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Charlottesville city · Virginia · United States

What trades pay in Charlottesville city

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

$1,154 Median weekly pay across these 19 trades. $2,211 — $522.

Weekly pay, highest to lowest

TradePer week vs 2023
Engineering servicesNAICS 541330 · 21 businesses · 151 employees$2,211$114,972 a year+17.1%up
Offices of lawyersNAICS 541110 · 54 businesses · 376 employees$2,165$112,601 a year+1.0%up
Real estate agents and brokersNAICS 531210 · 40 businesses · 80 employees$2,018$104,954 a year+7.7%up
Offices of dentistsNAICS 621210 · 16 businesses · 131 employees$1,846$95,971 a year+10.9%up
Residential building constructiongroupNAICS 2361 · 34 businesses · 418 employees$1,289$67,036 a year+0.1%flat
Automotive body and paintNAICS 811121 · 4 businesses · 40 employees$1,284$66,771 a year+3.7%up
Foundation, structure and building exteriorgroupNAICS 2381 · 5 businesses · 55 employees$1,263$65,677 a year+8.0%up
Plumbing, electrical and HVAC contractorsgroupNAICS 2382 · 25 businesses · 332 employees$1,229$63,897 a year-7.2%down
Building finishing: painting, carpentry, flooringgroupNAICS 2383 · 16 businesses · 74 employees$1,191$61,913 a year+3.3%up
Other specialty trade contractorsgroupNAICS 2389 · 12 businesses · 134 employees$1,154$60,010 a year+7.2%up
Physical and occupational therapyNAICS 621340 · 9 businesses · 71 employees$957$49,743 a year+14.6%up
Janitorial servicesNAICS 561720 · 17 businesses · 489 employees$903$46,934 a year+6.5%up
Beauty salonsNAICS 812112 · 26 businesses · 167 employees$790$41,084 a year-2.3%down
Convenience storesNAICS 445131 · 15 businesses · 50 employees$744$38,665 a year
Supermarkets and grocery storesNAICS 445110 · 16 businesses · 710 employees$674$35,033 a year+3.5%up
Child day care servicesNAICS 624410 · 10 businesses · 165 employees$639$33,209 a year+2.6%up
Full-service restaurantsNAICS 722511 · 118 businesses · 2,286 employees$534$27,742 a year+1.3%up
Limited-service restaurantsNAICS 722513 · 90 businesses · 1,421 employees$532$27,660 a year+6.4%up
CaterersNAICS 722320 · 8 businesses · 136 employees$522$27,135 a year

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

Businesses7,756
Employees95,905
Annual payroll$5 M
Net movement of people−741People per year, arrivals minus departures.

Where people move

The counties that take in the most people from Charlottesville 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 Charlottesville city?
Across the 19 trades on this page, the middle one pays $1,154 a week. The highest pays $2,211 and the lowest $522.
Where do these numbers come from?
From the payroll that employers in Charlottesville 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.