Virginia Beach City · Virginia
Virginia Beach, 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 Virginia Beach, VA earn a median of $48,905 a year, 10% above the national median of $44,587. Unemployment is 4.3% against 5.2% nationally, and education, health care & social assistance is the largest employer at 24.1% of jobs.
- Median earnings
- $48,905#19 of 94 metros
- Unemployment rate
- 4.3%US 5.2%
- Labor force participation
- 69.5%US 63.5%
- People employed
- 223,094Civilian employed, age 16+
What Virginia Beach does for a living
Share of the civilian employed population by industry, largest first.
- Education, health care & social assistance24.1%
- Professional, scientific & management14.4%
- Retail trade11%
- Arts, entertainment, recreation, accommodation & food10.3%
- Finance, insurance & real estate8.2%
- Public administration7.7%
- Manufacturing6%
- Construction5.6%
- Other services, except public administration4.8%
- Transportation, warehousing & utilities4.3%
- Wholesale trade1.7%
- Information1.6%
- Agriculture, forestry, fishing, hunting & mining0.2%
Related data for Virginia Beach
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%.