These Are The 100 Highest Paying Jobs In Virginia Beach, VA For 2018

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 Obstetricians And Gynecologists are the highest paid people in Virginia Beach.

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

1. Obstetricians and Gynecologists
2. Anesthesiologists
3. Physicians and Surgeons, All Other
4. Pediatricians, General
5. Chief Executives
6. Nurse Anesthetists
7. Family and General Practitioners
8. Psychiatrists
9. Dentists, General
10. Sales Engineers

Everyone’s favorite, dentists, place number 9 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:

• These Are The 10 Best Jobs In Virginia For Recent College Grads
• These Are The 10 Fastest Growing Jobs In Virginia In 2017
• These Are The 100 Highest Paying Jobs In Virginia

How we determined the highest paid jobs in Virginia Beach For 2018

We looked at the BLS’s data set for all 556 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 30, 2018.

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	Obstetricians and Gynecologists	$236,850	$100,110	170
2	Anesthesiologists	$216,840	$160,840	140
3	Physicians and Surgeons, All Other	$208,680	$56,320	1,760
4	Pediatricians, General	$194,540	$88,680	150
5	Chief Executives	$183,840	$19,810	850
6	Nurse Anesthetists	$173,170	$110,940	510
7	Family and General Practitioners	$169,990	$68,990	810
8	Psychiatrists	$147,220	$57,440	180
9	Dentists, General	$145,860	$54,320	550
10	Sales Engineers	$138,410	$75,980	90
11	Architectural and Engineering Managers	$135,770	$97,200	760
12	Computer and Information Systems Managers	$135,380	$83,140	1,560
13	Optometrists	$129,250	$48,200	110
14	Political Scientists	$127,150	$68,540	50
15	Pharmacists	$125,990	$104,010	1,320
16	Financial Managers	$125,860	$65,560	1,490
17	Sales Managers	$124,870	$49,860	760
18	General and Operations Managers	$120,790	$51,730	9,190
19	Marketing Managers	$119,790	$71,200	370
20	Lawyers	$119,030	$50,060	1,790
21	Computer Hardware Engineers	$117,480	$76,140	220
22	Purchasing Managers	$116,590	$85,400	290
23	Aerospace Engineers	$113,480	$72,550	790
24	Industrial Production Managers	$112,740	$65,050	390
25	Personal Financial Advisors	$111,440	$38,560	840
26	Managers, All Other	$111,420	$63,700	1,760
27	Education Administrators, All Other	$111,180	$65,060	180
28	Nurse Practitioners	$108,920	$72,050	920
29	Advertising and Promotions Managers	$108,770	$56,830	30
30	Construction Managers	$107,760	$57,560	1,380
31	Natural Sciences Managers	$106,560	$62,480	110
32	Human Resources Managers	$106,390	$56,360	450
33	Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products	$105,680	$60,590	850
34	Physical Scientists, All Other	$105,500	$65,460	180
35	Materials Engineers	$105,010	$64,420	130
36	Training and Development Managers	$104,390	$68,670	180
37	Computer and Information Research Scientists	$103,450	$72,530	320
38	Public Relations and Fundraising Managers	$102,110	$60,210	150
39	Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	$100,250	$50,980	330
40	Medical and Health Services Managers	$100,010	$61,710	1,380
41	Software Developers, Systems Software	$99,670	$64,610	2,610
42	Education Administrators, Postsecondary	$99,650	$53,350	640
43	Engineers, All Other	$96,530	$55,110	1,320
44	Air Traffic Controllers	$95,290	$64,120	100
45	Compensation and Benefits Managers	$94,810	$45,370	70
46	Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents	$93,350	$33,070	750
47	Operations Research Analysts	$93,310	$44,100	590
48	Veterinarians	$92,550	$53,740	500
49	Software Developers, Applications	$92,070	$50,030	3,550
50	Marine Engineers and Naval Architects	$91,750	$55,570	790
51	Administrative Services Managers	$91,530	$51,690	790
52	Electronics Engineers, Except Computer	$90,700	$59,640	1,180
53	Psychologists, All Other	$90,400	$62,480	70
54	Management Analysts	$90,220	$51,630	5,410
55	Atmospheric and Space Scientists	$90,000	$60,520	200
56	Financial Examiners	$89,040	$63,800	80
57	Radiation Therapists	$88,580	$66,660	50
58	Atmospheric, Earth, Marine, and Space Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary	$88,530	$38,750	100
59	Mechanical Engineers	$87,590	$57,930	1,690
60	Physicists	$87,560	$58,560	310
61	Information Security Analysts	$86,430	$52,030	780
62	Engineering Teachers, Postsecondary	$85,940	$53,740	150
63	Computer Occupations, All Other	$85,890	$64,570	2,230
64	Electrical Engineers	$85,820	$55,020	1,370
65	Civil Engineers	$85,180	$55,920	1,940
66	Economics Teachers, Postsecondary	$85,170	$40,370	120
67	Computer Systems Analysts	$84,980	$47,800	2,700
68	Industrial Engineers	$84,850	$55,630	770
69	Physics Teachers, Postsecondary	$84,580	$37,530	110
70	Environmental Engineers	$83,870	$53,410	350
71	Detectives and Criminal Investigators	$83,590	$44,690	370
72	Network and Computer Systems Administrators	$83,540	$51,980	2,490
73	Physician Assistants	$83,160	$55,940	480
74	Health Specialties Teachers, Postsecondary	$82,990	$36,950	710
75	Computer Network Architects	$82,720	$52,690	790
76	First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers	$81,900	$36,440	1,100
77	Education Administrators, Elementary and Secondary School	$81,560	$56,960	1,440
78	Nuclear Engineers	$81,190	$56,960	1,440
79	Physical Therapists	$81,180	$53,190	940
80	Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other	$80,570	$54,860	450
81	Business Teachers, Postsecondary	$80,560	$31,780	460
82	Captains, Mates, and Pilots of Water Vessels	$79,940	$48,960	1,720
83	Emergency Management Directors	$79,920	$56,340	110
84	Computer Science Teachers, Postsecondary	$79,780	$33,180	280
85	Administrative Law Judges, Adjudicators, and Hearing Officers	$79,540	$40,600	40
86	Occupational Therapists	$79,290	$54,380	520
87	Chemists	$78,290	$46,850	170
88	Architects, Except Landscape and Naval	$77,600	$45,560	460
89	Health Diagnosing and Treating Practitioners, All Other	$77,500	$56,650	80
90	Microbiologists	$77,050	$38,080	60
91	Art Directors	$76,610	$38,690	60
92	Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health	$76,540	$48,540	340
93	Logisticians	$76,350	$48,420	1,520
94	Health and Safety Engineers, Except Mining Safety Engineers and Inspectors	$76,110	$45,850	130
95	Political Science Teachers, Postsecondary	$75,500	$44,290	120
96	Media and Communication Equipment Workers, All Other	$75,200	$43,530	230
97	Biological Scientists, All Other	$74,840	$51,630	110
98	Real Estate Brokers	$74,660	$32,210	340
99	Speech-Language Pathologists	$74,430	$50,010	530
100	Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Teachers, Postsecondary	$74,430	$44,500	40