Virginia · All industries · Annual, 2025

Employment in Virginia

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Employment, establishments and average pay across all industries in Virginia, 2004–2025, from DTG's QCEW-based estimates.

In 2025, employers in Virginia had about 4,148,900 people on their payrolls across roughly 320,331 establishments, with average annual pay of $80,090.

Total employment in Virginia grew 10.8% from 2020 to 2025. Employment reached its 2004–2025 peak in 2025, at about 4,148,900. Quarterly values, full industry and occupation detail and projections to 2036 for Virginia are included with a free account. County-level detail is part of every paid plan, or one county free for seven days.

4,148,900Employment, 2025
320,331Establishments
$80,090Avg. annual pay

Employment, 2004 to 2025

Annual average · all industries · all ownerships

Employment by sector, 2025

NAICS sector · 20 sectors

Code	Sector	Employment	Share of Virginia	LQ	Source
11	Agriculture, Forestry, Fishing and Hunting	12,735	0.3%	0.39	pub.
21	Mining, Quarrying, and Oil and Gas Extraction	5,228	0.1%	0.34	pub.
23	Construction	238,799	5.8%	1.06	pub.
31-33	Manufacturing	247,398	6.0%	0.74	pub.
22	Utilities	19,941	0.5%	0.85	pub.
42	Wholesale Trade	113,045	2.7%	0.70	pub.
44-45	Retail Trade	396,152	9.6%	0.96	pub.
48-49	Transportation and Warehousing	191,689	4.6%	0.95	pub.
51	Information	73,296	1.8%	0.92	pub.
52	Finance and Insurance	146,831	3.5%	0.87	pub.
53	Real Estate and Rental and Leasing	61,855	1.5%	0.95	pub.
54	Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services	472,128	11.4%	1.63	pub.
55	Management of Companies and Enterprises	91,356	2.2%	1.32	pub.
56	Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services	254,513	6.1%	1.05	pub.
61	Educational Services	385,177	9.3%	1.08	pub.
62	Health Care and Social Assistance	571,771	13.8%	0.86	pub.
71	Arts, Entertainment, and Recreation	86,720	2.1%	1.07	pub.
72	Accommodation and Food Services	347,911	8.4%	0.92	pub.
81	Other Services (except Public Administration)	139,743	3.4%	1.11	pub.
92	Public Administration	270,950	6.5%	1.29	pub.

One public page per sector and per 3-digit subsector, annual, with the mark on every value. A sector name is a link where its page is built.

Last ten years

Annual · all industries · 10 years

Year	Employment	Estab.	Avg. annual pay	Change	Source
2025	4,148,911	320,331	$80,094	1.0%	pub.
2024	4,106,139	317,533	$77,671	1.4%	pub.
2023	4,048,912	320,770	$74,253	2.3%	pub.
2022	3,958,628	327,821	$71,134	3.1%	pub.
2021	3,838,861	297,191	$67,990	2.5%	pub.
2020	3,743,712	282,884	$65,159	5.0%	pub.
2019	3,938,841	280,066	$60,200	1.2%	pub.
2018	3,893,254	278,349	$58,239	1.4%	pub.
2017	3,838,368	270,073	$56,503	1.3%	pub.
2016	3,789,744	264,329	$54,836	1.5%	pub.

Employment by occupation group, 2025

SOC major group · 22 groups

Code	Occupation group	Employment	Share of Virginia	LQ
11-0000	Management occupations	287,136	6.9%	0.98
13-0000	Business and financial operations occupations	373,886	9.0%	1.35
15-0000	Computer and mathematical occupations	237,576	5.7%	1.71
17-0000	Architecture and engineering occupations	76,180	1.8%	1.10
19-0000	Life, physical, and social science occupations	47,673	1.1%	1.22
21-0000	Community and social service occupations	66,926	1.6%	0.95
23-0000	Legal occupations	36,657	0.9%	1.06
25-0000	Educational instruction and library occupations	255,518	6.2%	1.05
27-0000	Arts, design, entertainment, sports, and media occupations	59,307	1.4%	1.08
29-0000	Healthcare practitioners and technical occupations	232,332	5.6%	0.89
31-0000	Healthcare support occupations	161,892	3.9%	0.77
33-0000	Protective service occupations	113,119	2.7%	1.13
35-0000	Food preparation and serving related occupations	340,429	8.2%	0.94
37-0000	Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations	128,401	3.1%	1.05
39-0000	Personal care and service occupations	93,435	2.3%	1.08
41-0000	Sales and related occupations	357,955	8.6%	1.00
43-0000	Office and administrative support occupations	444,678	10.7%	0.91
45-0000	Farming, fishing, and forestry occupations	5,188	0.1%	0.44
47-0000	Construction and extraction occupations	178,820	4.3%	1.04
49-0000	Installation, maintenance, and repair occupations	157,439	3.8%	0.97
51-0000	Production occupations	162,934	3.9%	0.71
53-0000	Transportation and material moving occupations	331,432	8.0%	0.90

Occupation values are DTG estimates built on OEWS and DTG's industry data. They carry no published or estimated mark and no reliability score, because there is no published occupation census to mark them against.

Where these numbers come from

What this page shows

Every industry sector in the state, and every occupation group, with annual employment for the most recent complete year in the current vintage, and the state’s own total over every actual year. Figures are for all ownerships combined and are not seasonally adjusted. County figures, quarterly figures and the full industry and occupation depth are in the app; the nation and every state are free there.

Reading the table

A state value is DTG’s value for the state: the value the Bureau of Labor Statistics published where QCEW disclosed it, and DTG’s estimate where QCEW withheld it. It is not a sum of the state’s counties. Where a value was withheld in QCEW it is marked as estimated rather than left blank, with its reliability score, and the legend beneath the table names the marker. Every figure on the page comes from one named vintage, stated beside the page, and does not change until the next release.

Estimated by Data Tactical Group from BLS QCEW, with CES/SAE and projection inputs described in the methodology. Method: Disclosure, Industry, Occupation.

Notes

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