SOC 23-1011 · Legal Occupations · May 2025

How much do Lawyers make in Harrisonburg, VA?

In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Lawyers in Harrisonburg, VA is $127,070. The 10th percentile is $72,060 and the 90th percentile is $233,910. Employment is 130.

Median annual wage

$127,070

10th percentile
$72,060
25th percentile
$80,410
Median
$127,070
75th percentile
$173,660
90th percentile
$233,910
Mean
$142,340

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

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Cooks in a Washington state kitchen, 1930. Seattle Municipal Archives. Photograph by Seattle Municipal Archives. Wikimedia Commons · CC BY 2.0

Percentile spread

For Lawyers, the published 10th percentile is $72,060 and the 90th percentile is $233,910. The difference is $161,850, which is 127.4% 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 $80,410 to the 75th at $173,660, covers $93,250.

The mean annual wage is $142,340, which sits above the median of $127,070. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Harrisonburg, VA median is 20.4% lower than the national median of $159,670 for Lawyers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $133,910, which is 16.1% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 24% lower than the Virginia median of $167,210.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Harrisonburg, VA is 94.892, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $127,070 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Lawyers at $133,910 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

36 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Lawyers. Harrisonburg, VA ranks 13th of 37 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).).

  • Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA is 27 miles away, with a median of $103,530 and employment of 80. That median is 18.5% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $113,609, against $133,910 here.
  • Charlottesville, VA is 42 miles away, with a median of $149,430 and employment of 390. That median is 17.6% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $150,717, against $133,910 here.
  • Winchester, VA-WV is 57 miles away, with a median of $124,760 and employment of 140. That median is 1.8% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $129,352, against $133,910 here.

Employment share

Lawyers accounts for 0.20% of wage-and-salary employment in Harrisonburg, VA (130 of 65,460). Nationally the occupation is 0.49% of employment (754,500 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.41 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 Harrisonburg, VA · Lawyers 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 Lawyers make in Harrisonburg, VA?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Lawyers in Harrisonburg, VA is $127,070. The 10th percentile is $72,060 and the 90th percentile is $233,910. Employment is 130.

How does that compare with the national median for Lawyers?

The local median is 20.4% lower than the national median of $159,670.

What is Lawyers pay in Harrisonburg, VA after local prices?

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Harrisonburg, VA is 94.892, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $127,070 is $133,910. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.

How does Harrisonburg, VA compare with nearby metros for Lawyers?

Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA is the closest metropolitan area within 200 miles with a published annual median, 27 miles away, at $103,530. Harrisonburg, VA ranks 13th of 37 metros within 200 miles on that median. Distances use Census Bureau internal points.