Winchester Employment

Employment and Industries in the Winchester, Virginia Area

The tables here illustrate essential information about work and employment in the area. Information includes:

A table of the most numerous types of work found here, both for jobs generally requiring college degrees and jobs not requiring college degrees.
A table listing those careers significantly more common in Winchester than in other US cities; this is useful both for career planning and for understanding the nature of Winchester.
A list of the highest-paying jobs in Winchester.
A list of any large public companies in Winchester.

Most Popular Jobs in Winchester, Virginia Metro Area (2007 data)

Where the Majority of Workers Have College Degrees

Rank	Title	Local Jobs	Local Mean Salary	Typical Local Salary	National Growth % 2006-2016	National % With College Degree
1	Registered nurses	1,220	54,510	$35,070 - 72,120	24%	56%
2	Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products	650	58,940	$28,830 - 102,510	8%	51%
3	Secondary school teachers, except special and vocational education	400	45,200	$33,430 - 61,530	6%	96%
4	Accountants and auditors	350	60,260	$34,300 - 95,910	18%	79%
5	Teachers and instructors, all other	270	28,570	$25,000 - 31,430	9%	54%
6	Financial managers	180	80,080	$30,540 - 139,250	13%	60%
7	Child, family, and school social workers	180	38,290	$29,130 - 49,910	19%	77%
8	Management analysts	170	71,640	$37,730 - 106,720	22%	78%
9	Computer software engineers, applications	170	80,200	$51,600 - 119,190	45%	85%
10	Education administrators, elementary and secondary school	130	69,550	$51,320 - 96,610	8%	78%
11	Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school	130	47,700	$34,760 - 63,470	20%	87%
12	Special education teachers, secondary school	120	46,210	$31,880 - 66,420	9%	87%
13	Mental health counselors	120	42,240	$22,860 - 65,230	30%	73%
14	Pharmacists	120	95,380	$79,560 - 121,170	22%	97%
15	Human resources, training, and labor relations specialists, all other	100	47,260	$19,580 - 79,200	17%	56%
16	Civil engineers	100	80,210	$48,180 - 109,380	18%	87%
17	Lawyers	100	103,500	$45,900 -	11%	99%
18	Educational, vocational, and school counselors	100	47,190	$28,060 - 67,720	13%	73%
19	Physical therapists	90	62,380	$31,460 - 89,480	27%	89%
20	Chief executives	90	144,490	$54,150 -	2%	65%
21	Public relations specialists	80	38,530	$14,600 - 67,800	18%	81%
22	Industrial engineers	70	71,160	$43,210 - 98,320	20%	74%
23	Managers, all other	70	73,080	$42,790 - 113,490	7%	55%
24	Market research analysts	70	61,430	$32,430 - 121,010	20%	82%
25	Coaches and scouts	70	31,240	$16,000 - 49,250	15%	60%
26	Compensation, benefits, and job analysis specialists	60	54,310	$26,820 - 96,560	18%	56%
27	Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents	60	124,430	$36,140 -	25%	67%
28	Self-enrichment education teachers	60	46,340	$25,660 - 69,000	23%	54%
29	Network and computer systems administrators	60	63,470	$29,220 - 97,710	27%	50%
30	Mechanical engineers	60	81,330	$51,630 - 112,700	4%	78%
31	Surveyors	50	48,900	$30,040 - 90,190	24%	82%
32	Vocational education teachers, secondary school	50	44,400	$32,850 - 58,100	0%	96%
33	Network systems and data communications analysts	50	51,740	$26,910 - 76,840	53%	57%
34	Computer programmers	50	105,100	$48,990 -	0%	73%
35	Sales managers	50	120,810	$45,540 -	10%	69%
36	Marketing managers	40	111,350	$61,940 -	14%	69%
37	Training and development specialists	40	46,270	$26,360 - 66,700	18%	56%
38	Compliance officers, except agriculture, construction, health and safety, and transportation	40	49,990	$34,090 - 84,190	5%	58%
39	Employment, recruitment, and placement specialists	40	47,450	$28,480 - 82,570	18%	56%
40	Graphic designers	40	43,480	$27,100 - 67,090	10%	55%
41	Commercial and industrial designers	40		$[?] -	7%	55%
42	Computer systems analysts	40	73,930	$54,220 - 95,550	29%	68%
43	Veterinarians	40	86,410	$57,960 - 120,800	35%	100%
44	Computer and information systems managers	40	119,510	$82,600 -	16%	73%
45	Social and community service managers	30	58,580	$42,410 - 80,190	25%	72%
46	Architects, except landscape and naval	30	75,960	$41,120 - 112,180	18%	88%
47	Instructional coordinators	30	54,570	$28,300 - 92,450	23%	79%
48	Environmental scientists and specialists, including health	30	48,280	$32,680 - 91,760	25%	93%
49	Purchasing managers	30	92,940	$57,720 - 136,190	3%	57%
50	Dentists, general	30	195,890	$132,660 -	9%	100%

Where the Majority of Workers Do Not Have College Degrees

Rank	Title	Local Jobs	Local Mean Salary	Typical Local Salary	National Growth % 2006-2016	National % With College Degree
1	Cashiers	2,310	18,260	$12,540 - 25,340	-2%	10%
2	Retail salespersons	2,230	24,700	$13,800 - 37,880	12%	25%
3	Office clerks, general	2,050	24,640	$16,570 - 33,850	13%	19%
4	Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food	1,510	14,680	$11,780 - 18,290	18%	5%
5	Waiters and waitresses	1,060	15,310	$11,760 - 19,610	11%	14%
6	Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer	1,020	37,140	$19,640 - 58,590	10%	4%
7	Laborers and freight, stock, and material movers, hand	970	20,580	$14,550 - 28,140	2%	5%
8	Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners	930	21,960	$15,490 - 30,150	15%	4%
9	Bookkeeping, accounting, and auditing clerks	880	27,850	$14,680 - 38,780	13%	16%
10	Stock clerks and order fillers	870	21,730	$13,000 - 31,810	-7%	8%
11	Industrial truck and tractor operators	830	27,820	$23,870 - 31,990	-1%	2%
12	Team assemblers	740	25,610	$20,790 - 31,530	0%	5%
13	First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers	680	40,340	$23,040 - 69,830	4%	25%
14	Carpenters	670	36,660	$24,820 - 55,780	10%	6%
15	Maintenance and repair workers, general	630	32,760	$20,850 - 46,110	10%	6%
16	Receptionists and information clerks	590	23,500	$17,560 - 31,150	17%	13%
17	Maids and housekeeping cleaners	580	16,510	$12,070 - 22,350	13%	5%
18	Teacher assistants	540	19,220	$12,220 - 29,220	10%	18%
19	Nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants	490	22,590	$17,530 - 28,880	18%	7%
20	Tellers	480	21,670	$16,740 - 29,100	14%	16%
21	Construction laborers	480	25,890	$14,590 - 36,310	11%	5%
22	Customer service representatives	470	27,650	$18,160 - 37,610	25%	22%
23	Truck drivers, light or delivery services	450	28,370	$20,450 - 41,140	8%	4%
24	First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers	440	45,060	$22,480 - 76,190	6%	29%
25	General and operations managers	420	104,500	$46,980 -	2%	48%
26	Automotive service technicians and mechanics	400	30,990	$20,690 - 44,520	14%	4%
27	Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive	390	27,840	$15,290 - 38,260	1%	18%
28	Cooks, restaurant	380	21,220	$16,880 - 26,150	12%	5%
29	Business operations specialists, all other	360	55,030	$41,200 - 76,890	21%	49%
30	Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators	340	33,420	$23,570 - 44,070	8%	3%
31	First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers	340	30,890	$19,030 - 54,830	11%	14%
32	Helpers--production workers	340	21,790	$16,460 - 27,870	0%	4%
33	Bus drivers, school	340	21,730	$13,030 - 30,770	9%	4%
34	Landscaping and groundskeeping workers	340	23,490	$15,110 - 34,850	18%	6%
35	Billing and posting clerks and machine operators	330	26,580	$19,570 - 36,490	4%	15%
36	Executive secretaries and administrative assistants	310	35,390	$25,020 - 48,400	15%	18%
37	First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers	290	52,980	$34,550 - 86,070	-4%	15%
38	Packers and packagers, hand	290	20,380	$13,080 - 27,840	-11%	3%
39	Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders	270	30,150	$21,030 - 37,410	-4%	5%
40	Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks	270	27,850	$18,320 - 37,750	4%	6%
41	Industrial machinery mechanics	270	42,580	$32,410 - 51,340	9%	5%
42	Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers	240	36,130	$21,860 - 54,270	9%	3%
43	First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers	230	62,120	$41,360 - 84,290	9%	10%
44	Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing	230	26,270	$19,050 - 36,890	6%	0%
45	Loan officers	220	70,690	$36,080 - 102,710	12%	49%
46	Cooks, institution and cafeteria	210	17,570	$12,470 - 23,500	11%	5%
47	Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers	210	33,440	$24,040 - 46,070	-6%	14%
48	Molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic	210	31,400	$25,260 - 36,880	1%	10%
49	Dishwashers	200	16,960	$12,570 - 22,480	10%	3%
50	Personal and home care aides	190	15,360	$12,950 - 18,370	51%	10%
51	First-line supervisors/managers of mechanics, installers, and repairers	190	53,770	$31,940 - 76,690	7%	13%
52	Electricians	190	39,640	$29,760 - 51,300	7%	7%
53	Cleaners of vehicles and equipment	190	20,150	$16,510 - 24,420	14%	3%
54	Driver/sales workers	180	20,070	$11,540 - 35,940	-4%	4%
55	Medical assistants	180	25,670	$18,900 - 36,190	35%	10%
56	Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products	180	59,540	$34,090 - 95,990	0%	42%
57	Dining room and cafeteria attendants and bartender helpers	170		$[?] -	12%	6%
58	Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters	170	43,750	$32,210 - 61,200	11%	4%
59	Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders	170	35,780	$23,450 - 66,260	-4%	4%
60	Pharmacy technicians	170	26,850	$18,190 - 35,980	32%	16%
61	Food preparation workers	160	18,720	$14,090 - 23,680	15%	7%
62	Preschool teachers, except special education	160	30,110	$16,060 - 50,090	26%	43%
63	Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks	160	17,240	$12,040 - 22,910	17%	14%
64	Security guards	160	25,440	$16,230 - 39,140	17%	13%
65	Counter and rental clerks	160	26,230	$16,090 - 37,550	23%	16%
66	Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders	160	31,600	$22,920 - 40,530	-12%	4%
67	Residential advisors	150	21,220	$12,850 - 29,380	19%	28%
68	First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators	140	58,460	$33,250 - 82,010	10%	17%
69	Real estate sales agents	140	49,620	$23,270 - 76,460	11%	45%
70	Child care workers	140	19,050	$12,480 - 28,960	18%	15%
71	Sales representatives, services, all other	130	56,000	$30,010 - 100,450	28%	48%
72	Telecommunications line installers and repairers	120	51,460	$26,190 - 65,200	5%	8%
73	Home health aides	120	19,440	$16,020 - 23,770	49%	7%
74	Bartenders	120	20,400	$12,790 - 35,870	11%	17%
75	Parts salespersons	120	27,840	$18,430 - 39,440	-1%	6%
76	Automotive body and related repairers	120	24,680	$12,080 - 38,680	12%	3%
77	Painters, construction and maintenance	110	27,220	$20,690 - 38,090	12%	6%
78	Structural metal fabricators and fitters	110	29,710	$23,780 - 37,970	0%	0%
79	First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand	110	41,370	$24,660 - 61,840	13%	17%
80	Postal service mail carriers	110	43,010	$33,480 - 56,140	1%	11%
81	Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop	110	16,690	$12,740 - 19,910	10%	17%
82	Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers	100	20,450	$12,190 - 29,940	12%	0%
83	Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood	100	27,990	$17,670 - 40,250	4%	0%
84	Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders	100	29,280	$19,450 - 40,800	-8%	3%
85	Computer support specialists	90	40,140	$29,160 - 55,730	13%	43%
86	Cement masons and concrete finishers	90	31,340	$24,350 - 39,760	11%	2%
87	Dental assistants	90	25,800	$13,810 - 33,900	29%	9%
88	Bus and truck mechanics and diesel engine specialists	90	34,640	$26,120 - 47,070	12%	3%
89	Sewing machine operators	90	25,840	$19,600 - 37,610	-26%	5%
90	Veterinary assistants and laboratory animal caretakers	90	21,780	$15,600 - 29,110	16%	10%
91	Data entry keyers	90	24,190	$18,490 - 31,480	-4%	18%
92	Drywall and ceiling tile installers	90	32,840	$28,480 - 37,230	7%	2%
93	Cutting, punching, and press machine setters, operators, and tenders, metal and plastic	90	28,980	$23,020 - 35,940	-14%	0%
94	Counter attendants, cafeteria, food concession, and coffee shop	90	14,820	$12,210 - 17,970	10%	8%
95	First-line supervisors/managers of housekeeping and janitorial workers	80	29,340	$17,270 - 51,170	13%	11%
96	Payroll and timekeeping clerks	80	30,600	$20,790 - 39,780	3%	18%
97	File clerks	80	22,610	$15,880 - 34,090	-40%	20%
98	Recreation workers	80	25,080	$15,910 - 40,200	13%	47%
99	Brickmasons and blockmasons	80	46,110	$39,910 - 52,270	10%	3%
100	All other information and record clerks	80	33,240	$22,100 - 45,250	-12%	21%

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Jobs More Common Near Winchester Than Most Other Cities

* Average job popularity for metro areas = 1.0

Title	Mean Local Salary	Local Jobs	Pop. vs. Avg.*
Molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic	31,400	210	21.3
Sawing machine setters, operators, and tenders, wood	27,990	100	11.5
Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing	26,270	230	11.5
Residential advisors	21,220	150	11.5
Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders	31,600	160	5.4
Cutting and slicing machine setters, operators, and tenders	29,280	100	4.8
Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders	35,780	170	4
Industrial truck and tractor operators	27,820	830	3.9
Mental health counselors	42,240	120	3.8
Structural metal fabricators and fitters	29,710	110	3.4
Industrial machinery mechanics	42,580	270	3.3
Special education teachers, secondary school	46,210	120	2.8
Operating engineers and other construction equipment operators	33,420	340	2.7
Heating, air conditioning, and refrigeration mechanics and installers	36,130	240	2.7
Bus drivers, school	21,730	340	2.5
Tellers	21,670	480	2.4
Telecommunications line installers and repairers	51,460	120	2.4
Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders	30,150	270	2.3
Automotive body and related repairers	24,680	120	2.3
Hotel, motel, and resort desk clerks	17,240	160	2.3
Real estate sales agents	49,620	140	2.3
Helpers--production workers	21,790	340	2.1
Team assemblers	25,610	740	2.1
Child, family, and school social workers	38,290	180	2
Carpenters	36,660	670	2
Helpers--installation, maintenance, and repair workers	20,450	100	1.9
Office clerks, general	24,640	2,050	1.9
Cashiers	18,260	2,310	1.9
Maids and housekeeping cleaners	16,510	580	1.9
Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school	47,700	130	1.9
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer	37,140	1,020	1.9
Cooks, institution and cafeteria	17,570	210	1.9
Education administrators, elementary and secondary school	69,550	130	1.9
First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators	58,460	140	1.8
Billing and posting clerks and machine operators	26,580	330	1.8
Automotive service technicians and mechanics	30,990	400	1.8
Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products	59,540	180	1.8
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers	40,340	680	1.7
Loan officers	70,690	220	1.7
First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand	41,370	110	1.7
Combined food preparation and serving workers, including fast food	14,680	1,510	1.7
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment	20,150	190	1.6
Pharmacy technicians	26,850	170	1.6
Parts salespersons	27,840	120	1.6
Teachers and instructors, all other	28,570	270	1.6
Receptionists and information clerks	23,500	590	1.5
Maintenance and repair workers, general	32,760	630	1.4
Retail salespersons	24,700	2,230	1.4
Registered nurses	54,510	1,220	1.4
Truck drivers, light or delivery services	28,370	450	1.4

Work Paying Relatively Well in the Winchester, Virginia Metro Area (2007 data)

* Average Salary Index for metro areas = 1.0

Title	Mean Local Salary	Salary Index *	Local Jobs
Loan officers	70,690	1.22	220
Preschool teachers, except special education	30,110	1.21	160
Packaging and filling machine operators and tenders	30,150	1.17	270
Counter and rental clerks	26,230	1.16	160
First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators	58,460	1.15	140
Mixing and blending machine setters, operators, and tenders	35,780	1.15	170
Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products	59,540	1.15	180
Telecommunications line installers and repairers	51,460	1.14	120
General and operations managers	104,500	1.12	420
Molders, shapers, and casters, except metal and plastic	31,400	1.11	210
Coating, painting, and spraying machine setters, operators, and tenders	31,600	1.1	160
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers	62,120	1.1	230
Bartenders	20,400	1.09	120
Sales representatives, services, all other	56,000	1.09	130
Computer software engineers, applications	80,200	1.07	170
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products	58,940	1.06	650
First-line supervisors/managers of retail sales workers	40,340	1.06	680
Security guards	25,440	1.05	160
Accountants and auditors	60,260	1.05	350
First-line supervisors/managers of food preparation and serving workers	30,890	1.05	340
Real estate sales agents	49,620	1.04	140
Mental health counselors	42,240	1.04	120
First-line supervisors/managers of production and operating workers	52,980	1.03	290
Retail salespersons	24,700	1.03	2,230
Packers and packagers, hand	20,380	1.03	290
Truck drivers, light or delivery services	28,370	1.03	450
Child care workers	19,050	1.02	140
Dishwashers	16,960	1.02	200
Truck drivers, heavy and tractor-trailer	37,140	1.02	1,020
Woodworking machine setters, operators, and tenders, except sawing	26,270	1.02	230
First-line supervisors/managers of office and administrative support workers	45,060	1.02	440
Cashiers	18,260	1.01	2,310
Inspectors, testers, sorters, samplers, and weighers	33,440	1.01	210
Receptionists and information clerks	23,500	1.01	590
Management analysts	71,640	1.01	170
Shipping, receiving, and traffic clerks	27,850	1.01	270
Cooks, restaurant	21,220	1.01	380
Office clerks, general	24,640	1	2,050
Cleaners of vehicles and equipment	20,150	1	190
Landscaping and groundskeeping workers	23,490	1	340
Food preparation workers	18,720	1	160
First-line supervisors/managers of helpers, laborers, and material movers, hand	41,370	0.99	110
Special education teachers, preschool, kindergarten, and elementary school	47,700	0.99	130
Janitors and cleaners, except maids and housekeeping cleaners	21,960	0.99	930
Maintenance and repair workers, general	32,760	0.99	630
Pharmacy technicians	26,850	0.99	170
Secretaries, except legal, medical, and executive	27,840	0.98	390
Hosts and hostesses, restaurant, lounge, and coffee shop	16,690	0.98	110
Postal service mail carriers	43,010	0.98	110
Plumbers, pipefitters, and steamfitters	43,750	0.98	170

Highest Paying Jobs in Winchester, Virginia Metro Area (2007 data)

Title	Mean Local Salary	Local Jobs
Family and general practitioners	204,120
Physicians and surgeons, all other	203,250
Dentists, general	195,890	30
Chief executives	144,490	90
Securities, commodities, and financial services sales agents	124,430	60
Sales managers	120,810	50
Computer and information systems managers	119,510	40
Marketing managers	111,350	40
Computer programmers	105,100	50
General and operations managers	104,500	420
Lawyers	103,500	100
Pharmacists	95,380	120
Purchasing managers	92,940	30
Construction managers	92,300	40
First-line supervisors/managers of non-retail sales workers	87,910	60
Veterinarians	86,410	40
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, technical and scientific products	84,470
Medical and health services managers	82,630
Mechanical engineers	81,330	60
Transportation, storage, and distribution managers	81,250	40
Civil engineers	80,210	100
Computer software engineers, applications	80,200	170
Financial managers	80,080	180
Architects, except landscape and naval	75,960	30
Computer systems analysts	73,930	40
Managers, all other	73,080	70
Administrative services managers	72,520	80
Management analysts	71,640	170
Industrial production managers	71,500	60
Industrial engineers	71,160	70
Loan officers	70,690	220
Education administrators, elementary and secondary school	69,550	130
Network and computer systems administrators	63,470	60
Financial analysts	63,440
Physical therapists	62,380	90
First-line supervisors/managers of construction trades and extraction workers	62,120	230
Market research analysts	61,430	70
Dental hygienists	60,890	50
Accountants and auditors	60,260	350
Logisticians	59,630
Purchasing agents, except wholesale, retail, and farm products	59,540	180
Sales representatives, wholesale and manufacturing, except technical and scientific products	58,940	650
Social and community service managers	58,580	30
First-line supervisors/managers of transportation and material-moving machine and vehicle operators	58,460	140
Cost estimators	57,920	70
First-line supervisors/managers of police and detectives	57,030	50
Sales representatives, services, all other	56,000	130
Business operations specialists, all other	55,030	360
Instructional coordinators	54,570	30
Registered nurses	54,510	1,220

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