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Broadcast Technicians · SOC 27-4012

Broadcast Technicians Salary in the Virginia Beach Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC metro area

Figures describe the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Virginia Beach city limits.

Median annual wage$50,720
Median hourly wage$24.39

Broadcast Technicians in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC metro area earned a median of $50,720 per year ($24.39 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $36,270 at the 10th percentile to $75,510 at the 90th. BLS estimates 200 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Broadcast Technicians in the Virginia Beach metro area earn more than $50,720 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $41,860 and $58,250.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$36,270$41,860$50,720$58,250$75,510
Hourly$17.44$20.12$24.39$28.00$36.30

A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.

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How this area compares

  • Virginia Beach metro areathis metro area
    $50,720
  • Virginiastate (VA)
    $57,940
  • United Statesnational
    $59,570

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

The median here is −12% vs Virginia overall and −15% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$22,110$49,133$76,157$103,180Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $22,110San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $31,580Boise City, ID — $36,710Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $36,970Tulsa, OK — $37,170South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $37,290Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $37,360Eugene-Springfield, OR — $37,430Wichita, KS — $37,430Fort Wayne, IN — $37,980El Paso, TX — $39,830Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $40,240Peoria, IL — $40,290Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $40,490Bloomington, IN — $40,950Wilmington, NC — $41,000Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $41,110Syracuse, NY — $42,330Jacksonville, FL — $44,590Omaha, NE-IA — $44,800Lexington-Fayette, KY — $44,910Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $44,970Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $45,020Asheville, NC — $45,100Oklahoma City, OK — $45,430Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $46,290Fargo, ND-MN — $46,480Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $46,480San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $46,480Colorado Springs, CO — $47,090New Haven, CT — $47,200Savannah, GA — $47,340Rochester, NY — $47,560Birmingham, AL — $47,720Raleigh-Cary, NC — $47,780Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $47,880Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $47,890New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $48,180Lincoln, NE — $48,340Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $48,540St. Louis, MO-IL — $48,650Cleveland, OH — $48,750Tucson, AZ — $49,150Urban Honolulu, HI — $49,200Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $49,290Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $49,300Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $49,420Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $49,590Worcester, MA — $49,890Fresno, CA — $49,930Albuquerque, NM — $49,990Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $50,110Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $50,540Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $50,720Columbia, SC — $50,920Richmond, VA — $52,160Winston-Salem, NC — $52,250Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $53,170Kansas City, MO-KS — $53,500Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $53,650Columbus, OH — $54,290Portland-South Portland, ME — $54,950Knoxville, TN — $55,170Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $55,880Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $57,160Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $57,190Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $57,600Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $57,610Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $58,230Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $58,410Toledo, OH — $59,570Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $60,350Green Bay, WI — $61,660Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $62,080San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $62,750Reno, NV — $62,960Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $63,370Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $63,500Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $64,940Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $65,300Madison, WI — $65,990Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $69,740Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $69,910Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $74,490Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $74,760Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $74,890Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $75,010Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $77,550San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $77,790Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $78,050Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $79,520Pittsburgh, PA — $81,030Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $81,640Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $96,060New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $96,820Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $103,180

Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.

The Virginia Beach metro area has the 43rd-highest published median for this occupation among the 96 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Other metro areas in Virginia

Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for broadcast technicians, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • Virginia Beach metro areathis page
    $50,720
  • Richmond metro area
    $52,160

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

Keep exploring

Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:

Public Relations Specialists$73,890Coaches and Scouts$44,810Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers$42,470Producers and Directors$56,730Graphic Designers$60,150Audio and Video Technicians$53,960

Highest-paying metro areas for broadcast technicianss · Highest-paying occupations in Virginia Beach Metro

About this estimate

These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.

Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.

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.