SOC 51-4192 · Production Occupations · May 2025

How much do Layout Workers, Metal and Plastic 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 Layout Workers, Metal and Plastic in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC is $67,540. The 10th percentile is $44,650 and the 90th percentile is $93,850. Employment is 770.

Median annual wage

$67,540

10th percentile
$44,650
25th percentile
$58,170
Median
$67,540
75th percentile
$76,540
90th percentile
$93,850
Mean
$67,770

Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.

A welder in a green hard hat working on a metal structure
A welder in a hard hat on a metal structure. Photograph by FBenjr123. Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0

Percentile spread

For Layout Workers, Metal and Plastic, the published 10th percentile is $44,650 and the 90th percentile is $93,850. The difference is $49,200, which is 72.8% 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 $58,170 to the 75th at $76,540, covers $18,370.

The mean annual wage is $67,770, which sits above the median of $67,540. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC median is 5.7% higher than the national median of $63,870 for Layout Workers, Metal and Plastic. In 2024 national prices the local median is $68,960, which is 8% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 3.9% lower than the Virginia median of $70,260.

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 $67,540 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Layout Workers, Metal and Plastic at $68,960 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

No other metropolitan area within 200 miles has a published annual median for Layout Workers, Metal and Plastic in the May 2025 tables. A wage from farther away is not filled in. When a wage is not published.

Employment share

Layout Workers, Metal and Plastic accounts for 0.10% of wage-and-salary employment in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC (770 of 763,060). Nationally the occupation is 0.00% of employment (5,970 of 155,495,730). The local share is 26.28 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 · Layout Workers, Metal and Plastic 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 Layout Workers, Metal and Plastic make in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC?

In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Layout Workers, Metal and Plastic in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC is $67,540. The 10th percentile is $44,650 and the 90th percentile is $93,850. Employment is 770.

How does that compare with the national median for Layout Workers, Metal and Plastic?

The local median is 5.7% higher than the national median of $63,870.

What is Layout Workers, Metal and Plastic 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 $67,540 is $68,960. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.