The 100 Highest Paying Jobs In Virginia Beach, VA For 2022

Editor’s Note: Article updated for 2022. This is our sixth time ranking the highest paying jobs in Virginia Beach

Ever wonder who gets paid the most? Or how much your dentist makes for all the pain they put you through?

We had that same burning desire to know more about the highest paid professions in the Virginia Beach area. And if you can’t tell by that sentence, we’re a bit of what you’d call data nerds.

We decided to go directly to the source: The Bureau of Labor Statistics.

After scrounging through the Bureau of Labor Statistics, we discovered that Orthopedic Surgeons, Except Pediatric are the highest paid people in Virginia Beach.

Here’s a quick look at the top ten highest paying jobs in Virginia Beach:

Orthopedic Surgeons, Except Pediatric
General Internal Medicine Physicians
Family Medicine Physicians
Chief Executives
Psychiatrists
Physicians, All Other
Dentists, General
Financial Managers
Computer and Information Systems Managers
Public Relations Managers

Everyone’s favorite, dentists, place number 7 on the list of highest paid professions in Virginia Beach. So the next time you sit there while they drill you can dwell on the fact that they are getting extremely well paid for it.

If you’re interested, you can read more about the Virginia Beach and Virginia job scene here:

How we determined the highest paid jobs in Virginia Beach For 2022

We looked at the BLS’s data set for all 563 job classifications in Virginia Beach in order to identify those that get paid the most.

Pretty straightforward and easy to do when the government does your job for you 🙂

We used the most recently released BLS data for this analysis which came out on March 29, 2022.

For more reading, check out:

These Are The 100 Lowest Paying Jobs In Virginia

Detailed List Of Highest Paying Jobs In Virginia Beach

Rank	Job Title	Average Salary	Entry Level Salary	# Of People
1	Orthopedic Surgeons, Except Pediatric	$294,370	$163,000	90
2	General Internal Medicine Physicians	$289,680	$99,470	230
3	Family Medicine Physicians	$274,690	$136,220	1,000
4	Chief Executives	$235,820	$63,720	850
5	Psychiatrists	$221,900	$100,170	70
6	Physicians, All Other	$208,840	$60,200	1,010
7	Dentists, General	$162,260	$80,930	1,110
8	Financial Managers	$147,370	$82,350	2,000
9	Computer and Information Systems Managers	$147,160	$98,830	1,330
10	Public Relations Managers	$145,410	$77,940	170
11	Architectural and Engineering Managers	$142,420	$100,970	690
12	Marketing Managers	$140,800	$76,710	520
13	Computer and Information Research Scientists	$135,220	$81,080	430
14	Natural Sciences Managers	$133,450	$81,100	190
15	Sales Managers	$133,150	$60,560	840
16	Compensation and Benefits Managers	$131,070	$80,730	40
17	Airline Pilots, Copilots, and Flight Engineers	$130,690	$80,900	130
18	Human Resources Managers	$129,160	$80,630	530
19	Pharmacists	$127,970	$78,480	1,380
20	Advertising and Promotions Managers	$126,190	$77,940	40
21	Purchasing Managers	$125,230	$85,090	310
22	Managers, All Other	$124,760	$81,050	1,740
23	Aerospace Engineers	$124,490	$80,310	830
24	Physical Scientists, All Other	$124,090	$83,030	290
25	Industrial Production Managers	$121,390	$79,810	380
26	Personal Financial Advisors	$121,310	$38,160	720
27	Sales Engineers	$118,750	$48,870	170
28	Optometrists	$118,060	$48,860	220
29	Mathematical Science Occupations, All Other	$115,670	$41,160	130
30	Fundraising Managers	$114,630	$64,080	60
31	Database Architects	$114,450	$61,980	340
32	Atmospheric and Space Scientists	$113,870	$67,830	40
33	Lawyers	$113,860	$48,970	2,540
34	Medical and Health Services Managers	$111,740	$60,680	1,750
35	Physician Assistants	$111,740	$82,360	830
36	Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists	$111,650	$63,080	390
37	Materials Engineers	$111,630	$63,930	110
38	Computer Network Architects	$111,230	$62,940	1,050
39	Engineers, All Other	$111,200	$59,900	1,280
40	Software Developers	$111,140	$64,700	5,770
41	Clinical and Counseling Psychologists	$110,140	$61,870	170
42	Nurse Practitioners	$109,470	$77,940	1,300
43	Computer Hardware Engineers	$108,790	$70,350	410
44	Education Administrators, Postsecondary	$108,150	$60,150	460
45	General and Operations Managers	$107,780	$47,330	14,580
46	Economics Teachers, Postsecondary	$107,020	$50,180	80
47	Operations Research Analysts	$107,010	$60,810	690
48	Electronics Engineers, Except Computer	$106,890	$65,150	650
49	Physicists	$104,140	$77,850	300
50	Training and Development Managers	$103,310	$78,110	240
51	Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other	$103,170	$65,410	580
52	Veterinarians	$103,150	$64,100	490
53	Education Administrators, All Other	$103,060	$59,310	200
54	Commercial Pilots	$102,120	$47,380	100
55	Information Security Analysts	$101,250	$61,710	1,580
56	Financial Risk Specialists	$100,420	$50,350	110
57	Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors	$99,560	$61,420	70
58	Atmospheric, Earth, Marine, and Space Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary	$99,540	$50,210	90
59	Construction Managers	$99,430	$61,970	1,270
60	Psychologists, All Other	$98,700	$67,120	110
61	Air Traffic Controllers	$98,690	$71,610	100
62	Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	$98,580	$60,210	560
63	Administrative Services Managers	$97,820	$55,470	350
64	Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products	$97,620	$38,510	460
65	Electrical Engineers	$97,330	$61,210	890
66	Computer Systems Analysts	$96,790	$61,060	2,760
67	Data Scientists	$96,650	$50,820	460
68	Computer Occupations, All Other	$95,930	$64,080	2,730
69	Business Teachers, Postsecondary	$95,850	$47,640	390
70	Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary	$95,400	$48,780	150
71	Management Analysts	$94,990	$53,680	5,940
72	Project Management Specialists	$94,800	$57,140	4,990
73	Radiation Therapists	$93,790	$63,410	130
74	Facilities Managers	$93,560	$51,790	270
75	Farm and Home Management Educators	$93,140	$30,990	70
76	Environmental Engineers	$92,580	$62,210	170
77	Occupational Therapists	$91,780	$63,490	640
78	Nuclear Engineers	$91,470	$69,280	750
79	Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary	$91,450	$63,530	1,490
80	First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers	$91,050	$49,120	1,050
81	Physics Teachers, Postsecondary	$90,880	$62,230	120
82	Healthcare Diagnosing or Treating Practitioners, All Other	$90,690	$67,970	80
83	Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay	$90,420	$65,720	60
84	Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers	$89,990	$50,840	710
85	Mechanical Engineers	$89,580	$60,680	1,720
86	Computer Programmers	$89,560	$48,790	280
87	Ship Engineers	$89,490	$46,090	1,540
88	Civil Engineers	$89,320	$59,860	1,910
89	Media and Communication Equipment Workers, All Other	$87,720	$64,960	160
90	Database Administrators	$87,450	$39,700	530
91	First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives	$87,250	$61,060	440
92	Physical Therapists	$86,800	$63,580	1,390
93	Financial and Investment Analysts	$86,230	$50,560	700
94	Network and Computer Systems Administrators	$86,010	$50,770	1,980
95	Architects, Except Landscape and Naval	$85,760	$49,300	440
96	Speech-Language Pathologists	$85,300	$60,680	610
97	Legal Support Workers, All Other	$84,720	$36,230	100
98	Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers	$84,680	$49,520	560
99	Detectives and Criminal Investigators	$84,360	$45,200	410
100	Industrial Engineers	$83,500	$30,950	780

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Chris Kolmar

Chris Kolmar is a co-founder of Zippia and the editor-in-chief of the Zippia career advice blog. He has hired over 50 people in his career, been hired five times, and wants to help you land your next job. His research has been featured on the New York Times, Thrillist, VOX, The Atlantic, and a host of local news. More recently, he's been quoted on USA Today, BusinessInsider, and CNBC.

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