Virgin Islands

Highest-Paying Occupations in Virgin Islands

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Virgin Islands

Figures describe Virgin Islands as a whole — BLS covers this U.S. territory as a single area. Occupations are ranked by published median annual wage; occupations where BLS suppressed the annual median or publishes only hourly wages are not ranked.

Top 25 of 161 occupations

Occupations with the highest published median annual wages in the Virgin Islands, May 2025
#	Occupation	Median annual	Median hourly	Employment
1	Pharmacists	$134,970	$64.89	50
2	Lawyers	$118,440	$56.94	150
3	Sales Managers	$107,740	$51.80	40
4	Chief Executives	$104,010	$50.00	130
5	Tour and Travel Guides	$102,020	$49.05	50
6	Marketing Managers	$97,760	$47.00	60
7	Medical and Health Services Managers	$96,950	$46.61	80
8	Computer Occupations, All Other	$96,180	$46.24	40
9	Managers, All Other	$95,530	$45.93	140
10	Financial Managers	$94,990	$45.67	170
11	Construction Managers	$89,950	$43.24	60
12	Computer and Information Systems Managers	$87,900	$42.26	60
13	Registered Nurses	$84,120	$40.44	470
14	General and Operations Managers	$82,850	$39.83	1,040
15	First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives	$82,380	$39.61	100
16	Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary	$80,910	Not published	140
17	Food Service Managers	$80,570	$38.74	140
18	Management Analysts	$78,850	$37.91	50
19	First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers	$77,520	$37.27	40
20	Human Resources Managers	$77,490	$37.25	70
21	Project Management Specialists	$75,240	$36.17	90
22	Instructional Coordinators	$75,040	$36.08	40
23	Administrative Services Managers	$74,990	$36.05	50
24	Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers	$74,850	$35.99	140
25	First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers	$74,210	$35.68	200

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