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Driver/Sales Workers pay in Dubuque, IA and Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Driver/Sales Workers is $53,910 per year in Dubuque, IA. It is $34,880 per year in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC. Dubuque, IA is 54.6% above Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 53-3031 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 200 wage and salary jobs in Dubuque, IA and 2,550 in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings