# Counties in Virginia by wages and salaries paid, 2024

All 82 values come from U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis for 2024, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `wages_and_salaries`
- Unit: USD million
- Definition: Total wages and salaries paid to employees for jobs located in a place, including tips, bonuses and pay in kind, before deductions, in millions of current US dollars. United States: Bureau of Economic Analysis regional accounts, table SAINC4 line 50 for the nation and states and CAINC4 line 50 for counties.
- Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, CAINC4: personal income by major component, wages and salaries (published in thousands of dollars, shown in millions), individual counties and county equivalents (https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/CAINC4.zip)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/bureau-of-economic-analysis
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. CAINC4: personal income by major component, wages and salaries (published in thousands of dollars, shown in millions), individual counties and county equivalents. https://apps.bea.gov/regional/zip/CAINC4.zip. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/wages-and-salaries/virginia-counties

| Rank | Place | USD million |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Arlington County | 26,292.9 |
| 2 | Loudoun County | 19,349.6 |
| 3 | Richmond city | 15,760.1 |
| 4 | Henrico County | 15,753.4 |
| 5 | Virginia Beach city | 13,712.6 |
| 6 | Norfolk city | 13,431.1 |
| 7 | Chesterfield County | 10,535.5 |
| 8 | Alexandria city | 8,448.5 |
| 9 | Newport News city | 8,291.2 |
| 10 | Chesapeake city | 7,249.8 |
| 11 | Roanoke city | 4,743.5 |
| 12 | Hampton city | 4,259.5 |
| 13 | Hanover County | 3,861.7 |
| 14 | Portsmouth city | 3,815.9 |
| 15 | Stafford County | 3,668.8 |
| 16 | Suffolk city | 2,754.3 |
| 17 | Goochland County | 2,648.8 |
| 18 | Fauquier County | 1,811.1 |
| 19 | King George County | 1,472.2 |
| 20 | Bedford County | 1,071.6 |
| 21 | Culpeper County | 1,057.8 |
| 22 | Pulaski County | 882.5 |
| 23 | Franklin County | 851.8 |
| 24 | Warren County | 807.6 |
| 25 | Botetourt County | 803.3 |
| 26 | Accomack County | 791.9 |
| 27 | Shenandoah County | 777 |
| 28 | Tazewell County | 712.3 |
| 29 | Louisa County | 703.3 |
| 30 | Mecklenburg County | 700.4 |
| 31 | Halifax County | 673.9 |
| 32 | Isle of Wight County | 667.3 |
| 33 | Smyth County | 639.2 |
| 34 | Wythe County | 608.2 |
| 35 | Gloucester County | 551.8 |
| 36 | Orange County | 547.4 |
| 37 | Powhatan County | 534.4 |
| 38 | Prince Edward County | 488.4 |
| 39 | Amherst County | 444.3 |
| 40 | Giles County | 427.5 |
| 41 | Buchanan County | 424.1 |
| 42 | Caroline County | 379 |
| 43 | New Kent County | 356.3 |
| 44 | Russell County | 356 |
| 45 | Nottoway County | 332.7 |
| 46 | Fluvanna County | 325.6 |
| 47 | Page County | 289 |
| 48 | Lancaster County | 286 |
| 49 | King William County | 281.4 |
| 50 | Scott County | 259.3 |
| 51 | Clarke County | 249.2 |
| 52 | Surry County | 245.2 |
| 53 | Lee County | 224.2 |
| 54 | Nelson County | 218.9 |
| 55 | Northampton County | 215 |
| 56 | Greene County | 211 |
| 57 | Dickenson County | 204.8 |
| 58 | Brunswick County | 201.4 |
| 59 | Patrick County | 193.8 |
| 60 | Sussex County | 190.1 |
| 61 | Buckingham County | 187.6 |
| 62 | Essex County | 185.4 |
| 63 | Middlesex County | 183.7 |
| 64 | Appomattox County | 181.3 |
| 65 | Floyd County | 180.2 |
| 66 | Madison County | 178.2 |
| 67 | Westmoreland County | 170.1 |
| 68 | Grayson County | 154.3 |
| 69 | Charlotte County | 148.5 |
| 70 | Richmond County | 147.6 |
| 71 | Bath County | 145.8 |
| 72 | Amelia County | 145.6 |
| 73 | Northumberland County | 140.2 |
| 74 | Lunenburg County | 136.4 |
| 75 | Bland County | 129 |
| 76 | Charles City County | 118.6 |
| 77 | Rappahannock County | 89.3 |
| 78 | Cumberland County | 81.7 |
| 79 | Mathews County | 79.7 |
| 80 | King and Queen County | 74.5 |
| 81 | Craig County | 48.2 |
| 82 | Highland County | 25.6 |