Jobs in the Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC area: pay, hiring and remote work
The Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC metro area has 610 open job postings from 143 employers in our data. 30.7% list a pay range, the median posted pay is $91,500 a year, 1.8% are remote and 29.6% have been open 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)
610open postings from 143 employers
30.7%list a pay range
$91,500median posted pay (middle half: $54,000 to $141,000)
1.8%remote
3.7%unemployment rate, 2026-08 (BLS)
$49,500official median wage for all jobs, May 2025 (BLS)
11.3%entry-level 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).
City by city inside the metro area
Place
Postings
Employers
Pay listed
Median posted pay
Virginia Beach, VA
203
61
31.8%
$95,000
Norfolk, VA
163
49
17.8%
–
Chesapeake, VA
82
31
23.3%
–
Newport News, VA
51
23
57.1%
$69,000
Hampton, VA
42
18
55.6%
–
Portsmouth, VA
33
11
n/a
–
Suffolk, VA
21
8
n/a
–
Williamsburg, VA
17
12
n/a
–
Places with at least 15 postings from 3 employers. Shading shows where median posted pay is higher. Pay figures need 8 postings with pay.
267 federal job announcements open to the public list Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC, with a median posted salary range midpoint of $106,500. Agencies hiring most: Commander, Navy Installations Command (35), Department of the Navy Headquarters (28), United States Fleet Forces Command (27), Military Treatment Facilities under DHA (26), Indian Health Service (19). Source: USAJOBS, 2026-10-10.
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)
A posting that lists several places counts once in the metro. Metro areas are the Census Bureau's 2023 definitions. This covers employers whose career pages we read, not every job in the area. Methodology · All metro areas (CSV)
