Salaries in Virgin Islands: pay for 162 occupations, May 2025

Across all occupations, employees in Virgin Islands had a median pay of $42,870 a year ($20.61 an hour) in May 2025, with 32,090 jobs counted. That is 16% below the national median of $50,980.

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Occupation	Median a year	Median an hour	Jobs
Accountants and Auditors	$59,060	$28.39	340
Administrative Services Managers	$74,990	$36.05	50
Amusement and Recreation Attendants	$35,570	$17.10	70
Animal Caretakers	$35,570	$17.10	50
Automotive Service Technicians and Mechanics	$39,170	$18.83	120
Baggage Porters and Bellhops	$28,720	$13.81	80
Bakers	$29,660	$14.26	100
Bartenders	$61,380	$29.51	490
Billing and Posting Clerks	$43,430	$20.88	30
Bookkeeping, Accounting, and Auditing Clerks	$46,490	$22.35	280
Brickmasons and Blockmasons	$51,390	$24.71	90
Budget Analysts	$64,990	$31.25	50
Bus Drivers, School	$40,120	$19.29	50
Business Operations Specialists, All Other	$65,170	$31.33	370
Butchers and Meat Cutters	$29,120	$14.00	100
Buyers and Purchasing Agents	$52,480	$25.23	50
Captains, Mates, and Pilots of Water Vessels	$48,700	$23.42	130
Cargo and Freight Agents	$29,400	$14.14	not published
Carpenters	$51,730	$24.87	270
Cashiers	$28,040	$13.48	770
Chefs and Head Cooks	$63,960	$30.75	260
Chief Executives	$104,010	$50.00	130
Child, Family, and School Social Workers	$50,810	$24.43	30
Childcare Workers	$28,010	$13.47	50
Claims Adjusters, Examiners, and Investigators	$60,050	$28.87	30
Cleaners of Vehicles and Equipment	$28,290	$13.60	30
Clinical Laboratory Technologists and Technicians	$48,650	$23.39	80
Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other	$47,560	$22.87	40
Compliance Officers	$67,990	$32.69	230
Computer Network Support Specialists	$56,360	$27.10	30
Computer Occupations, All Other	$96,180	$46.24	40
Computer Systems Analysts	$59,430	$28.57	40
Computer User Support Specialists	$50,430	$24.25	90
Computer and Information Systems Managers	$87,900	$42.26	60
Conservation Scientists	$50,080	$24.08	40
Construction Laborers	$42,200	$20.29	370
Construction Managers	$89,950	$43.24	60
Cooks, Institution and Cafeteria	$30,440	$14.64	110
Cooks, Restaurant	$37,430	$17.99	410
Counter and Rental Clerks	$29,560	$14.21	140
Couriers and Messengers	$21,840	$10.50	30
Customer Service Representatives	$37,140	$17.85	320
Data Entry Keyers	$33,280	$16.00	70
Dental Assistants	$36,540	$17.57	70
Dining Room and Cafeteria Attendants and Bartender Helpers	$51,760	$24.88	70
Dishwashers	$29,710	$14.29	150
Dispatchers, Except Police, Fire, and Ambulance	$33,870	$16.28	30
Education Administrators, Kindergarten through Secondary	$80,910	not published	140
Educational, Guidance, and Career Counselors and Advisors	$62,470	$30.03	90
Electricians	$51,790	$24.90	140
Elementary School Teachers, Except Special Education	$60,560	not published	630
Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs	$38,060	$18.30	70
Emergency Medical Technicians	$47,040	$22.62	40
Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health	$53,830	$25.88	40
Executive Secretaries and Executive Administrative Assistants	$56,720	$27.27	170
Facilities Managers	$66,420	$31.94	50
Fast Food and Counter Workers	$24,410	$11.74	840
Financial Managers	$94,990	$45.67	170
Financial and Investment Analysts	$69,990	$33.65	40
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers	$74,210	$35.68	200
First-Line Supervisors of Food Preparation and Serving Workers	$39,260	$18.88	340
First-Line Supervisors of Housekeeping and Janitorial Workers	$48,710	$23.42	110
First-Line Supervisors of Landscaping, Lawn Service, and Groundskeeping Workers	$53,610	$25.77	30
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers	$58,660	$28.20	220
First-Line Supervisors of Non-Retail Sales Workers	$77,520	$37.27	40
First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers	$55,630	$26.75	510
First-Line Supervisors of Police and Detectives	$82,380	$39.61	100
First-Line Supervisors of Production and Operating Workers	$57,190	$27.50	60
First-Line Supervisors of Retail Sales Workers	$44,880	$21.58	440
First-Line Supervisors of Security Workers	$49,710	$23.90	70
First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material Moving Workers, Except Aircraft Cargo Handling Supervisors	$48,160	$23.16	100
Food Preparation Workers	$30,460	$14.64	390
Food Preparation and Serving Related Workers, All Other	$27,300	$13.13	60
Food Servers, Nonrestaurant	$29,760	$14.31	not published
Food Service Managers	$80,570	$38.74	140
General and Operations Managers	$82,850	$39.83	1,040
Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other	$72,450	$34.83	30
Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers	$45,030	$21.65	70
Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers	$43,270	$20.80	240
Home Health and Personal Care Aides	$29,860	$14.36	110
Hosts and Hostesses, Restaurant, Lounge, and Coffee Shop	$33,540	$16.12	90
Hotel, Motel, and Resort Desk Clerks	$34,020	$16.36	240
Human Resources Managers	$77,490	$37.25	70
Human Resources Specialists	$60,210	$28.95	120
Industrial Truck and Tractor Operators	$35,230	$16.94	60
Information and Record Clerks, All Other	$56,180	$27.01	30
Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers	$47,240	$22.71	30
Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other	$48,700	$23.42	40
Instructional Coordinators	$75,040	$36.08	40
Insurance Sales Agents	$62,550	$30.07	60
Janitors and Cleaners, Except Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	$29,000	$13.94	680
Laborers and Freight, Stock, and Material Movers, Hand	$31,810	$15.30	520
Landscaping and Groundskeeping Workers	$36,300	$17.45	280
Laundry and Dry-Cleaning Workers	$28,090	$13.50	150
Lawyers	$118,440	$56.94	150
Licensed Practical and Licensed Vocational Nurses	$64,660	$31.09	50
Light Truck Drivers	$31,180	$14.99	80
Loan Officers	$44,780	$21.53	50
Logisticians	$68,790	$33.07	40
Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners	$31,450	$15.12	580
Maintenance and Repair Workers, General	$38,850	$18.68	700
Management Analysts	$78,850	$37.91	50
Managers, All Other	$95,530	$45.93	140
Market Research Analysts and Marketing Specialists	$59,990	$28.84	90
Marketing Managers	$97,760	$47.00	60
Medical Assistants	$38,130	$18.33	120
Medical Secretaries and Administrative Assistants	$36,710	$17.65	230
Medical and Health Services Managers	$96,950	$46.61	80
Meeting, Convention, and Event Planners	$61,580	$29.61	60
Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers	$27,520	$13.23	130
Nursing Assistants	$37,240	$17.90	110
Office Clerks, General	$37,330	$17.95	560
Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other	$50,610	$24.33	70
Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators	$47,650	$22.91	120
Packers and Packagers, Hand	$22,880	$11.00	100
Painters, Construction and Maintenance	$42,520	$20.44	40
Paralegals and Legal Assistants	$52,140	$25.07	90
Parts Salespersons	$28,610	$13.76	40
Payroll and Timekeeping Clerks	$38,100	$18.32	40
Pest Control Workers	$36,330	$17.47	30
Pharmacists	$134,970	$64.89	50
Pharmacy Technicians	$40,620	$19.53	40
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters	$49,630	$23.86	50
Postal Service Clerks	$63,660	$30.61	60
Postal Service Mail Carriers	$55,490	$26.68	40
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education	$44,790	$21.53	100
Project Management Specialists	$75,240	$36.17	90
Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers	$74,850	$35.99	140
Public Relations Specialists	$59,990	$28.84	60
Radiologic Technologists and Technicians	$42,680	$20.52	40
Receptionists and Information Clerks	$34,630	$16.65	120
Recreation Workers	$33,400	$16.06	30
Registered Nurses	$84,120	$40.44	470
Reinforcing Iron and Rebar Workers	$45,510	$21.88	40
Reservation and Transportation Ticket Agents and Travel Clerks	$29,030	$13.96	300
Retail Salespersons	$28,790	$13.84	1,300
Sailors and Marine Oilers	$29,990	$14.42	120
Sales Managers	$107,740	$51.80	40
Sales Representatives of Services, Except Advertising, Insurance, Financial Services, and Travel	$42,980	$20.66	80
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Except Technical and Scientific Products	$45,980	$22.11	80
Sales and Related Workers, All Other	$31,650	$15.21	30
Secondary School Teachers, Except Special and Career/Technical Education	$59,520	not published	380
Secretaries and Administrative Assistants, Except Legal, Medical, and Executive	$44,040	$21.17	530
Securities, Commodities, and Financial Services Sales Agents	$35,160	$16.91	80
Security Guards	$31,990	$15.38	1,030
Self-Enrichment Teachers	$37,590	$18.07	50
Shipping, Receiving, and Inventory Clerks	$36,240	$17.42	80
Shuttle Drivers and Chauffeurs	$35,300	$16.97	70
Social Workers, All Other	$60,450	$29.06	40
Social and Community Service Managers	$64,990	$31.25	60
Social and Human Service Assistants	$37,150	$17.86	60
Stockers and Order Fillers	$28,130	$13.53	410
Teaching Assistants, Except Postsecondary	$37,710	not published	400
Telecommunications Equipment Installers and Repairers, Except Line Installers	$55,960	$26.90	60
Tellers	$32,750	$15.75	130
Tour and Travel Guides	$102,020	$49.05	50
Training and Development Specialists	$50,430	$24.25	40
Transportation Security Screeners	$65,170	$31.33	90
Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers	$56,390	$27.11	40
Waiters and Waitresses	$36,340	$17.47	690
Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant and System Operators	$48,030	$23.09	30
Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers	$46,270	$22.24	60

"Not published" means BLS did not release that figure for this state. "$239,200 or more" and "$115.00 or more" are the highest values BLS reports in state tables.

How pay is spread in Virgin Islands

By median pay, Virgin Islands is number 51 of the 54 states and territories in the figures. The lowest-paid tenth of employees earned less than $26,340 a year and the highest-paid tenth more than $89,620. The middle half, between the 25% and 75% lines, earned from $31,070 to $62,100. For the whole country those outer lines were $31,200 and $128,560. The average (mean) pay was $52,730, 23% above the median, because high earners lift an average more than a median. The 32,090 jobs counted here are less than 0.1% of all jobs in the national figures.

The kinds of work

Adding up the occupations with a published job count, the largest fields of work in Virgin Islands are Office and Administrative Support (3,940 jobs, 15%), Food Preparation and Serving Related (3,900 jobs, 14%), Sales and Related (3,060 jobs, 11%) and Management (2,470 jobs, 9%). Some occupations are far more common here than elsewhere. Set against their share of all jobs in the country, the most concentrated are Security Guards (3.9 times the national share), Maids and Housekeeping Cleaners (3.3 times the national share) and Maintenance and Repair Workers, General (2.2 times the national share). The table on this page lists 162 occupations.

Questions about pay in Virgin Islands

What is the median salary in Virgin Islands?

The median pay of all employees in Virgin Islands was $42,870 a year ($20.61 an hour) in May 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The national median was $50,980.

What is the most common job in Virgin Islands?

Retail Salespersons, with 1,300 jobs and a median pay of $28,790 a year.

What are the highest-paying jobs in Virgin Islands?

The three highest medians published as a figure are Pharmacists ($134,970), Lawyers ($118,440) and Sales Managers ($107,740).

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Checked in November 2026. Figures are for employees, before tax, and leave out overtime pay and benefits. They are official statistics, not advice or a pay offer; see bls.gov/oes for the original tables.

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