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Virginia Salary Calculator 2026

Convert hourly ↔ annual salary and benchmark your pay against Virginia-adjusted BLS medians for 20+ trade roles. Virginia is pre-selected; includes overtime.

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Hourly ↔ Annual Reference Table

Hourly RateAnnual (2,080 hrs)MonthlyWeekly
$15.00/hr$31,200$2,600$600
$20.00/hr$41,600$3,467$800
$25.00/hr$52,000$4,333$1,000
$30.00/hr$62,400$5,200$1,200
$35.00/hr$72,800$6,067$1,400
$40.00/hr$83,200$6,933$1,600
$45.00/hr$93,600$7,800$1,800
$50.00/hr$104,000$8,667$2,000
$60.00/hr$124,800$10,400$2,400
$75.00/hr$156,000$13,000$3,000
$100.00/hr$208,000$17,333$4,000
$125.00/hr$260,000$21,667$5,000

Salary Calculator FAQ

How do you convert hourly rate to annual salary?

Multiply your hourly rate by 2,080 (40 hours × 52 weeks) for a standard full-time annual salary. Example: $30/hr × 2,080 = $62,400/yr. For overtime weeks, use: (40 hrs × rate) + (OT hrs × rate × 1.5) × number of weeks.

How many working hours are in a year?

Standard full-time: 2,080 hours (40 × 52). Minus 10 federal holidays (80 hrs): 2,000 paid hours. Minus 2 weeks vacation (80 hrs): 1,920 hours actually worked. BLS uses 2,080 for hourly-to-annual conversions. Turnaround and shutdown workers can exceed 3,000 hours/yr with heavy overtime.

What is time-and-a-half overtime?

Under the FLSA, non-exempt employees must receive 1.5× their regular rate for all hours worked beyond 40 in a workweek. Example: $30/hr base · regular week = $1,200 (40 hrs) · one 10-hr OT week = $1,200 + ($30 × 1.5 × 10) = $1,200 + $450 = $1,650. Double time (2×) is not federally required but common in petrochemical and union contracts.

Virginia Salaries

How Virginia salaries compare to the national market

Virginia trade wages run about 4% above the national median (BLS OEWS May 2025), and this calculator applies a 1.04 Virginia wage index to national medians. The premium is really a Northern Virginia story: Loudoun and Prince William counties anchor the largest data-center market in the world, and electricians there command roughly 12% above the state figure. Downstate, Richmond tracks near the median and Hampton Roads leans on shipbuilding and federal work. Virginia's income tax tops out at 5.75% from just $17,000 of taxable income, so it behaves like a flat tax on trade pay.

Virginia: virginia salary calculator — Virginia wage index 1.04× national BLS median, Gross vs national ~4% above, State income tax 2%–5.75% (top bracket from $17,000). Simplified outline of Virginia, stylised and not to scale.
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Virginia trade salaries at a glance (2026 BLS)

Virginia-adjusted BLS OEWS medians for common skilled trades (national median localised with the 1.04 Virginia wage index). Enter your own pay in the calculator above to benchmark against any role.

TradeVirginia median / yrNational medianVirginia / hr
Electrician$65,720$63,190$31.60
Plumber$66,350$63,800$31.90
HVAC Technician$63,450$61,010$30.50
Pipefitter$66,350$63,800$31.90
Ironworker$65,290$62,780$31.39
Carpenter$63,000$60,580$30.29

Trade pay by Virginia metro

Local BLS medians vs the Virginia state average.

MetroMedianvs state
Northern Virginia (DC suburbs)$73,6101.12× state
Richmond$64,4100.98× state
Virginia Beach–Norfolk$61,7800.94× state
Roanoke$57,8300.88× state
Why do Northern Virginia electricians earn so much?

Data centers. Loudoun County's 'Data Center Alley' and the corridors around Manassas and Ashburn make Northern Virginia the largest data-center market on earth, and each campus needs large crews of electricians, HVAC techs and pipefitters on multi-year schedules. That demand, plus Washington-area living costs, pushes Northern Virginia trade pay roughly 12% above the state median.

Is Virginia's income tax high for trade workers?

It is middling and unusually flat in practice. The brackets run 2% to 5.75%, but the top rate starts at only $17,000 of taxable income, so nearly every full-time trade salary pays an effective rate close to 5.75% on income above the deductions. The offset: no Virginia city or county withholds a separate wage tax.

How accurate is the Virginia benchmark in this calculator?

The calculator applies a Virginia wage index (1.04×) to national BLS OEWS medians, a reference estimate, not a quote. Northern Virginia runs far above the state figure while southwest Virginia runs well below it, one of the widest in-state spreads on the East Coast. For exact BLS state and metro medians with percentiles, use the Virginia salary guide.

What is the median trade salary in Virginia?

It varies by role: the Virginia electrician median is about $65,720, plumbers $66,350, HVAC technicians $63,450, and pipefitters $66,350 (BLS OEWS May 2025, Virginia-adjusted). Enter your own pay in the calculator to see your percentile against any role.

How is the Virginia wage index applied?

National BLS OEWS medians are multiplied by a 1.04 Virginia factor to localise them, reflecting that Virginia gross pay runs about 4% above the national average. Hourly figures assume 2,080 paid hours a year. It is a reference estimate, not an employer offer.

Which Virginia metros pay trades the most?

Northern Virginia leads decisively on data-center and federal-adjacent construction. Richmond tracks just under the state median on healthcare, logistics and state-government work, Virginia Beach–Norfolk leans on shipbuilding, ship repair and military construction, and Roanoke and the southwest run lowest.

Do Virginia trade wages include overtime?

The benchmark medians are base pay. Virginia follows the federal FLSA standard of 1.5× after 40 hours a week, and data-center schedules and shipyard availabilities generate steady overtime. This calculator lets you add overtime hours at 1.5× (or 2×) to model total annual pay.

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Sources & methodology

Salary figures are U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS (May 2025) national medians localised with a 1.04 Virginia wage index; hourly rates assume 2,080 paid hours a year. Primary sources: BLS OEWS · Virginia Department of Taxation · Virginia Employment Commission. Reviewed 2026-07-21 by the GlobalCybers Data Desk · reference estimates, not an offer of pay. Full methodology →

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