Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area

Highest-Paying Occupations in Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area

Figures describe the Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area, a BLS-defined region outside metropolitan areas — not a single city or town. Occupations are ranked by published median annual wage; occupations where BLS suppressed the annual median or publishes only hourly wages are not ranked (2 such occupations here).

Top 25 of 253 occupations

Occupations with the highest published median annual wages in the Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area, May 2025
#	Occupation	Median annual	Median hourly	Employment
1	Chief Executives	$202,590	$97.40	50
2	Physicians, All Other	$183,190	$88.07	50
3	Family Medicine Physicians	$182,540	$87.76	40
4	Engineers, All Other	$161,470	$77.63	740
5	Dentists, General	$159,800	$76.83	40
6	Architectural and Engineering Managers	$157,440	$75.69	50
7	Operations Research Analysts	$156,750	$75.36	170
8	Electronics Engineers, Except Computer	$156,750	$75.36	150
9	Computer and Information Systems Managers	$154,440	$74.25	80
10	Computer Occupations, All Other	$147,620	$70.97	490
11	Lawyers	$146,320	$70.35	80
12	Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other	$146,310	$70.34	280
13	Sales Managers	$145,540	$69.97	50
14	Human Resources Managers	$145,250	$69.83	40
15	Managers, All Other	$141,130	$67.85	90
16	Electrical Engineers	$138,840	$66.75	380
17	Physicists	$138,740	$66.70	240
18	Aerospace Engineers	$136,970	$65.85	190
19	Industrial Production Managers	$134,800	$64.81	30
20	Computer and Information Research Scientists	$130,670	$62.82	850
21	Financial Managers	$130,100	$62.55	100
22	Mechanical Engineers	$129,750	$62.38	390
23	Information Security Analysts	$129,490	$62.25	100
24	Computer Hardware Engineers	$127,400	$61.25	180
25	Industrial Engineers	$126,330	$60.73	80

The full list of every published occupation here is on the Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan 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.