BEA's 2024 all-items price index for Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC was 97.9, or 2.1% below the national price level. Its housing index was 99.8.
National-price-dollar proxy
Not available
WageScope divides the published Optometrists median by the BEA all-items index. This is a price-level comparison, not take-home pay, a personal budget, or a quality-of-life score.
Optometrists in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC: wage guide
Use the local pay range, same-source bench marks, job scale, price level, and survey care marks as separate facts. This guide stays tied to SOC 29-1041 and BLS area 47260.
Questions, answered
Optometrists pay in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC: common questions
What is the median wage for Optometrists in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC?
BLS did not publish a median for Optometrists in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC in the May 2025 OEWS release. WageScope does not substitute or infer the missing wage.
Is Optometrists pay higher in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC than nationally?
BLS did not publish the same median metric needed to compare Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC with the United States.
Does the wage estimate adjust for cost of living in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC?
No wage price proxy is available because BLS did not publish an exact local median. A top-coded bound is not an exact wage input. A BEA price index, when available, describes prices separately and cannot fill that wage gap.
How many Optometrists jobs does BLS estimate in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC?
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A same-metric difference from the U.S. median is unavailable for this row. The row could not be ranked because the matching median was unavailable. Neither comparison adjusts for cost of living, benefits, experience, employer mix, or hours.
What the Optometrists median says in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC
BLS did not publish an exact median for Optometrists in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC in the May 2025 OEWS release. The source display is Not published. WageScope does not borrow the U.S. wage, use a nearby place, or turn this gap into zero. The row stays tied to SOC 29-1041 and BLS area 47260.
BLS lists 210 wage and salary jobs for this exact role-place row. That is a survey estimate, not a count of open posts. The mean display is Not published. A mean and a median are separate fields; one does not fill a gap in the other.
A local-to-national median gap cannot be computed from this row. The national source belongs to the United States and does not become Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC's wage. Any published percentile or job-count field below keeps its own scope, period, and source key.
This page exists because the BLS artifact has one row for SOC 29-1041 and area 47260. SOC 29-1041 names Optometrists. Area 47260 names Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC. Both keys must match before WageScope can show or index this answer.
The 29-1041/47260 row reports 210 wage and salary jobs, 0.28 jobs per 1,000 local jobs, and a 1.01 location quotient. Each value stays under the same two source keys.
For 29-1041/47260, the annual median is Not published, while the matching mean is Not published. The row is published with annual and hourly fields. WageScope does not switch units to fill a blank.
29-1041/47260 10th percentile: Not published.
29-1041/47260 25th percentile: Not published.
29-1041/47260 median: Not published.
29-1041/47260 75th percentile: Not published.
29-1041/47260 90th percentile: Not published.
29-1041/47260 employment RSE: 16.5%. Mean-wage RSE: Not published.
29-1041/47260 suppression marks: annualMean: not available, annualMedian: not available, annualP10: not available, annualP25: not available, annualP75: not available, annualP90: not available, hourlyMean: not available, hourlyMedian: not available, hourlyP10: not available, hourlyP25: not available, hourlyP75: not available, hourlyP90: not available, meanRse: not available.
BLS area 47260 facts behind this Optometrists page
Area 47260 reports 763,060 wage and salary jobs across all covered occupations. Its annual mean is $64,130. Its annual median is $49,430. The employment RSE is 0%. The mean-wage RSE is 0.4%. These are facts for the whole area. They do not replace the 29-1041 row.
The all-jobs wage ladder in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC runs from $29,110 at the 10th percentile to $111,530 at the 90th percentile. The 25th percentile is $36,280. The median is $49,430. The 75th percentile is $78,160. This is a place check, not a pay range for Optometrists.
The source rows below are the six largest detailed roles in the bounded area file. Each keeps its own SOC code. They help a reader spot-check area 47260. They do not show related skills or a path into Optometrists.
1. Area 47260, SOC 35-3023, Fast Food and Counter Workers: 22,520 jobs, $28,780 annual median, 29.51 jobs per 1,000, and 1.19 location quotient.
2. Area 47260, SOC 41-2031, Retail Salespersons: 20,890 jobs, $30,820 annual median, 27.38 jobs per 1,000, and 1.09 location quotient.
3. Area 47260, SOC 11-1021, General and Operations Managers: 17,400 jobs, $100,340 annual median, 22.81 jobs per 1,000, and 1.01 location quotient.
Pay range
Read the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC wage ladder for Optometrists
The 10th percentile is Not published. The 25th percentile is Not published. The median is Not published. The 75th percentile is Not published. The 90th percentile is Not published.
A percentile is a rank point, not a career stage. The 10th percentile does not mean new-worker pay. The 90th percentile does not mean a wage that comes after a set number of years. The points show how the wage values spread in the source. They do not say why one job sits at one point.
The middle half runs from Not published to Not published. The 10th-to-90th span is not available. Use the full ladder when a job post sits far from the median.
Compare Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC with its state and the U.S.
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC has a annual median of Not published. Virginia has $131,570 per year. The U.S. row has $136,570 per year. WageScope keeps annual and hourly values apart.
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC cannot be compared with Virginia on the same published median. WageScope leaves that gap open. Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC cannot be compared with the United States on the same published median. WageScope leaves that gap open. A gap can reflect many things that are not in this row. WageScope reports the gap but does not name a cause.
The state and U.S. rows are bench marks, not replacements. They do not fill missing local facts. A state can hold many local labor markets. A national row can hold many states. Read the local row first, then use the broader rows to see scale.
Where Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC sits for Optometrists
Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC has no exact published median that can enter this Optometrists pay rank. WageScope leaves the rank open. It does not treat a missing or top-coded value as an exact amount, and it does not place this row at the bottom of a list.
Other metro areas may have exact medians in the same release. Those rows can be read on their own pages. They cannot establish a wage or a nearest wage neighbor for Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC without the missing local field.
Employment and local share remain separate source fields for SOC 29-1041. Neither field is a substitute for median pay. A job count does not say where a wage would rank, and a share measure does not set a pay floor or ceiling.
The rows below use the same SOC 29-1041, the same annual median, the same May 2025 BLS release, and the same metro map type. La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN has the highest published median in this set, at $175,810 per year. Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC sits at Not published.
A pay lead is one fact. It does not show the size of the job base. It does not show how common Optometrists is in the local mix. It also does not add local prices. The bullets keep the median, job count, and location quotient together so a high wage is not read as a full market score.
Use this list to choose a deeper pair, not to choose a place. Open the two local pages. Check the full wage ladder, the job scale, the survey care marks, and the exact BEA price row when present. A missing median stays out of this rank instead of becoming zero.
1. La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN has a Optometrists median of $175,810 per year, or not available. BLS lists 40 jobs there, compared with 210 in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC. The location quotient is 1.72.
2. Asheville, NC has a Optometrists median of $167,980 per year, or not available. BLS lists 40 jobs there, compared with 210 in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC. The location quotient is 0.82.
Job-base leaders
Where BLS counts the most Optometrists jobs
New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ has the largest published metro job estimate for Optometrists in this same-source set, at 2,580 jobs. Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC has 210. The count shows covered job scale, not open posts.
A large job base can have a lower median than a smaller one. It can also have a location quotient near or below 1. That is why WageScope does not blend job count, pay, and local share. Each field keeps its name and unit. The rows below let you compare all three without making one score.
Current MeritLog listings can add a dated view of employer-title matches. They do not change this May 2025 order. A place with few current cards can still have a large BLS job estimate. A place with several cards can still have a smaller estimate. The sources use different clocks and scopes.
1. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ has 2,580 estimated Optometrists jobs, a gap of 2,370 jobs from Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC. Its median is $161,030 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 0.99.
2. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA has 2,360 estimated Optometrists jobs, a gap of 2,150 jobs from Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC. Its median is $138,940 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 1.37.
Local-share leaders
Where Optometrists takes the largest share of local jobs
Albany, GA has the highest published location quotient in this metro set, at 2.58. Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC has 1.01. A value above 1 means the role's local job share is larger than its national share.
A high quotient can come from a small local job base. It does not prove more jobs, more posts, faster growth, or higher pay. The bullets keep each quotient beside its BLS job count and median. This lets a reader see when the three measures point in different ways.
Use this list to ask where Optometrists is a large part of the local mix. Use the employment list to ask where BLS counts the most jobs. Use the pay list to ask where the median is highest. None of those lists decides where a person should work.
1. Albany, GA has a location quotient of 2.58, a gap of 1.57 from Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC. BLS lists 40 Optometrists jobs and a median of $134,250 per year, or not available.
2. San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX has a location quotient of 2.36, a gap of 1.35 from Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC. BLS lists 730 Optometrists jobs and a median of $111,780 per year, or not available.
3. Traverse City, MI has a location quotient of 2.34, a gap of 1.33 from Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC. BLS lists 40 Optometrists jobs and a median of $118,030 per year, or not available.
Job scale and share
How common Optometrists is in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC
BLS lists 210 Optometrists jobs in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC. It also lists 0.28 jobs per 1,000 local jobs. Jobs per 1,000 turns the count into a rate. It helps compare places of different size. It does not show open posts or hiring speed.
The location quotient is 1.01. A value of 1 means Optometrists has the same share of local jobs as it has across the nation. This row is the same than 1. The quotient is a share check, not a wage or a growth measure.
Read the three values as separate facts. Employment asks how many covered jobs BLS estimated. Jobs per 1,000 asks how much of the local job base the role takes. Location quotient asks how that share compares with the national share. None of them tells you how many posts are open today.
Optometrists beside other roles in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC
The all-occupations median in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC is $49,430 per year. It covers the full local job mix and does not replace the missing exact Optometrists median. WageScope cannot calculate a same-unit wage gap from the role to that broader row.
No nearest-pay role list is shown for this row. Such a list needs an exact local median in the same wage unit. A title, employment count, or national wage cannot supply that missing input.
Other roles in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC still have their own source pages. Use those pages for their own official estimates, with each SOC code and period intact. Do not infer common tasks, skills, career paths, or pay for Optometrists from another role's number.
The largest detailed roles in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC
Fast Food and Counter Workers is the largest detailed occupation in the bounded Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC table, at 22,520 jobs. Optometrists has 210 jobs in its exact role-place row. The two counts show where this role sits beside other large parts of the local job base.
The all-occupations job count is 763,060. The detailed list below is only a bounded view of that larger mix. It does not sum to every local job. It does not include a blank role as zero. It helps explain why one role's wage and job count should not stand in for the whole area.
A large role can have a lower median. A smaller role can have a higher one. Job count does not show current posts, job quality, or growth. Use the list to see local scale. Then keep Optometrists's own median, spread, and share in their own fields.
1. Fast Food and Counter Workers has 22,520 jobs in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC, a gap of 22,310 from Optometrists. Its median is $28,780 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 1.19.
2. Retail Salespersons has 20,890 jobs in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC, a gap of 20,680 from Optometrists. Its median is $30,820 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 1.09.
Area pay mix
Published role medians around Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC
Software Developers has the highest published median in the bounded Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC role table, at $129,090 per year. Optometrists has Not published. This puts the role beside a local pay range without blending the source rows.
The local all-occupations median is $49,430 per year. A role above that mark is not better. A role below it is not worse. The mark only shows where the role's published median sits against the full covered job mix. Job tasks, level, hours, and work setting are separate facts.
The bullets keep each SOC title, job count, median, and local share together. Use them to find a role page worth opening. Do not use a close median as proof that two roles share skills or that one is a path to the other.
1. Software Developers has a median of $129,090 per year in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC, or not available. BLS lists 7,160 jobs, compared with 210 for Optometrists. Its location quotient is 0.86.
2. Project Management Specialists has a median of $104,920 per year in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC, or not available. BLS lists 6,040 jobs, compared with 210 for Optometrists. Its location quotient is 1.15.
Area role shares
Roles with the largest local share in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC
Business Operations Specialists, All Other has the highest location quotient in the bounded Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC role table, at 1.63. Optometrists has 1.01. Both values compare a local job share with the matching national share.
A quotient above 1 means the role takes a larger share of local jobs than it does across the nation. It does not mean more jobs than every other role. It does not mean open posts, growth, or high pay. The job count and median beside each row answer those other narrow questions.
The local role-share mix can differ a lot from the pay mix. Read both lists. Then compare Optometrists with the same SOC code in another place. This keeps a broad area pattern from replacing the exact role-place row.
1. Business Operations Specialists, All Other has a location quotient of 1.63 in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC, a gap of 0.62 from Optometrists. BLS lists 8,670 jobs and a median of $87,530 per year, or not available.
2. First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers has a location quotient of 1.54 in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC, a gap of 0.53 from Optometrists. BLS lists 6,140 jobs and a median of $80,950 per year, or not available.
Price-level view
Why a wage price proxy is unavailable in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC
No national-price-dollar wage proxy is available for Optometrists in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC because BLS did not publish the exact median needed for that math. A missing or top-coded median is not zero and is not an exact wage input.
BEA separately published a 2024 all-items price index of 97.9 for Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC. The U.S. level is 100. This source can describe broad local prices, but it cannot supply the missing BLS wage for SOC 29-1041.
A price-level wage calculation needs a published wage in the correct unit and an exact reviewed price-area match. Until both inputs exist, WageScope leaves that answer open. Published employment, source dates, and wage-status fields remain useful on their own without an inferred spending-power claim.
How much care to use with the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC row
The employment RSE for this Optometrists row is 16.5%. The mean-wage RSE is Not published. RSE means relative standard error. It is a survey precision flag. A smaller value often means less sampling uncertainty. It is not the chance that one person's pay is right or wrong.
The employment RSE belongs to the 210 job estimate. The mean-wage RSE belongs to the Not published mean. BLS does not give the same RSE field for the median or every percentile. WageScope does not move an RSE from one field to another.
A local row can change in a new release. A small role-place sample can also have more survey uncertainty than a broad national row. Keep the May 2025 date next to the value. Do not mix a newer job post with the BLS date as if both facts came from one clock.
Use Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC wage data before you tailor
The job block looks for strict employer-title matches to Optometrists. It uses a Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC place filter only when the public place list has an exact approved match. If that match is not safe, the page says the jobs are not narrowed to this place. A false negative is safer than showing a different role.
Each card keeps its employer, place, source, and seen date. Job cards can change without changing this guide. They do not count toward the 1,500-word content floor. A listing range does not replace the Not published BLS median. The listing and survey answer different questions.
Open one listing. Check its level, work place, pay range, and needs. Then tailor with work facts you can support. Do not turn a wage, job count, rank, or price proxy into a résumé claim. The public page is read only. It does not save a job or start a draft on load.
What the Optometrists row for Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC does not claim
The row does not say what one person earns. It does not promise a job, offer, raise, or move result. It does not say why the local median differs from the U.S. row. It does not add tips, bonus pay, stock, benefits, taxes, or work hours unless those items are in the BLS wage measure.
The 210 job estimate is not a live opening count. The location quotient of 1.01 is not a growth score. The unranked row is not a place score. The 97.9 price index is not a personal budget.
Use the row for one clear task. Read the May 2025 wage spread for SOC 29-1041 in BLS area 47260. Compare the same metric with the state and U.S. rows. Add the separate 2024 price level when present. Inspect a dated job match. Then use confirmed work facts for a résumé.
BLS published an employment estimate of 210 wage and salary jobs for this exact row. It is a survey estimate, not a current opening count or forecast.
Are the current job listings included in the BLS wage calculation?
No. MeritLog shows eligible live public-catalog listings separately, with their own source and observation date. Posted pay never changes the official BLS distribution.
4. Area 47260, SOC 29-1141, Registered Nurses: 16,870 jobs, $89,450 annual median, 22.11 jobs per 1,000, and 1.02 location quotient.
5. Area 47260, SOC 41-2011, Cashiers: 16,840 jobs, $29,320 annual median, 22.07 jobs per 1,000, and 1.11 location quotient.
6. Area 47260, SOC 53-7062, Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand: 13,920 jobs, $39,160 annual median, 18.24 jobs per 1,000, and 0.96 location quotient.
3. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA has a Optometrists median of $167,810 per year, or not available. BLS lists 420 jobs there, compared with 210 in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC. The location quotient is 0.74.
4. Anchorage, AK has a Optometrists median of $167,000 per year, or not available. BLS lists 30 jobs there, compared with 210 in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC. The location quotient is 0.62.
5. Durham-Chapel Hill, NC has a Optometrists median of $166,880 per year, or not available. BLS lists 40 jobs there, compared with 210 in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC. The location quotient is 0.44.
6. Peoria, IL has a Optometrists median of $166,600 per year, or not available. BLS lists 50 jobs there, compared with 210 in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC. The location quotient is 1.2.
7. Albuquerque, NM has a Optometrists median of $165,810 per year, or not available. BLS lists 70 jobs there, compared with 210 in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC. The location quotient is 0.59.
8. Dover, DE has a Optometrists median of $165,660 per year, or not available. BLS lists 30 jobs there, compared with 210 in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC. The location quotient is 1.64.
3. Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX has 1,250 estimated Optometrists jobs, a gap of 1,040 jobs from Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC. Its median is $124,640 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 1.38.
4. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA has 1,180 estimated Optometrists jobs, a gap of 970 jobs from Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC. Its median is $142,580 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 1.81.
5. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN has 1,160 estimated Optometrists jobs, a gap of 950 jobs from Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC. Its median is $145,630 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 0.93.
6. Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD has 890 estimated Optometrists jobs, a gap of 680 jobs from Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC. Its median is $153,980 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 1.11.
7. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX has 870 estimated Optometrists jobs, a gap of 660 jobs from Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC. Its median is $140,790 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 0.78.
8. Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ has 860 estimated Optometrists jobs, a gap of 650 jobs from Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC. Its median is $115,960 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 1.31.
4. Wilmington, NC has a location quotient of 2.29, a gap of 1.28 from Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC. BLS lists 120 Optometrists jobs and a median of $163,800 per year, or not available.
5. Amherst Town-Northampton, MA has a location quotient of 2.17, a gap of 1.16 from Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC. BLS lists 40 Optometrists jobs and a median of $150,520 per year, or not available.
6. Vallejo, CA has a location quotient of 2.15, a gap of 1.14 from Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC. BLS lists 90 Optometrists jobs and a median of $155,950 per year, or not available.
7. Kalamazoo-Portage, MI has a location quotient of 1.95, a gap of 0.94 from Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC. BLS lists 70 Optometrists jobs and a median of $131,770 per year, or not available.
8. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA has a location quotient of 1.87, a gap of 0.86 from Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC. BLS lists 580 Optometrists jobs and a median of $135,330 per year, or not available.
3. General and Operations Managers has 17,400 jobs in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC, a gap of 17,190 from Optometrists. Its median is $100,340 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 1.01.
4. Registered Nurses has 16,870 jobs in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC, a gap of 16,660 from Optometrists. Its median is $89,450 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 1.02.
5. Cashiers has 16,840 jobs in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC, a gap of 16,630 from Optometrists. Its median is $29,320 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 1.11.
6. Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand has 13,920 jobs in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC, a gap of 13,710 from Optometrists. Its median is $39,160 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 0.96.
7. Stockers and Order Fillers has 13,750 jobs in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC, a gap of 13,540 from Optometrists. Its median is $35,120 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 0.99.
8. Home Health and Personal Care Aides has 13,650 jobs in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC, a gap of 13,440 from Optometrists. Its median is $28,420 per year, or not available. Its location quotient is 0.65.
3. Management Analysts has a median of $101,380 per year in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC, or not available. BLS lists 6,810 jobs, compared with 210 for Optometrists. Its location quotient is 1.54.
4. General and Operations Managers has a median of $100,340 per year in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC, or not available. BLS lists 17,400 jobs, compared with 210 for Optometrists. Its location quotient is 1.01.
5. Registered Nurses has a median of $89,450 per year in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC, or not available. BLS lists 16,870 jobs, compared with 210 for Optometrists. Its location quotient is 1.02.
6. Business Operations Specialists, All Other has a median of $87,530 per year in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC, or not available. BLS lists 8,670 jobs, compared with 210 for Optometrists. Its location quotient is 1.63.
7. First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers has a median of $80,950 per year in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC, or not available. BLS lists 6,140 jobs, compared with 210 for Optometrists. Its location quotient is 1.54.
8. Accountants and Auditors has a median of $79,450 per year in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC, or not available. BLS lists 6,160 jobs, compared with 210 for Optometrists. Its location quotient is 0.87.
3. Management Analysts has a location quotient of 1.54 in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC, a gap of 0.53 from Optometrists. BLS lists 6,810 jobs and a median of $101,380 per year, or not available.
4. Cooks, Restaurant has a location quotient of 1.21 in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC, a gap of 0.20 from Optometrists. BLS lists 8,380 jobs and a median of $36,280 per year, or not available.
5. Fast Food and Counter Workers has a location quotient of 1.19 in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC, a gap of 0.18 from Optometrists. BLS lists 22,520 jobs and a median of $28,780 per year, or not available.
6. Security Guards has a location quotient of 1.19 in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC, a gap of 0.18 from Optometrists. BLS lists 7,470 jobs and a median of $37,230 per year, or not available.
7. First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers has a location quotient of 1.18 in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC, a gap of 0.17 from Optometrists. BLS lists 6,500 jobs and a median of $46,380 per year, or not available.
8. Waiters and Waitresses has a location quotient of 1.18 in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC, a gap of 0.17 from Optometrists. BLS lists 13,100 jobs and a median of $39,020 per year, or not available.
