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Montgomery County · Virginia · United States

What trades pay in Montgomery County

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

$854 Median weekly pay across these 23 trades. $1,689 — $342.

Weekly pay, highest to lowest

TradePer week vs 2023
Engineering servicesNAICS 541330 · 38 businesses · 301 employees$1,689$87,817 a year+1.0%up
Offices of dentistsNAICS 621210 · 28 businesses · 240 employees$1,383$71,932 a year+13.1%up
Residential building constructiongroupNAICS 2361 · 64 businesses · 302 employees$1,278$66,456 a year+8.7%up
Plumbing, electrical and HVAC contractorsgroupNAICS 2382 · 40 businesses · 323 employees$1,197$62,226 a year+7.4%up
Real estate agents and brokersNAICS 531210 · 36 businesses · 83 employees$1,175$61,076 a year+6.2%up
Automotive body and paintNAICS 811121 · 8 businesses · 86 employees$1,103$57,349 a year+8.6%up
Home health care servicesNAICS 621610 · 18 businesses · 115 employees$1,075$55,876 a year+4.8%up
Foundation, structure and building exteriorgroupNAICS 2381 · 22 businesses · 92 employees$1,062$55,227 a year+9.9%up
Physical and occupational therapyNAICS 621340 · 21 businesses · 114 employees$992$51,594 a year+3.1%up
Other specialty trade contractorsgroupNAICS 2389 · 28 businesses · 180 employees$960$49,908 a year+4.3%up
Building finishing: painting, carpentry, flooringgroupNAICS 2383 · 18 businesses · 102 employees$916$47,642 a year+6.6%up
Nursing care facilitiesNAICS 623110 · 5 businesses · 193 employees$854$44,420 a year+18.4%up
Landscaping servicesNAICS 561730 · 34 businesses · 341 employees$793$41,252 a year+4.9%up
Janitorial servicesNAICS 561720 · 14 businesses · 390 employees$626$32,550 a year+19.7%up
Beauty salonsNAICS 812112 · 26 businesses · 159 employees$571$29,673 a year-1.6%down
Automotive oil change and lubricationNAICS 811191 · 8 businesses · 35 employees$559$29,090 a year-1.1%down
Used car dealersNAICS 441120 · 8 businesses · 16 employees$534$27,763 a year-22.2%down
Supermarkets and grocery storesNAICS 445110 · 14 businesses · 773 employees$526$27,365 a year+3.5%up
Full-service restaurantsNAICS 722511 · 82 businesses · 2,030 employees$482$25,040 a year+4.6%up
Convenience storesNAICS 445131 · 14 businesses · 92 employees$481$25,023 a year+15.6%up
Child day care servicesNAICS 624410 · 18 businesses · 316 employees$472$24,565 a year+2.6%up
Limited-service restaurantsNAICS 722513 · 76 businesses · 1,385 employees$400$20,815 a year+3.6%up
Snack and coffee shopsNAICS 722515 · 20 businesses · 280 employees$342$17,810 a year+2.7%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

Businesses7,374
Employees94,184
Annual payroll$5 M
Net movement of people−722People per year, arrivals minus departures.

Where people move

The counties that take in the most people from Montgomery County. 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 Montgomery County?
Across the 23 trades on this page, the middle one pays $854 a week. The highest pays $1,689 and the lowest $342.
Where do these numbers come from?
From the payroll that employers in Montgomery 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.