales Managers	$149,990	$72.11	110
10	Pharmacists	$144,090	$69.27	190
11	Human Resources Managers	$136,100	$65.43	80
12	Managers, All Other	$130,580	$62.78	120
13	Industrial Production Managers	$129,640	$62.33	180
14	Medical and Health Services Managers	$129,320	$62.17	320
15	Optometrists	$128,010	$61.55	40
16	Purchasing Managers	$125,110	$60.15	30
17	Physician Assistants	$122,800	$59.04	130
18	Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products	$122,560	$58.92	120
19	Lawyers	$122,110	$58.71	250
20	Information Security Analysts	$121,340	$58.34	90
21	Nurse Practitioners	$120,710	$58.04	250
22	Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	$116,000	$55.77	60
23	Facilities Managers	$113,940	$54.78	80
24	Software Developers	$109,840	$52.81	510
25	Computer Network Architects	$108,940	$52.37	70

The full list of every published occupation here is on the Lynchburg metro area overview.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.