Winchester, VA-WV

Across all occupations in the Winchester, VA-WV metropolitan area, the median wage is $47,070 a year ($22.63 an hour) and the mean $60,410, May 2025. That median is −8% against the US median of $50,980 and −15% against Virginia's $55,690. BLS counts 67,740 jobs in the area, which spans Virginia and West Virginia. The highest-paying occupation is cardiologists; the largest is retail salespersons.

All occupations: Winchester, VA-WV vs Virginia and West Virginia and the United States

All occupations: wage percentiles, mean and employment in the Winchester, VA-WV area, Virginia and West Virginia and nationally, May 2025
Area	Basis	Percentile wage					Mean	Employment
Area	Basis	10th	25th	Median	75th	90th	Mean	Employment
Winchester, VA-WV	Hourly	$14.04	$17.34	$22.63	$33.70	$50.50	$29.04	67,740
Winchester, VA-WV	Annual	$29,210	$36,070	$47,070	$70,090	$105,040	$60,410	67,740
Virginia	Hourly	$14.68	$18.14	$26.78	$42.99	$66.83	$35.60	4,109,320
Virginia	Annual	$30,530	$37,720	$55,690	$89,420	$139,010	$74,040	4,109,320
West Virginia	Hourly	$12.53	$15.16	$21.78	$31.22	$47.22	$27.15	701,610
West Virginia	Annual	$26,070	$31,530	$45,300	$64,940	$98,220	$56,470	701,610
United States	Hourly	$15.00	$18.07	$24.51	$38.71	$61.81	$33.54	155,495,730
United States	Annual	$31,200	$37,590	$50,980	$80,520	$128,560	$69,770	155,495,730

Annual wage at the 10th, 25th, 50th (median), 75th and 90th percentiles across all occupations in the metro; the line marks the US median. The same numbers are in the table above.

257 detailed occupations publish a median in this area. State profiles: Virginia, West Virginia. Compare any occupation across every area in the wage explorer.

20 highest-paying occupations in Winchester, VA-WV

Rank	Occupation	Median annual	Median hourly	Employment
1	Cardiologists	$500,020	$240.40	40
2	Chief Executives	$221,620	$106.55	90
3	Physicians, All Other	$210,550	$101.22	70
4	Family Medicine Physicians	$198,720	$95.54	60
5	Architectural and Engineering Managers	$175,020	$84.14	50
6	Computer and Information Systems Managers in Virginia	$166,770	$80.18	140
7	Sales Managers in Virginia	$157,340	$75.65	130
8	Managers, All Other in Virginia	$156,730	$75.35	190
9	Financial Managers in Virginia	$151,990	$73.07	270
10	Marketing Managers	$139,900	$67.26	80
11	Human Resources Managers	$139,390	$67.01	80
12	Medical and Health Services Managers	$136,350	$65.56	270
13	Pharmacists	$135,850	$65.31	150
14	Software Developers in Virginia	$133,290	$64.08	350
15	Computer Network Architects	$132,500	$63.70	60
16	Nurse Practitioners	$130,700	$62.84	160
17	Data Scientists	$129,990	$62.50	60
18	Physician Assistants	$126,080	$60.61	100
19	Lawyers in Virginia	$124,760	$59.98	140
20	Information Security Analysts	$119,680	$57.54	150

Ranked by median; an occupation whose median BLS withholds or top-codes in this area cannot appear here, however well it pays.

20 largest occupations in Winchester, VA-WV

Rank	Occupation	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Location quotient	Median annual
1	Retail Salespersons in Virginia	2,290	33.78	1.35	$30,780
2	Stockers and Order Fillers in Virginia	1,840	27.21	1.49	$36,170
3	Fast Food and Counter Workers in Virginia	1,700	25.06	1.01	$28,360
4	Cashiers in Virginia	1,690	24.93	1.25	$29,600
5	Registered Nurses in Virginia	1,630	24.04	1.11	$95,650
6	Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand in Virginia	1,580	23.35	1.23	$41,910
7	Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators in Virginia	1,470	21.66	4.35	$45,360
8	Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers in Virginia	1,460	21.52	1.62	$57,460
9	General and Operations Managers in Virginia	1,350	19.96	0.89	$98,670
10	Customer Service Representatives in Virginia	1,130	16.73	1.00	$44,460
11	Waiters and Waitresses in Virginia	990	14.66	1.00	$37,680
12	Home Health and Personal Care Aides in Virginia	980	14.43	0.52	$29,240
12	Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators in Virginia	980	14.47	1.60	$39,240
14	Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners in Virginia	970	14.37	1.01	$34,070
14	Office Clerks, General in Virginia	970	14.35	0.91	$42,610
16	Nursing Assistants in Virginia	810	12.02	1.29	$39,970
17	Business Operations Specialists, All Other in Virginia	760	11.24	1.61	$90,230
18	Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education in Virginia	730	10.71	1.20	$61,200
19	First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers in Virginia	710	10.49	1.45	$47,910
20	First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers in Virginia	670	9.85	1.07	$62,950

Most concentrated occupations in Winchester, VA-WV

The 10 occupations with the highest location quotient among those employing at least 100 people in the area. A quotient of 2.00 means the occupation's share of local jobs is twice its national share.

Rank	Occupation	Location quotient	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Median annual
1	Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators in Virginia	4.35	1,470	21.66	$45,360
2	Financial Specialists, All Other	2.50	140	2.13	$90,230
3	Loan Officers	2.32	280	4.09	$63,320
4	Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers	2.22	160	2.36	$36,300
5	Molding, Coremaking, and Casting Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders, Metal and Plastic	2.10	140	2.03	$46,090
6	Occupational Therapists	2.04	140	2.13	$106,540
7	Loan Interviewers and Clerks	2.01	140	2.13	$46,780
8	Physical Therapists	1.93	220	3.32	$102,670
8	Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders	1.93	320	4.70	$39,030
10	Information Security Analysts	1.86	150	2.28	$119,680

Occupation groups in Winchester, VA-WV

Group	Median annual	Mean annual	Employment	Jobs per 1,000	Location quotient
Management	$112,120	$129,850	3,580	52.81	0.74
Computer and Mathematical	$104,350	$105,150	1,680	24.82	0.73
Legal	$88,210	$108,530	280	4.15	0.49
Healthcare Practitioners and Technical	$84,680	$105,260	4,810	71.06	1.12
Architecture and Engineering	$80,510	$90,490	680	10.10	0.60
Business and Financial Operations	$78,980	$86,630	4,600	67.91	1.00
Life, Physical, and Social Science	$75,260	$83,080	410	6.06	0.64
Educational Instruction and Library	$60,120	$58,850	3,820	56.39	0.96
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair	$57,470	$58,780	2,950	43.53	1.11
Community and Social Service	$51,740	$57,940	1,250	18.40	1.07
Construction and Extraction	$49,720	$53,930	2,360	34.79	0.84
Protective Service	$49,090	$51,790	1,070	15.87	0.65
Office and Administrative Support	$45,380	$47,870	7,690	113.53	0.99
Transportation and Material Moving	$44,150	$45,660	8,670	128.01	1.46
Production	$42,000	$46,130	4,520	66.79	1.21
Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, and Media	$39,520	$51,050	640	9.49	0.72
Healthcare Support	$38,210	$39,100	2,860	42.29	0.83
Farming, Fishing, and Forestry	$37,060	$39,510	140	2.13	0.76
Building and Grounds Cleaning and Maintenance	$35,970	$37,120	2,060	30.40	1.04
Sales and Related	$35,580	$47,030	6,850	101.09	1.17
Personal Care and Service	$33,650	$37,130	1,120	16.51	0.79
Food Preparation and Serving Related	$31,400	$35,620	5,680	83.90	0.95

Every occupation in Virginia and West Virginia, and the area's place among the state's metros, is on the state profiles. All 257 published occupations for this area are in the wage explorer; other metros are on the metros hub.

Source and notes

Data: BLS OEWS May 2025, released 2026-05-15. Cross-industry estimates, all ownerships. BLS page: OEWS Winchester, VA-WV estimates (area 49020).

*: Wage estimate not available.

Annual wages assume 2,080 hours a year at the hourly rate; occupations BLS publishes on one basis only show an en dash (–) on the other.
Employment is rounded to the nearest 10 by BLS. Where BLS withholds a cell, nothing is estimated in its place.
Jobs per 1,000 is the occupation's employment per 1,000 jobs in the Winchester, VA-WV area; the location quotient is that share divided by the national share.
The concentration table keeps only occupations with employment of 100 or more in the area, so a quotient built on a handful of rounded jobs cannot top it.
The area spans Virginia and West Virginia; its figures are the whole MSA, as BLS publishes them, under the primary state Virginia.