SOC 41-9091 · Sales and Related Occupations · May 2025

How much do Door-to-Door Sales Workers, News and Street Vendors, and Related Workers make in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Door-to-Door Sales Workers, News and Street Vendors, and Related Workers in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC is $31,550. The 10th percentile is $30,480 and the 90th percentile is $37,850. Employment is 40.

Median annual wage

$31,550

10th percentile
$30,480
25th percentile
$31,420
Median
$31,550
75th percentile
$37,850
90th percentile
$37,850
Mean
$33,600

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Percentile spread

For Door-to-Door Sales Workers, News and Street Vendors, and Related Workers, the published 10th percentile is $30,480 and the 90th percentile is $37,850. The difference is $7,370, which is 23.4% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $31,420 to the 75th at $37,850, covers $6,430.

The mean annual wage is $33,600, which sits above the median of $31,550. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC median is 23.8% lower than the national median of $41,380 for Door-to-Door Sales Workers, News and Street Vendors, and Related Workers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $32,213, which is 22.2% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 2.4% lower than the Virginia median of $32,320.

Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC covers more than one state. The state comparison uses Virginia, the primary state on the BLS area record.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC is 97.941, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $31,550 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Door-to-Door Sales Workers, News and Street Vendors, and Related Workers at $32,213 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

One other metropolitan area within 200 miles publishes a annual median for Door-to-Door Sales Workers, News and Street Vendors, and Related Workers. Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC ranks 2nd of 2 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

  • Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV is 150 miles away, with a median of $35,590 and employment of 50. That median is 12.8% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $32,686, against $32,213 here.

Employment share

Door-to-Door Sales Workers, News and Street Vendors, and Related Workers accounts for 0.01% of wage-and-salary employment in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC (40 of 763,060). Nationally the occupation is 0.00% of employment (2,760 of 155,495,730). The local share is 2.95 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.

Highest-paying jobs in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC · Door-to-Door Sales Workers, News and Street Vendors, and Related Workers by metro · How to read these percentiles · Median and mean · When a wage is not published · How the figures are made · Compare this wage after prices

Questions this page answers

How much do Door-to-Door Sales Workers, News and Street Vendors, and Related Workers make in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Door-to-Door Sales Workers, News and Street Vendors, and Related Workers in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC is $31,550. The 10th percentile is $30,480 and the 90th percentile is $37,850. Employment is 40.

How does that compare with the national median for Door-to-Door Sales Workers, News and Street Vendors, and Related Workers?

The local median is 23.8% lower than the national median of $41,380.

What is Door-to-Door Sales Workers, News and Street Vendors, and Related Workers pay in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC is 97.941, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $31,550 is $32,213. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC compare with nearby metros for Door-to-Door Sales Workers, News and Street Vendors, and Related Workers?

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 150 miles away, at $35,590. Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC ranks 2nd of 2 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.