Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area

Highest-Paying Occupations in Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area

Figures describe the Northwest 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 260 occupations

Occupations with the highest published median annual wages in the Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area, May 2025
#	Occupation	Median annual	Median hourly	Employment
1	Physicians, All Other	$215,480	$103.60	90
2	Chief Executives	$211,760	$101.81	60
3	Architectural and Engineering Managers	$169,960	$81.71	50
4	Dentists, General	$165,430	$79.53	50
5	Computer and Information Systems Managers	$160,660	$77.24	80
6	Managers, All Other	$148,570	$71.43	60
7	Family Medicine Physicians	$142,680	$68.60	40
8	Marketing Managers	$137,530	$66.12	30
9	Sales Managers	$137,480	$66.10	80
10	Industrial Production Managers	$133,350	$64.11	90
11	Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health	$132,340	$63.62	30
12	Financial Managers	$131,310	$63.13	170
13	Pharmacists	$128,270	$61.67	90
14	Human Resources Managers	$127,870	$61.48	40
15	Nurse Practitioners	$126,430	$60.78	90
16	Veterinarians	$122,390	$58.84	50
17	Software Developers	$121,610	$58.47	250
18	Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products	$119,510	$57.46	40
19	Personal Financial Advisors	$116,780	$56.14	30
20	Computer Occupations, All Other	$110,970	$53.35	50
21	Industrial Engineers	$110,430	$53.09	180
22	Electrical Engineers	$109,140	$52.47	40
23	Information Security Analysts	$108,250	$52.05	60
24	Judges, Magistrate Judges, and Magistrates	$104,000	$50.00	40
25	Construction Managers	$103,590	$49.80	70

The full list of every published occupation here is on the Northwest 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.