How much do Engine and Other Machine Assemblers make in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC?

Percentile spread

For Engine and Other Machine Assemblers, the published 10th percentile is $33,170 and the 90th percentile is $57,970. The difference is $24,800, which is 68.8% 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 $36,030 to the 75th at $46,050, covers $10,020.

The mean annual wage is $42,150, which sits above the median of $36,030. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC median is 32.9% lower than the national median of $53,710 for Engine and Other Machine Assemblers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $36,787, which is 31.5% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is about the same as the Virginia median of $36,030.

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 $36,030 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Engine and Other Machine Assemblers at $36,787 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 Engine and Other Machine Assemblers. 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).).

• Richmond, VA is 70 miles away, with a median of $59,570 and employment of 40. That median is 65.3% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $60,874, against $36,787 here.

Employment share

Engine and Other Machine Assemblers accounts for 0.05% of wage-and-salary employment in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC (360 of 763,060). Nationally the occupation is 0.02% of employment (34,000 of 155,495,730). The local share is 2.16 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.