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Alexandria city · Virginia · United States

What trades pay in Alexandria city

This is what each kind of business actually pays in Alexandria city. The numbers come from the payroll that employers report to the government by law, not from salaries people type into a website.

$1,094 Median weekly pay across these 31 trades. $2,766 — $551.

Weekly pay, highest to lowest

TradePer week vs 2023
Offices of lawyersNAICS 541110 · 167 businesses · 892 employees$2,766$143,821 a year+7.8%up
Engineering servicesNAICS 541330 · 67 businesses · 2,141 employees$2,751$143,038 a year+7.0%up
Real estate agents and brokersNAICS 531210 · 95 businesses · 295 employees$2,144$111,488 a year+17.4%up
Offices of physiciansNAICS 621111 · 115 businesses · 1,144 employees$2,025$105,313 a year+0.7%up
Highway, street and bridge constructiongroupNAICS 2373 · 6 businesses · 261 employees$1,999$103,922 a year+0.1%flat
Plumbing, electrical and HVAC contractorsgroupNAICS 2382 · 52 businesses · 532 employees$1,888$98,196 a year+1.0%up
New car dealersNAICS 441110 · 13 businesses · 1,251 employees$1,686$87,694 a year+0.8%up
Other specialty trade contractorsgroupNAICS 2389 · 23 businesses · 162 employees$1,675$87,118 a year+1.5%up
Residential building constructiongroupNAICS 2361 · 51 businesses · 255 employees$1,659$86,262 a year-0.6%down
Offices of dentistsNAICS 621210 · 78 businesses · 527 employees$1,478$76,842 a year+1.2%up
Foundation, structure and building exteriorgroupNAICS 2381 · 18 businesses · 213 employees$1,410$73,314 a year+7.9%up
Building finishing: painting, carpentry, flooringgroupNAICS 2383 · 27 businesses · 176 employees$1,254$65,193 a year+0.6%up
Solid waste collectionNAICS 562111 · 4 businesses · 29 employees$1,243$64,656 a year+7.5%up
Nursing care facilitiesNAICS 623110 · 4 businesses · 507 employees$1,176$61,131 a year+1.1%up
Other services to buildingsNAICS 561790 · 5 businesses · 53 employees$1,115$57,960 a year-2.0%down
Physical and occupational therapyNAICS 621340 · 30 businesses · 182 employees$1,094$56,863 a year-2.2%down
Landscaping servicesNAICS 561730 · 12 businesses · 178 employees$982$51,044 a year-4.4%down
Used car dealersNAICS 441120 · 6 businesses · 12 employees$968$50,319 a year-18.3%down
Beauty salonsNAICS 812112 · 67 businesses · 525 employees$961$49,989 a year+0.9%up
Automotive oil change and lubricationNAICS 811191 · 5 businesses · 50 employees$830$43,181 a year+4.8%up
Home health care servicesNAICS 621610 · 28 businesses · 464 employees$823$42,818 a year+1.1%up
Barber shopsNAICS 812111 · 8 businesses · 59 employees$805$41,857 a year-5.1%down
Supermarkets and grocery storesNAICS 445110 · 31 businesses · 1,775 employees$766$39,818 a year+3.0%up
Child day care servicesNAICS 624410 · 76 businesses · 890 employees$755$39,247 a year+4.1%up
Retail bakeriesNAICS 311811 · 4 businesses · 82 employees$720$37,442 a year+2.7%up
Full-service restaurantsNAICS 722511 · 172 businesses · 5,063 employees$648$33,683 a year+2.2%up
Janitorial servicesNAICS 561720 · 68 businesses · 1,392 employees$637$33,125 a year+5.5%up
CaterersNAICS 722320 · 8 businesses · 76 employees$633$32,930 a year+17.4%up
Nail salonsNAICS 812113 · 17 businesses · 61 employees$589$30,614 a year-2.0%down
Convenience storesNAICS 445131 · 24 businesses · 160 employees$586$30,454 a year-4.1%down
Limited-service restaurantsNAICS 722513 · 126 businesses · 1,783 employees$551$28,635 a year+5.4%up

What this number is, and what it is not

It is the average of the entire payroll of that kind of business, split across everyone on it: the helper who started yesterday, the twenty-year veteran, and the person running the office. An experienced worker earns more than the average for their line; someone starting out, less.

Rows marked group are groups because the government does not publish plumbing, electrical and HVAC separately at the county level. We would rather say so than invent the breakdown.

Trades where the government hides the pay — because there are few employers and you could tell who we mean — are left out instead of shown as zero.

How the county is doing

Businesses17,571
Employees302,629
Annual payroll$23 M
Net movement of people−2,315People per year, arrivals minus departures.

Where people move

The counties that take in the most people from Alexandria city. Same trade, different pay.

Other counties in Virginia

The same trades, priced differently a county over.

For the business owner

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What is the average weekly pay in Alexandria city?
Across the 31 trades on this page, the middle one pays $1,094 a week. The highest pays $2,766 and the lowest $551.
Where do these numbers come from?
From the payroll that employers in Alexandria city report to the government by law for unemployment insurance, published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics for 2024. They are not salaries people report about themselves.
Why is my trade not listed?
The government hides the pay for a trade when a county has few employers in it, because the figure would point at a specific business. We leave those out rather than show a zero.