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Roanoke County · Virginia · United States

What trades pay in Roanoke County

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

$936 Median weekly pay across these 22 trades. $1,616 — $461.

Weekly pay, highest to lowest

TradePer week vs 2023
Offices of lawyersNAICS 541110 · 24 businesses · 122 employees$1,616$84,058 a year+2.3%up
Engineering servicesNAICS 541330 · 20 businesses · 354 employees$1,522$79,134 a year-1.0%down
Offices of dentistsNAICS 621210 · 46 businesses · 405 employees$1,442$75,005 a year+0.9%up
Plumbing, electrical and HVAC contractorsgroupNAICS 2382 · 67 businesses · 713 employees$1,372$71,342 a year+6.6%up
New car dealersNAICS 441110 · 5 businesses · 348 employees$1,245$64,762 a year-1.8%down
Other specialty trade contractorsgroupNAICS 2389 · 22 businesses · 76 employees$1,130$58,773 a year+21.4%up
Used car dealersNAICS 441120 · 6 businesses · 48 employees$1,121$58,272 a year+2.0%up
Building finishing: painting, carpentry, flooringgroupNAICS 2383 · 38 businesses · 185 employees$1,074$55,869 a year+11.3%up
Residential building constructiongroupNAICS 2361 · 50 businesses · 167 employees$1,041$54,145 a year+10.9%up
Foundation, structure and building exteriorgroupNAICS 2381 · 24 businesses · 102 employees$1,022$53,123 a year+9.3%up
Home health care servicesNAICS 621610 · 24 businesses · 590 employees$936$48,657 a year+0.8%up
Nursing care facilitiesNAICS 623110 · 9 businesses · 1,504 employees$894$46,464 a year-3.8%down
Real estate agents and brokersNAICS 531210 · 52 businesses · 108 employees$818$42,534 a year+1.0%up
Physical and occupational therapyNAICS 621340 · 16 businesses · 85 employees$813$42,271 a year-3.0%down
Landscaping servicesNAICS 561730 · 33 businesses · 162 employees$777$40,396 a year+8.2%up
Tax preparation servicesNAICS 541213 · 12 businesses · 25 employees$666$34,618 a year+4.1%up
Nail salonsNAICS 812113 · 14 businesses · 32 employees$625$32,525 a year+0.3%flat
Beauty salonsNAICS 812112 · 31 businesses · 99 employees$579$30,123 a year+7.0%up
Child day care servicesNAICS 624410 · 14 businesses · 169 employees$531$27,589 a year
Janitorial servicesNAICS 561720 · 41 businesses · 221 employees$502$26,105 a year+13.8%up
Full-service restaurantsNAICS 722511 · 57 businesses · 1,261 employees$476$24,729 a year+1.7%up
Limited-service restaurantsNAICS 722513 · 66 businesses · 1,156 employees$461$23,997 a year-1.1%down

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

Businesses7,977
Employees101,866
Annual payroll$5 M
Net movement of people+606People per year, arrivals minus departures.

Where people move

The counties that take in the most people from Roanoke 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 Roanoke County?
Across the 22 trades on this page, the middle one pays $936 a week. The highest pays $1,616 and the lowest $461.
Where do these numbers come from?
From the payroll that employers in Roanoke 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.