Insights / Healthcare pay below the U.S. median / Virginia
5 healthcare jobs where pay in Virginia lags the U.S. median
The wide pay lag in Virginia is Home Health and Personal Care Aides at about $30.3K, 15% under the national median.
Flag Home Health and Personal Care Aides before the other lags in Virginia. The state median is about $30.3K, 15% under the national median.
Anything above 0.97 times the national median is left off the Virginia list. Home Health and Personal Care Aides is the case to brief.
Even the last Virginia row, Dental Assistants, stays short of the country: about $46.7K, 3% under the national median.
Each occupation
1Home Health and Personal Care Aides
- State median
- $30,300
- U.S. median
- $35,800
- State vs U.S.
- 0.85
2Registered Nurses
- State median
- $93,600
- U.S. median
- $97,550
- State vs U.S.
- 0.96
3Nurse Practitioners
- State median
- $127,810
- U.S. median
- $132,300
- State vs U.S.
- 0.97
4Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians
- State median
- $61,050
- U.S. median
- $62,930
- State vs U.S.
- 0.97
5Dental Assistants
- State median
- $46,670
- U.S. median
- $48,070
- State vs U.S.
- 0.97
Ranked table
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| Rank | Occupation | State median | U.S. median | State vs U.S. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Home Health and Personal Care Aides | $30,300 | $35,800 | 0.85 |
| 2 | Registered Nurses | $93,600 | $97,550 | 0.96 |
| 3 | Nurse Practitioners | $127,810 | $132,300 | 0.97 |
| 4 | Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians | $61,050 | $62,930 | 0.97 |
| 5 | Dental Assistants | $46,670 | $48,070 | 0.97 |
Takeaways
- The widest Virginia lag is Home Health and Personal Care Aides, 15% under the national median.
- Put about $30.3K on the Virginia offer and about $35.8K on the national comparison.
- Dental Assistants closes the Virginia lags at about $46.7K, 3% under the national median.
- The Virginia cutoff for this table is 0.97 times the national median.
For recruiters
- Clear the local median for Home Health and Personal Care Aides.
- Use the local median even when it looks low.
Source: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025.
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Methodology
An occupation is included only when the Virginia OEWS median is at most 0.97 times the U.S. median for the same occupation. The 5 lowest comparisons are shown. States with fewer than 5 such occupations are omitted, rather than filled with occupations at or above the U.S. median. OEWS May 2025. Sorted by the lowest comparison, Virginia is 26 of 31. A row links to the Virginia metro page with the highest public market difficulty score for that occupation when one is published, and otherwise to the occupation page on the hiring grid. An unpublished percentile or employment count is shown as unpublished rather than replaced with a zero. The wages are annual OEWS figures. They are not job listings and they are not an employer's current offer. Read the comparison beside the dollar figures: a high state wage can still sit under the national median for that occupation, and a lower state wage can still sit above it. Rounded figures in the prose: $30,300 is stated as about $30.3K. $35,800 is stated as about $35.8K. a comparison of 0.85 is stated as 15 percent. $46,670 is stated as about $46.7K. $48,070 is stated as about $48.1K. a comparison of 0.97 is stated as 3 percent.
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