Richmond City · Virginia
Richmond, VA jobs and wages
Who works here, what they earn, and which industries carry the local economy — Census ACS estimates for the city itself, not the wider metro.
Quick answer
Workers in Richmond, VA earn a median of $41,143 a year, 8% below the national median of $44,587. Unemployment is 6% against 5.2% nationally, and education, health care & social assistance is the largest employer at 24.3% of jobs.
- Median earnings
- $41,143#55 of 94 metros
- Unemployment rate
- 6%US 5.2%
- Labor force participation
- 68.5%US 63.5%
- People employed
- 122,683Civilian employed, age 16+
What Richmond does for a living
Share of the civilian employed population by industry, largest first.
- Education, health care & social assistance24.3%
- Professional, scientific & management14.3%
- Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food10.5%
- Retail trade10.3%
- Finance, insurance & real estate8.7%
- Construction5.8%
- Manufacturing5.7%
- Public administration5.6%
- Transportation, warehousing & utilities5.5%
- Other services, except public administration5.4%
- Wholesale trade1.9%
- Information1.9%
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting & mining0.2%
Related data for Richmond
Earnings only mean something next to what things cost.
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates
Tables B23025, B20002 and C24030, 2019-2023 ACS 5-year. Industry shares combine the male and female columns of C24030 and are rounded, so they may not total exactly 100%.