How much do Lighting Technicians make in Richmond, VA?

Percentile spread

For Lighting Technicians, the published 10th percentile is $43,340 and the 90th percentile is $68,840. The difference is $25,500, which is 46.2% 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 $49,630 to the 75th at $60,780, covers $11,150.

The mean annual wage is $55,570, which sits above the median of $55,220. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Richmond, VA median is 18.9% lower than the national median of $68,060 for Lighting Technicians. In 2024 national prices the local median is $56,429, which is 17.1% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 8.5% lower than the Virginia median of $60,340.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Richmond, VA is 97.858, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $55,220 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Lighting Technicians at $56,429 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

2 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Lighting Technicians. Richmond, VA ranks 2nd of 3 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 98 miles away, with a median of $63,090 and employment of 150. That median is 14.3% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $57,942, against $56,429 here.
• Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD is 139 miles away, with a median of $50,030 and employment of 90. That median is 9.4% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $47,882, against $56,429 here.

Employment share

Lighting Technicians accounts for 0.00% of wage-and-salary employment in Richmond, VA (30 of 660,350). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (8,900 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.79 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.