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

Percentile spread

For Sales and Related Workers, All Other, the published 10th percentile is $27,890 and the 90th percentile is $60,990. The difference is $33,100, which is 108.0% 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 $30,080 to the 75th at $36,840, covers $6,760.

The mean annual wage is $37,890, which sits above the median of $30,640. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC median is 36.5% lower than the national median of $48,280 for Sales and Related Workers, All Other. In 2024 national prices the local median is $31,284, which is 35.2% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 14.2% lower than the Virginia median of $35,730.

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 $30,640 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Sales and Related Workers, All Other at $31,284 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

8 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Sales and Related Workers, All Other. Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC ranks 8th of 9 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 $37,890 and employment of 160. That median is 23.7% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $38,719, against $31,284 here.
• Raleigh-Cary, NC is 137 miles away, with a median of $41,810 and employment of 90. That median is 36.5% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $42,595, against $31,284 here.
• Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV is 150 miles away, with a median of $43,500 and employment of 500. That median is 42% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $39,951, against $31,284 here.

Employment share

Sales and Related Workers, All Other accounts for 0.02% of wage-and-salary employment in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC (190 of 763,060). Nationally the occupation is 0.06% of employment (93,180 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.42 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.