Virginia · SOC 17-0000 · Annual, 2025
Architecture and engineering occupations in Virginia
Employment and average annual wage for SOC 17-0000 in Virginia, 2004–2025, from DTG's OEWS-based estimates.
In 2025, about 76,200 people in Virginia worked in architecture and engineering occupations (SOC 17-0000), with an average annual wage of $119,880.
Employment in architecture and engineering occupations in Virginia grew 5.3% from 2004 to 2025. The average wage in this occupation group is 48.8% above the all-occupations average in Virginia. Quarterly values, full 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.
- 76,200Employment, 2025
- $119,880Mean annual wage
- 1.8%Share of Virginia jobs
- 1.10Location quotient
Employment, 2004 to 2025
Annual average · all ownerships
Annual employment, 2004–2025: 2004 72,300; 2005 75,700; 2006 77,100; 2007 76,600; 2008 77,200; 2009 74,400; 2010 74,400; 2011 74,000; 2012 73,300; 2013 72,100; 2014 70,600; 2015 71,200; 2016 71,200; 2017 73,000; 2018 75,100; 2019 76,100; 2020 74,500; 2021 72,000; 2022 71,700; 2023 73,000; 2024 76,000; 2025 76,200.
Last ten years
Annual · 10 years
| Year | Employment | Mean annual wage | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 76,180 | $119,879 | 0.2% |
| 2024 | 76,030 | $115,726 | 4.2% |
| 2023 | 72,976 | $110,928 | 1.7% |
| 2022 | 71,743 | $107,539 | 0.3% |
| 2021 | 71,977 | $103,692 | 3.4% |
| 2020 | 74,512 | $101,953 | 2.1% |
| 2019 | 76,141 | $97,912 | 1.4% |
| 2018 | 75,113 | $96,101 | 2.9% |
| 2017 | 73,035 | $94,095 | 2.6% |
| 2016 | 71,201 | $91,762 | 0.0% |
The full history from 2004 and quarterly values are available with a free account.
Where these numbers come from
Reading these figures
The figures on this page come from one named vintage, stated below, and are annual values for all ownerships combined. Every occupation value is a DTG estimate: there is no published county or state census of occupations to report, so no value here is marked as published or estimated, and none carries a reliability score. Quarterly figures, county figures, detailed occupations and projected years are in the app.
How these figures are built
DTG’s industry employment fixes how many jobs there are in each industry in the state. The Bureau of Labor Statistics’ national industry-occupation matrix says how each industry is staffed, and the Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey says how many people work in each occupation in the area and what they earn. DTG makes the three agree, so occupation employment sums to the same totals as industry employment. Employment is the annual average; the mean annual wage is the year’s total occupation wages divided by that average employment. The construction is described in full on the occupation data page.
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Architecture and engineering occupations in Virginia, quarterly, at full depth
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