Jobs in Virginia Beach, VA: pay, hiring and remote work
In Virginia Beach, 31.8% of the 203 job postings we track list a pay range, and the median posted pay is $95,000 a year. 5.4% are remote, 9.9% are entry level, and 29.6% have been open for more than 60 days (data as of October 2026).
What stands out
A $91,500 posted salary in the Virginia Beach area buys about what $93,500 buys in the average US metro area, because prices here run 2% below the national average.
30.7% of open job postings list a pay range, 25th of 99 metro areas.
1.8% of postings are remote, 78th highest of 99 metro areas.
After adjusting for local prices, the typical worker's official median wage ($49,500) is worth $50,500 in average-US dollars, 62nd of 99 metro areas.
11.3% of postings are entry-level, 75th of 99 metro areas.
Virginia Beach compared with similar-sized metro areas: the median wage divided by the local price level (US average prices = 100). Download this chart (SVG)
203open postings from 61 employers
31.8%list a pay range (#29 of 71 published cities)
$95,000median posted pay (middle half: $62,000 to $157,500), from 54 postings with pay
5.4%remote, 0% hybrid
30 daysmedian time a posting has been open; 29.6% over 60 days
$49,500official median wage for all jobs in the metro area (BLS)
9.9%entry-level postings
VA has no statewide law requiring a pay range in job postings.
The metro area's unemployment rate was 3.7% in 2026-08 (3.7% a year earlier) (BLS, not seasonally adjusted). Across Virginia, employers had 213,000 job openings in 2025-12, an openings rate of 4.8% (BLS JOLTS). Indeed's own measure of job postings in the metro area is 10.8% above its February 2020 level and 0.2% higher than a year ago (Indeed Hiring Lab, 2026-10-02).
Who is hiring, by industry
Industry
Postings
Healthcare & Life Sciences
57
Retail & E-commerce
38
Real Estate & Construction
25
Other
22
Software & Technology
19
Manufacturing & Industrial
16
Employers with the most openings
Housebuyersofamerica: 14 postings
Sbusa: 12 postings
Vetevolve: 10 postings
Boxlunch: 9 postings
Abercrombie: 9 postings
What your paycheck buys here
Prices in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC area run 2% below the national average, and housing runs 0% below it. The official median wage for all jobs is $49,500, which is worth $50,500 in average-US dollars. The median posted pay of $91,500 is worth $93,500.
Local prices compared with the national average, where 100 is the US average. Download this chart (SVG)Median wages for the ten occupations with the most workers here (worker count in parentheses). Download this chart (SVG)Which industries have the most open postings in our data. Download this chart (SVG)
Postings that list several cities count in each one. This covers employers whose career pages we read, not every job in Virginia Beach. Methodology · All cities (CSV)
