Highest-paying jobs in Blacksburg that don't require a college degree

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June 13, 2022
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Highest-paying jobs in Blacksburg that don't require a college degree

From the moment they arrive on campus, today’s high school students are inundated with messages about the importance of receiving a college education. They hear it from their guidance counselors, teachers, parents, family members, neighbors, and coaches. While graduation from a four-year college can certainly work wonders for students’ future careers, it’s not necessary for all fields — something admissions officers and guidance counselors sometimes fail to mention.

To find the highest paying jobs that don’t require a college degree, Stacker consulted the Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Outlook Handbook to compile a list of all jobs that don’t require higher education. All professions that listed a high school diploma, some college education (without a degree conferred), postsecondary nondegree award, or no formal education requirements for entry-level positions were considered. Jobs that didn’t list any entry-level education requirement were excluded, as were job titles that grouped several positions together. Jobs are ranked by 2021 annual mean wage.

Keep reading to discover the highest paying jobs in Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA that don’t require a college degree.

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#50. Bus drivers, school

Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA
- Annual mean salary: $38,680
- #210 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 320

National
- Annual mean salary: $38,750
- Employment: 361,420
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Elkhart-Goshen, IN ($55,400)
--- Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, HI ($55,150)
--- Bremerton-Silverdale, WA ($53,770)
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#49. Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand

Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA
- Annual mean salary: $39,410
- #20 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,380

National
- Annual mean salary: $34,950
- Employment: 2,729,010
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($44,210)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($43,230)
--- Fairbanks, AK ($42,590)
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#48. Carpenters

Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA
- Annual mean salary: $41,580
- #386 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 280

National
- Annual mean salary: $55,190
- Employment: 668,060
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Urban Honolulu, HI ($81,730)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($78,680)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($78,280)
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#47. Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers

Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA
- Annual mean salary: $41,660
- #321 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 370

National
- Annual mean salary: $44,810
- Employment: 551,380
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Odessa, TX ($70,950)
--- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA ($66,260)
--- Bismarck, ND ($64,940)
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#46. First-line supervisors of housekeeping and janitorial workers

Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA
- Annual mean salary: $42,030
- #241 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 80

National
- Annual mean salary: $45,100
- Employment: 153,640
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($60,770)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($60,250)
--- Boston-Cambridge-Nashua, MA-NH ($59,160)

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#45. Residential advisors

Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA
- Annual mean salary: $42,070
- #19 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 50

National
- Annual mean salary: $34,950
- Employment: 92,500
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Trenton, NJ ($50,560)
--- Napa, CA ($48,390)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($46,210)
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#44. Payroll and timekeeping clerks

Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA
- Annual mean salary: $42,860
- #326 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 40

National
- Annual mean salary: $49,560
- Employment: 149,290
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($66,600)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($66,240)
--- Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV ($60,930)
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#43. Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders

Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA
- Annual mean salary: $42,960
- #124 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 230

National
- Annual mean salary: $42,490
- Employment: 108,440
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Vallejo-Fairfield, CA ($60,690)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($59,040)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($57,940)
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#42. Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers

Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA
- Annual mean salary: $43,180
- #460 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 140

National
- Annual mean salary: $54,690
- Employment: 356,960
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($78,020)
--- Fairbanks, AK ($76,750)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($71,710)
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#41. Insurance sales agents

Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA
- Annual mean salary: $43,470
- #496 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 120

National
- Annual mean salary: $69,340
- Employment: 422,600
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($104,230)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($103,470)
--- Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA ($95,620)

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#40. Automotive service technicians and mechanics

Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA
- Annual mean salary: $43,500
- #347 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 340

National
- Annual mean salary: $47,990
- Employment: 629,780
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($62,810)
--- Fairbanks, AK ($62,690)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($61,350)
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#39. Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks

Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA
- Annual mean salary: $43,530
- #146 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 720

National
- Annual mean salary: $45,140
- Employment: 1,509,370
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($59,750)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($58,670)
--- Napa, CA ($54,940)
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#38. First-line supervisors of landscaping, lawn service, and groundskeeping workers

Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA
- Annual mean salary: $43,800
- #400 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 100

National
- Annual mean salary: $53,270
- Employment: 116,380
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Madera, CA ($76,040)
--- Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT ($74,800)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($73,360)
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#37. First-line supervisors of retail sales workers

Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA
- Annual mean salary: $44,580
- #235 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 620

National
- Annual mean salary: $46,890
- Employment: 1,143,260
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($57,830)
--- Boulder, CO ($56,520)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($55,930)
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#36. Heavy and tractor-trailer truck drivers

Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA
- Annual mean salary: $44,720
- #422 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 820

National
- Annual mean salary: $50,340
- Employment: 1,903,420
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Cape Girardeau, MO-IL ($62,600)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($62,290)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($61,540)

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#35. Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses

Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA
- Annual mean salary: $45,030
- #399 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 440

National
- Annual mean salary: $51,850
- Employment: 641,240
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Napa, CA ($76,890)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($75,880)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($75,410)
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#34. Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters

Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA
- Annual mean salary: $45,080
- #465 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 130

National
- Annual mean salary: $63,350
- Employment: 417,620
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($94,580)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($89,500)
--- Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI ($89,190)
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#33. Water and wastewater treatment plant and system operators

Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA
- Annual mean salary: $45,330
- #320 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 120

National
- Annual mean salary: $52,320
- Employment: 121,150
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($93,980)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($92,370)
--- Las Vegas-Henderson-Paradise, NV ($87,990)
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#32. Maintenance and repair workers, general

Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA
- Annual mean salary: $45,360
- #127 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 1,000

National
- Annual mean salary: $44,920
- Employment: 1,416,740
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($60,230)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($59,870)
--- Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, HI ($56,650)
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#31. Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators

Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA
- Annual mean salary: $45,520
- #344 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 310

National
- Annual mean salary: $56,280
- Employment: 404,820
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($92,910)
--- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($91,860)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($91,120)

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#30. Machinists

Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA
- Annual mean salary: $46,190
- #261 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 320

National
- Annual mean salary: $49,020
- Employment: 333,220
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Urban Honolulu, HI ($71,070)
--- Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV ($69,300)
--- Monroe, MI ($66,560)
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#29. Welders, cutters, solderers, and brazers

Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA
- Annual mean salary: $46,590
- #231 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 80

National
- Annual mean salary: $48,290
- Employment: 397,600
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Fairbanks, AK ($72,500)
--- Anchorage, AK ($71,840)
--- Urban Honolulu, HI ($66,920)
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#28. Audio and video technicians

Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA
- Annual mean salary: $47,450
- #91 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 80

National
- Annual mean salary: $55,310
- Employment: 50,590
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA ($80,410)
--- Urban Honolulu, HI ($73,160)
--- St. Louis, MO-IL ($68,430)
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#27. Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders

Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA
- Annual mean salary: $47,670
- #66 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 310

National
- Annual mean salary: $43,900
- Employment: 145,410
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Midland, MI ($60,190)
--- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA ($58,790)
--- Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV ($58,480)
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#25 (tie). Electrical and electronics repairers, commercial and industrial equipment

Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA
- Annual mean salary: $47,890
- #260 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 70

National
- Annual mean salary: $64,230
- Employment: 50,780
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Vallejo-Fairfield, CA ($87,890)
--- Fresno, CA ($86,230)
--- Fairbanks, AK ($85,640)

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#25 (tie). Automotive body and related repairers

Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA
- Annual mean salary: $47,890
- #219 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 90

National
- Annual mean salary: $50,660
- Employment: 137,300
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Ann Arbor, MI ($71,350)
--- Ames, IA ($68,340)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($68,060)
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#24. Chefs and head cooks

Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA
- Annual mean salary: $48,680
- #285 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 40

National
- Annual mean salary: $56,920
- Employment: 129,810
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Leominster-Gardner, MA ($81,020)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($79,600)
--- Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, HI ($79,430)
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#23. Mobile heavy equipment mechanics, except engines

Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA
- Annual mean salary: $49,100
- #386 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 60

National
- Annual mean salary: $57,280
- Employment: 145,230
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Fairbanks, AK ($86,740)
--- Urban Honolulu, HI ($82,520)
--- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($79,470)
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#22. Postal service clerks

Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA
- Annual mean salary: $49,990
- #388 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 60

National
- Annual mean salary: $53,210
- Employment: 79,320
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Houma-Thibodaux, LA ($59,410)
--- Florence, SC ($59,360)
--- Monroe, MI ($59,320)
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#21. Tool and die makers

Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA
- Annual mean salary: $51,980
- #150 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 60

National
- Annual mean salary: $56,150
- Employment: 63,630
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($75,920)
--- Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT ($72,510)
--- Santa Rosa, CA ($71,910)

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#20. Production, planning, and expediting clerks

Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA
- Annual mean salary: $52,270
- #153 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 170

National
- Annual mean salary: $52,220
- Employment: 367,200
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Idaho Falls, ID ($74,970)
--- Norwich-New London-Westerly, CT-RI ($71,160)
--- Bremerton-Silverdale, WA ($67,140)
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#19. Construction and building inspectors

Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA
- Annual mean salary: $53,730
- #327 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 60

National
- Annual mean salary: $68,480
- Employment: 117,830
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- New Haven, CT ($121,510)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($107,330)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($106,190)
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#18. Real estate sales agents

Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA
- Annual mean salary: $54,150
- #191 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 110

National
- Annual mean salary: $61,480
- Employment: 175,920
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Midland, TX ($100,060)
--- Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT ($99,880)
--- Worcester, MA-CT ($93,400)
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#17. Postal service mail carriers

Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA
- Annual mean salary: $54,640
- #107 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 170

National
- Annual mean salary: $54,370
- Employment: 335,540
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Modesto, CA ($57,160)
--- Bismarck, ND ($57,090)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($56,820)
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#16. First-line supervisors of office and administrative support workers

Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA
- Annual mean salary: $54,790
- #321 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 820

National
- Annual mean salary: $63,380
- Employment: 1,443,630
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($82,050)
--- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA ($79,520)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($78,430)

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#15. Electricians

Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA
- Annual mean salary: $55,840
- #275 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 190

National
- Annual mean salary: $63,310
- Employment: 650,580
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($93,900)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($91,090)
--- Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN-WI ($86,600)
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#14. Executive secretaries and executive administrative assistants

Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA
- Annual mean salary: $55,950
- #291 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 100

National
- Annual mean salary: $66,870
- Employment: 466,910
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($94,590)
--- Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT ($87,760)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($87,420)
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#13. Computer user support specialists

Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA
- Annual mean salary: $56,960
- #108 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: data not available

National
- Annual mean salary: $57,650
- Employment: 654,310
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Sacramento--Roseville--Arden-Arcade, CA ($90,480)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($76,920)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($76,510)
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#12. Industrial machinery mechanics

Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA
- Annual mean salary: $57,990
- #207 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 610

National
- Annual mean salary: $58,780
- Employment: 373,090
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Fairbanks, AK ($85,900)
--- Lake Charles, LA ($85,360)
--- Anchorage, AK ($82,890)
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#11. First-line supervisors of construction trades and extraction workers

Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA
- Annual mean salary: $61,940
- #423 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 360

National
- Annual mean salary: $75,060
- Employment: 665,870
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($112,020)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($103,820)
--- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA ($101,210)

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#10. Electrical power-line installers and repairers

Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA
- Annual mean salary: $65,280
- #341 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 40

National
- Annual mean salary: $79,060
- Employment: 123,940
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA ($117,700)
--- Salinas, CA ($110,180)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($109,490)
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#9. First-line supervisors of mechanics, installers, and repairers

Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA
- Annual mean salary: $66,540
- #358 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 290

National
- Annual mean salary: $73,590
- Employment: 526,240
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Bremerton-Silverdale, WA ($93,830)
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($93,030)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($92,870)
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#8. First-line supervisors of production and operating workers

Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA
- Annual mean salary: $67,610
- #163 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 480

National
- Annual mean salary: $67,330
- Employment: 629,420
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Baton Rouge, LA ($98,170)
--- Lake Charles, LA ($97,910)
--- Norwich-New London-Westerly, CT-RI ($90,410)
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#7. Sales representatives of services, except advertising, insurance, financial services, and travel

Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA
- Annual mean salary: $70,700
- #67 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 240

National
- Annual mean salary: $71,110
- Employment: 1,026,390
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($103,810)
--- Boulder, CO ($101,630)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($97,360)
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#6. Food service managers

Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA
- Annual mean salary: $70,810
- #46 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 60

National
- Annual mean salary: $63,970
- Employment: 210,680
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Trenton, NJ ($91,320)
--- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA ($89,860)
--- Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, HI ($87,750)

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#5. Detectives and criminal investigators

Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA
- Annual mean salary: $72,380
- #222 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 40

National
- Annual mean salary: $90,370
- Employment: 107,890
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($132,210)
--- Anchorage, AK ($127,070)
--- Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV ($123,460)
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#4. Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products

Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA
- Annual mean salary: $73,040
- #102 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 340

National
- Annual mean salary: $72,390
- Employment: 1,242,490
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($102,280)
--- Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT ($92,660)
--- Napa, CA ($92,620)
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#3. First-line supervisors of police and detectives

Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA
- Annual mean salary: $74,870
- #316 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 90

National
- Annual mean salary: $98,760
- Employment: 128,230
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA ($182,700)
--- San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA ($170,740)
--- Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA ($164,600)
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#2. Property, real estate, and community association managers

Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA
- Annual mean salary: $76,070
- #67 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 50

National
- Annual mean salary: $70,030
- Employment: 234,680
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA ($109,540)
--- Denver-Aurora-Lakewood, CO ($106,420)
--- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($103,610)
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#1. First-line supervisors of non-retail sales workers

Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA
- Annual mean salary: $115,260
- #8 highest pay among all metros
- Employment: 80

National
- Annual mean salary: $92,320
- Employment: 243,920
- Metros with highest average pay:
--- Portland-South Portland, ME ($129,860)
--- Durham-Chapel Hill, NC ($121,360)
--- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA ($121,250)

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