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Bedford County · Virginia · United States

What trades pay in Bedford County

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

$893 Median weekly pay across these 23 trades. $2,210 — $404.

Weekly pay, highest to lowest

TradePer week vs 2023
Engineering servicesNAICS 541330 · 20 businesses · 75 employees$2,210$114,941 a year+49.2%up
Building finishing: painting, carpentry, flooringgroupNAICS 2383 · 32 businesses · 77 employees$1,426$74,170 a year+33.0%up
Offices of dentistsNAICS 621210 · 17 businesses · 166 employees$1,314$68,325 a year-3.5%down
Plumbing, electrical and HVAC contractorsgroupNAICS 2382 · 64 businesses · 422 employees$1,178$61,248 a year+6.3%up
Highway, street and bridge constructiongroupNAICS 2373 · 6 businesses · 92 employees$1,151$59,874 a year+9.7%up
Foundation, structure and building exteriorgroupNAICS 2381 · 33 businesses · 114 employees$1,095$56,964 a year+1.0%up
Other specialty trade contractorsgroupNAICS 2389 · 36 businesses · 154 employees$1,028$53,431 a year+1.9%up
Residential building constructiongroupNAICS 2361 · 92 businesses · 269 employees$987$51,311 a year+12.2%up
Long-distance truck driving (general freight)NAICS 484121 · 10 businesses · 72 employees$971$50,504 a year+0.2%flat
Physical and occupational therapyNAICS 621340 · 13 businesses · 64 employees$951$49,476 a year-6.5%down
Other services to buildingsNAICS 561790 · 5 businesses · 46 employees$907$47,161 a year+1.9%up
Nursing care facilitiesNAICS 623110 · 3 businesses · 160 employees$893$46,426 a year+0.7%up
Machine shopsNAICS 332710 · 6 businesses · 19 employees$890$46,289 a year-4.2%down
Real estate agents and brokersNAICS 531210 · 59 businesses · 118 employees$884$45,956 a year+0.3%flat
Local truck driving (general freight)NAICS 484110 · 6 businesses · 8 employees$762$39,612 a year+11.1%up
Home health care servicesNAICS 621610 · 17 businesses · 215 employees$712$37,009 a year+5.8%up
Landscaping servicesNAICS 561730 · 48 businesses · 172 employees$685$35,595 a year+4.3%up
Beauty salonsNAICS 812112 · 17 businesses · 63 employees$598$31,074 a year+0.2%flat
Janitorial servicesNAICS 561720 · 12 businesses · 62 employees$553$28,738 a year+4.9%up
Child day care servicesNAICS 624410 · 7 businesses · 123 employees$490$25,478 a year+1.4%up
Full-service restaurantsNAICS 722511 · 43 businesses · 666 employees$454$23,598 a year+7.6%up
Convenience storesNAICS 445131 · 13 businesses · 81 employees$432$22,488 a year
Limited-service restaurantsNAICS 722513 · 39 businesses · 613 employees$404$20,992 a year+7.4%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

Businesses6,642
Employees54,724
Annual payroll$2 M
Net movement of people+1,231People per year, arrivals minus departures.

Where people move

The counties that take in the most people from Bedford County. Same trade, different pay.

Other counties in Virginia

The same trades, priced differently a county over.

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What is the average weekly pay in Bedford County?
Across the 23 trades on this page, the middle one pays $893 a week. The highest pays $2,210 and the lowest $404.
Where do these numbers come from?
From the payroll that employers in Bedford County 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.