How much do Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other make in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC?

Percentile spread

For Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other, the published 10th percentile is $40,710 and the 90th percentile is $86,880. The difference is $46,170, which is 89.3% 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 $43,450 to the 75th at $76,540, covers $33,090.

The mean annual wage is $58,420, which sits above the median of $51,690. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC median is 12.5% higher than the national median of $45,950 for Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other. In 2024 national prices the local median is $52,777, which is 14.9% higher 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 $51,690.

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 $51,690 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other at $52,777 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

3 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other. Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC ranks 1st of 4 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 $45,630 and employment of 100. That median is 11.7% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $41,907, against $52,777 here.
• Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD is 171 miles away, with a median of $51,030 and employment of 170. That median is 1.3% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $48,839, against $52,777 here.
• Greensboro-High Point, NC is 197 miles away, with a median of $47,160 and employment of 70. That median is 8.8% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $50,783, against $52,777 here.

Employment share

Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other accounts for 0.01% of wage-and-salary employment in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC (90 of 763,060). Nationally the occupation is 0.01% of employment (15,900 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.15 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.