How much do sales representatives of services, except advertising, insurance, financial services, and travel make in Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA?

What the Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel median says in Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA

The May 2025 BLS OEWS estimate puts the Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel median in Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA at $56,020 per year. Median means the middle of the published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. It is not a job offer. The row is tied to SOC 41-3091 and BLS area 13980.

BLS lists 280 wage and salary jobs for this exact role-place row. That is a survey estimate. It is not a count of open posts. The local mean is $70,890 per year. Mean uses all wage values behind the estimate, so high or low values can move it away from the median.

Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA's Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel median is 20.0% below the U.S. Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel median of $69,990 on the same published median. Both values use the same job code and source date. They do not account for prices, taxes, benefits, hours, or your work history.

Read source key 41-3091 with area 13980

This page exists because the BLS artifact has one row for SOC 41-3091 and area 13980. SOC 41-3091 names Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel. Area 13980 names Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA. Both keys must match before WageScope can show or index this answer.

The 41-3091/13980 row has 280 wage and salary jobs. There are 3.76 for each 1,000 local jobs. The location quotient is 0.46. Each value stays under the same job and area codes.

For 41-3091/13980, the annual median is $56,020 per year, while the matching mean is $70,890 per year. The row is published with annual and hourly fields. WageScope does not switch units to fill a blank.

• 41-3091/13980 10th percentile: $31,530 per year.
• 41-3091/13980 25th percentile: $43,340 per year.
• 41-3091/13980 median: $56,020 per year.
• 41-3091/13980 75th percentile: $84,790 per year.
• 41-3091/13980 90th percentile: $129,940 per year.
• 41-3091/13980 employment RSE: 6.4%. Mean-wage RSE: 4.1%.
• 41-3091/13980 has no suppression mark in the fields shown on this page.

BLS area 13980 facts behind this Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel page

Area 13980 reports 74,070 wage and salary jobs across all covered occupations. Its annual mean is $61,090. Its annual median is $48,120. The employment RSE is 0%. The mean-wage RSE is 0.6%. These are facts for the whole area. They do not replace the 41-3091 row.

The all-jobs wage ladder in Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA runs from $28,670 at the 10th percentile to $104,750 at the 90th percentile. The 25th percentile is $35,820. The median is $48,120. The 75th percentile is $69,430. This is a place check, not a pay range for Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel.

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 13980. They do not show related skills or a path into Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel.

• 1. Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators. Area: 13980. SOC: 51-2090. Jobs: 2,450. Yearly median: $45,950. Jobs per 1,000: 33.13. Location quotient: 3.67.
• 2. Fast Food and Counter Workers. Area: 13980. SOC: 35-3023. Jobs: 2,230. Yearly median: $28,300. Jobs per 1,000: 30.11. Location quotient: 1.21.
• 3. Cashiers. Area: 13980. SOC: 41-2011. Jobs: 1,790. Yearly median: $28,770. Jobs per 1,000: 24.18. Location quotient: 1.22.
• 4. Retail Salespersons. Area: 13980. SOC: 41-2031. Jobs: 1,690. Yearly median: $31,780. Jobs per 1,000: 22.78. Location quotient: 0.91.
• 5. Stockers and Order Fillers. Area: 13980. SOC: 53-7065. Jobs: 1,520. Yearly median: $34,880. Jobs per 1,000: 20.54. Location quotient: 1.13.
• 6. Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners. Area: 13980. SOC: 37-2011. Jobs: 1,480. Yearly median: $34,520. Jobs per 1,000: 20.01. Location quotient: 1.41.

Read the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA wage ladder for Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel

The 10th percentile is $31,530 per year. The 25th percentile is $43,340 per year. The median is $56,020 per year. The 75th percentile is $84,790 per year. The 90th percentile is $129,940 per year.

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 $43,340 per year to $84,790 per year. The 10th-to-90th span is $98,410. Use the full ladder when a job post sits far from the median.

Compare Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA with its state and the U.S.

Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA has a annual median of $56,020 per year. Virginia has $72,640 per year. The U.S. row has $69,990 per year. WageScope keeps annual and hourly values apart.

Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA is 22.9% below Virginia on the same published median. Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA is 20.0% below the United States on the same published median. 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 benchmarks, 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 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA sits for Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel

Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA ranks 270 of 391 among metro areas with a published annual median for Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel. The list keeps one SOC code, one map type, one wage metric, and one BLS release. It skips rows without the matching median.

Rank 270 of 391 is not a place score. A small wage gap can move a row several spots. The rank does not add local prices, job count, concentration, commute, taxes, or work rules. Use it only to find where the published median falls inside this like-for-like set.

The nearby rows below are the closest ranks, not chosen cities. Their pay, job counts, and local shares can differ. Open a peer page before making a deeper comparison. A title and one number are not enough for a move or pay choice.

• 267. Salisbury, MD. The Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel median is $56,160 per year. BLS estimates 330 jobs. The location quotient is 0.75.
• 268. Chattanooga, TN-GA. The Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel median is $56,120 per year. BLS estimates 1,630 jobs. The location quotient is 0.75.
• 269. Winchester, VA-WV. The Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel median is $56,090 per year. BLS estimates 430 jobs. The location quotient is 0.79.
• 271. Victoria, TX. The Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel median is $55,830 per year. BLS estimates 330 jobs. The location quotient is 1.09.
• 272. Paducah, KY-IL. The Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel median is $55,780 per year. BLS estimates 270 jobs. The location quotient is 0.68.
• 273. Kankakee, IL. The Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel median is $55,410 per year. BLS estimates 220 jobs. The location quotient is 0.66.

Where Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel medians lead among metro areas

The rows below use the same SOC 41-3091, the same annual median, the same May 2025 BLS release, and the same metro map type. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA has the highest published median in this set, at $116,510 per year. Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA sits at $56,020 per year.

A pay lead is one fact. It does not show the size of the job base. It does not show how common Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel 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 limits, and the exact BEA price row when present. A missing median stays out of this rank instead of becoming zero.

• 1. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA has a Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel median of $116,510 per year, or $60,490 above Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA. BLS lists 13,390 jobs there, compared with 280 in Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA. The location quotient is 1.46.
• 2. Boulder, CO has a Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel median of $99,990 per year, or $43,970 above Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA. BLS lists 3,230 jobs there, compared with 280 in Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA. The location quotient is 2.08.
• 3. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA has a Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel median of $96,960 per year, or $40,940 above Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA. BLS lists 29,980 jobs there, compared with 280 in Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA. The location quotient is 1.56.
• 4. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ has a Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel median of $93,750 per year, or $37,730 above Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA. BLS lists 91,680 jobs there, compared with 280 in Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA. The location quotient is 1.2.
• 5. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH has a Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel median of $83,420 per year, or $27,400 above Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA. BLS lists 25,310 jobs there, compared with 280 in Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA. The location quotient is 1.16.
• 6. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA has a Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel median of $82,540 per year, or $26,520 above Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA. BLS lists 12,450 jobs there, compared with 280 in Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA. The location quotient is 0.74.
• 7. Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO has a Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel median of $80,650 per year, or $24,630 above Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA. BLS lists 24,480 jobs there, compared with 280 in Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA. The location quotient is 1.88.
• 8. Midland, TX has a Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel median of $80,460 per year, or $24,440 above Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA. BLS lists 1,710 jobs there, compared with 280 in Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA. The location quotient is 1.74.

Where BLS counts the most Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel jobs

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ has the largest published metro job estimate for Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel in this same-source set, at 91,680 jobs. Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA has 280. 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 91,680 estimated Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel jobs, a gap of 91,400 jobs from Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA. Its median is $93,750 per year, or $37,730 above Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA. Its location quotient is 1.2.
• 2. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN has 55,730 estimated Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel jobs, a gap of 55,450 jobs from Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA. Its median is $70,710 per year, or $14,690 above Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA. Its location quotient is 1.53.
• 3. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA has 50,470 estimated Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel jobs, a gap of 50,190 jobs from Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA. Its median is $79,450 per year, or $23,430 above Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA. Its location quotient is 1.
• 4. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX has 43,560 estimated Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel jobs, a gap of 43,280 jobs from Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA. Its median is $63,280 per year, or $7,260 above Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA. Its location quotient is 1.33.
• 5. Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA has 33,900 estimated Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel jobs, a gap of 33,620 jobs from Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA. Its median is $78,950 per year, or $22,930 above Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA. Its location quotient is 1.45.
• 6. Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL has 30,300 estimated Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel jobs, a gap of 30,020 jobs from Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA. Its median is $62,090 per year, or $6,070 above Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA. Its location quotient is 1.33.
• 7. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA has 29,980 estimated Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel jobs, a gap of 29,700 jobs from Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA. Its median is $96,960 per year, or $40,940 above Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA. Its location quotient is 1.56.
• 8. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV has 29,300 estimated Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel jobs, a gap of 29,020 jobs from Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA. Its median is $78,110 per year, or $22,090 above Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA. Its location quotient is 1.16.

Where Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel takes the largest share of local jobs

Boulder, CO has the highest published location quotient in this metro set, at 2.08. Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA has 0.46. 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 Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel 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. Boulder, CO has a location quotient of 2.08, a gap of 1.62 from Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA. BLS lists 3,230 Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel jobs and a median of $99,990 per year, or $43,970 above Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA.
• 2. Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT has a location quotient of 1.89, a gap of 1.43 from Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA. BLS lists 4,650 Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel jobs and a median of $61,220 per year, or $5,200 above Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA.
• 3. Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO has a location quotient of 1.88, a gap of 1.42 from Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA. BLS lists 24,480 Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel jobs and a median of $80,650 per year, or $24,630 above Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA.
• 4. Midland, TX has a location quotient of 1.74, a gap of 1.28 from Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA. BLS lists 1,710 Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel jobs and a median of $80,460 per year, or $24,440 above Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA.
• 5. Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL has a location quotient of 1.61, a gap of 1.15 from Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA. BLS lists 18,340 Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel jobs and a median of $58,870 per year, or $2,850 above Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA.
• 6. Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX has a location quotient of 1.6, a gap of 1.14 from Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA. BLS lists 16,700 Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel jobs and a median of $62,900 per year, or $6,880 above Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA.
• 7. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA has a location quotient of 1.56, a gap of 1.10 from Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA. BLS lists 29,980 Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel jobs and a median of $96,960 per year, or $40,940 above Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA.
• 8. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN has a location quotient of 1.53, a gap of 1.07 from Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA. BLS lists 55,730 Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel jobs and a median of $70,710 per year, or $14,690 above Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA.

How common Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel is in Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA

BLS lists 280 Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel jobs in Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA. It also lists 3.76 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 0.46. A value of 1 means Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel has the same share of local jobs as it has across the nation. This row is lower 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.

Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel beside other roles in Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA

The all-occupations median in Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA is $48,120 per year. The Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel median is $56,020 per year. Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel is 16.4% above the local all-occupations median on the same published median. This compares one role with the full covered job mix.

The nearby role medians below come from the bounded detailed-role table for Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA. They are close by wage, not by task. A small wage gap does not mean two jobs need the same skill or lead to the same career. Official titles keep their own SOC codes and source rows.

Use the list to spot the local wage mix around Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel. Then open the role page you mean. A role can have a similar median and a very different job count or local share. The pay number alone cannot show fit, demand, or a path between jobs.

• 1. Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers, SOC 53-3032, has a Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA median of $53,980 per year. BLS lists 920 jobs and a location quotient of 0.94.
• 2. Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors, SOC 21-1018, has a Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA median of $52,060 per year. BLS lists 730 jobs and a location quotient of 3.11.
• 3. Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks, SOC 43-3031, has a Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA median of $51,620 per year. BLS lists 720 jobs and a location quotient of 1.1.
• 4. Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education, SOC 25-2021, has a Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA median of $60,600 per year. BLS lists 630 jobs and a location quotient of 0.96.
• 5. Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education, SOC 25-2031, has a Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA median of $60,880 per year. BLS lists 480 jobs and a location quotient of 0.95.
• 6. Maintenance and Repair Workers, General, SOC 49-9071, has a Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA median of $48,040 per year. BLS lists 930 jobs and a location quotient of 1.28.
• 7. Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand, SOC 53-7062, has a Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA median of $46,440 per year. BLS lists 1,310 jobs and a location quotient of 0.94.
• 8. First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers, SOC 41-1011, has a Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA median of $46,140 per year. BLS lists 610 jobs and a location quotient of 1.15.

The largest detailed roles in Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA

Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators is the largest detailed occupation in the bounded Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA table, at 2,450 jobs. Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel has 280 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 74,070. 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 Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel's own median, spread, and share in their own fields.

• 1. Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators has 2,450 jobs in Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA, a gap of 2,170 from Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel. Its median is $45,950 per year, or $10,070 below Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel. Its location quotient is 3.67.
• 2. Fast Food and Counter Workers has 2,230 jobs in Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA, a gap of 1,950 from Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel. Its median is $28,300 per year, or $27,720 below Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel. Its location quotient is 1.21.
• 3. Cashiers has 1,790 jobs in Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA, a gap of 1,510 from Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel. Its median is $28,770 per year, or $27,250 below Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel. Its location quotient is 1.22.
• 4. Retail Salespersons has 1,690 jobs in Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA, a gap of 1,410 from Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel. Its median is $31,780 per year, or $24,240 below Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel. Its location quotient is 0.91.
• 5. Stockers and Order Fillers has 1,520 jobs in Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA, a gap of 1,240 from Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel. Its median is $34,880 per year, or $21,140 below Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel. Its location quotient is 1.13.
• 6. Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners has 1,480 jobs in Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA, a gap of 1,200 from Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel. Its median is $34,520 per year, or $21,500 below Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel. Its location quotient is 1.41.
• 7. Office Clerks, General has 1,480 jobs in Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA, a gap of 1,200 from Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel. Its median is $42,420 per year, or $13,600 below Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel. Its location quotient is 1.26.
• 8. Registered Nurses has 1,330 jobs in Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA, a gap of 1,050 from Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel. Its median is $81,230 per year, or $25,210 above Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel. Its location quotient is 0.83.

Published role medians around Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA

Software Developers has the highest published median in the bounded Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA role table, at $111,630 per year. Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel has $56,020 per year. This puts the role beside a local pay range without blending the source rows.

The local all-occupations median is $48,120 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 $111,630 per year in Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA, or $55,610 above Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel. BLS lists 590 jobs, compared with 280 for Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel. Its location quotient is 0.73.
• 2. General and Operations Managers has a median of $97,480 per year in Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA, or $41,460 above Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel. BLS lists 1,290 jobs, compared with 280 for Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel. Its location quotient is 0.77.
• 3. Registered Nurses has a median of $81,230 per year in Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA, or $25,210 above Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel. BLS lists 1,330 jobs, compared with 280 for Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel. Its location quotient is 0.83.
• 4. First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers has a median of $77,800 per year in Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA, or $21,780 above Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel. BLS lists 490 jobs, compared with 280 for Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel. Its location quotient is 1.52.
• 5. Accountants and Auditors has a median of $74,800 per year in Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA, or $18,780 above Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel. BLS lists 490 jobs, compared with 280 for Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel. Its location quotient is 0.71.
• 6. Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education has a median of $60,880 per year in Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA, or $4,860 above Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel. BLS lists 480 jobs, compared with 280 for Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel. Its location quotient is 0.95.
• 7. Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education has a median of $60,600 per year in Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA, or $4,580 above Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel. BLS lists 630 jobs, compared with 280 for Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel. Its location quotient is 0.96.
• 8. Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers has a median of $53,980 per year in Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA, or $2,040 below Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel. BLS lists 920 jobs, compared with 280 for Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel. Its location quotient is 0.94.

Roles with the largest local share in Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA

Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers has the highest location quotient in the bounded Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA role table, at 4.75. Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel has 0.46. 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 Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel with the same SOC code in another place. This keeps a broad area pattern from replacing the exact role-place row.

• 1. Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers has a location quotient of 4.75 in Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA, a gap of 4.29 from Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel. BLS lists 560 jobs and a median of $38,570 per year, or $17,450 below Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel.
• 2. Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators has a location quotient of 3.67 in Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA, a gap of 3.21 from Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel. BLS lists 2,450 jobs and a median of $45,950 per year, or $10,070 below Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel.
• 3. Substance Abuse, Behavioral Disorder, and Mental Health Counselors has a location quotient of 3.11 in Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA, a gap of 2.65 from Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel. BLS lists 730 jobs and a median of $52,060 per year, or $3,960 below Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel.
• 4. First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers has a location quotient of 1.52 in Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA, a gap of 1.06 from Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel. BLS lists 490 jobs and a median of $77,800 per year, or $21,780 above Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel.
• 5. Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners has a location quotient of 1.41 in Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA, a gap of 0.95 from Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel. BLS lists 1,480 jobs and a median of $34,520 per year, or $21,500 below Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel.
• 6. Maintenance and Repair Workers, General has a location quotient of 1.28 in Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA, a gap of 0.82 from Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel. BLS lists 930 jobs and a median of $48,040 per year, or $7,980 below Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel.
• 7. Office Clerks, General has a location quotient of 1.26 in Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA, a gap of 0.80 from Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel. BLS lists 1,480 jobs and a median of $42,420 per year, or $13,600 below Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel.
• 8. Cashiers has a location quotient of 1.22 in Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA, a gap of 0.76 from Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel. BLS lists 1,790 jobs and a median of $28,770 per year, or $27,250 below Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel.

What $56,020 may mean after the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA price level

BEA's 2024 all-items price index for Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA is 92.7. The U.S. level is 100. The local level is 7.3% below that mark. This is a broad price comparison. It is not a personal budget.

WageScope divides the $56,020 Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel median by 92.7 divided by 100. The result is $60,425 in national-price dollars per year. This proxy keeps the math clear. It is not take-home pay and does not set a move target.

Housing is 74.4. Goods are 96.8. Utilities are 88.1. Other services are 98.6. The parts do not move as one. WageScope uses BEA's all-items index for the proxy and does not make its own basket.

How much care to use with the Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA row

The employment RSE for this Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel row is 6.4%. The mean-wage RSE is 4.1%. 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 280 job estimate. The mean-wage RSE belongs to the $70,890 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 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA wage data before you tailor

The job block looks for strict employer-title matches to Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel. It uses a Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA 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. Listings can change between visits while the survey figures stay tied to their release date. A listing range does not replace the $56,020 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 Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel row for Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA 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 280 job estimate is not a live opening count. The location quotient of 0.46 is not a growth score. Rank 270 of 391 is not a place score. The 92.7 price index is not a personal budget.

Use the row for one clear task. Read the May 2025 wage spread for SOC 41-3091 in BLS area 13980. 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.