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Best Cities · State Hub · CoL Adjusted Salary
A state-level view of the strongest occupation and metro signals in Virginia. We use BLS wage data, local income, housing pressure, and H-1B demand to surface the best entry points.
Metro areas scanned
13
State metro files in salary data.
Occupation clusters
59
Distinct occupation slugs found in-state.
Best metro signal
Charlottesville, VA
Highest adjusted wage entry point.
Charlottesville, VA
Physicians, All Other
Raw wage: $213K · Income: $91K
H-1B: 64
Lynchburg, VA
Software Developers
Raw wage: $103K · Income: $45K
H-1B: 18
Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area
Engineers, All Other
Raw wage: $153K
H-1B: N/A
Richmond, VA
Software Developers
Raw wage: $131K
H-1B: 254
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC
Software Developers
Raw wage: $126K
H-1B: N/A
Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA
Software Developers
Raw wage: $103K
H-1B: N/A
Winchester, VA-WV
General and Operations Managers
Raw wage: $98K
H-1B: N/A
Roanoke, VA
General and Operations Managers
Raw wage: $96K
H-1B: 23
Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA
General and Operations Managers
Raw wage: $93K
H-1B: N/A
Harrisonburg, VA
General and Operations Managers
Raw wage: $88K · Income: $71K
H-1B: 18
Southwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area
General and Operations Managers
Raw wage: $91K
H-1B: N/A
Northwest Virginia nonmetropolitan area
General and Operations Managers
Raw wage: $91K
H-1B: N/A
| # | Occupation | Best metro | Adj. wage | Raw wage | Metros |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Physicians, All Other | Charlottesville, VA | $175K | $213K | 1 |
| 2 | Software Developers | Lynchburg, VA | $170K | $103K | 6 |
| 3 | General and Operations Managers | Lynchburg, VA | $154K | $93K | 13 |
| 4 | Engineers, All Other | Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area | $153K | $153K | 1 |
| 5 | Computer Occupations, All Other | Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area | $140K | $140K | 1 |
| 6 | Registered Nurses | Lynchburg, VA | $135K | $82K | 12 |
| 7 | Computer and Information Research Scientists | Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area | $126K | $126K | 1 |
| 8 | Accountants and Auditors | Lynchburg, VA | $124K | $75K | 7 |
| 9 | Management Analysts | Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area | $121K | $121K | 4 |
| 10 | Business Operations Specialists, All Other | Northeast Virginia nonmetropolitan area | $106K | $106K | 5 |
| 11 | Project Management Specialists | Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC | $102K | $102K | 3 |
| 12 | First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers | Lynchburg, VA | $98K | $59K | 10 |
| 13 | Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers | Lynchburg, VA | $95K | $57K | 1 |
| 14 | Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors | Lynchburg, VA | $85K | $51K | 2 |
| 15 | Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers | Lynchburg, VA | $84K | $51K | 12 |
| 16 | Maintenance and Repair Workers, General | Lynchburg, VA | $80K | $48K | 13 |
| 17 | Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education | Lynchburg, VA | $79K | $48K | 12 |
| 18 | Human Resources Specialists | Winchester, VA-WV | $77K | $77K | 2 |
It groups the strongest metro and occupation entry points in the state so we can see where pay stretches furthest after local cost-of-living adjustment.
Each metro card highlights the single best occupation signal in that state-area combination, which makes the hub fast to scan and easier for Google and LLMs to retrieve.
Use the metro links for local city intelligence, or go back to the main best-cities hub to switch occupations.