Virginia Beach Jobs

  • Intelligence Specialist

    U.S. Navy - Virginia Beach, VA

    Navy Intelligence Specialists receive and analyze raw data, and deliver it to key decision-makers. Responsibilities may include: tracking targets in real time, operating...

    from U.S. Navy - 7 hours ago
  • Nurse (part-time)

    U.S. Navy Reserve - Virginia Beach, VA

    Navy Nurses are responsible for the wide-ranging care of military servicemembers working closely with physicians and other members of the health-care team to deliver...

    from U.S. Navy Reserve - 7 hours ago
  • Truck Driver - Team Dedicated. We Train!

    C.R. England - Virginia Beach, VA

    C.R. England is now hiring Team Truck Drivers for our Dedicated Division As a Dedicated Team, you will carry freight for one customer, and one customer only. Dedicated Team...

    from C.R. England - 6 days ago
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Virginia Beach, Virginia

Virginia Beach is an independent city located in the South Hampton Roads area in the Commonwealth of Virginia, on the shores of the Chesapeake Bay and the Atlantic Ocean. It is the most populous city in Virginia and the 37th largest city in the United States, with an estimated population of 438,415 in 2005. Virginia Beach is one of Seven Cities of Hampton Roads that are part of the Virginia Beach-Norfolk-Newport News, VA-NC MSA, which also includes the independent cities of Chesapeake, Hampton, Newport News, Norfolk, Portsmouth, and Suffolk, as well as other smaller cities, counties and towns of Hampton Roads, known as "America's First Region." Virginia Beach is best known as a resort, with miles of beaches and hundreds of hotels, motels, and restaurants along its oceanfront. It is also home to several state parks, several long protected beach areas, three military bases, a number of large corporations, and two universities. It was the site of the first landing of English colonists...more

Virginia Beach Careers

Among the most common occupations in Virginia Beach are Management, professional, and related occupations, 36%; Sales and office occupations, 27%; and Service occupations, 14%. Approximately 70 percent of workers in Virginia Beach, Virginia work for companies, 21 percent work for the government and 4 percent are self-employed.

Virginia Beach Industries

The leading industries in Virginia Beach, Virginia are Educational services, and health care, and social assistance, 19%; Retail trade, 12%; and Professional, scientific, and management, and administrative and waste management services, 11%. Simply Hired's Virginia Beach job listings indicate that the following industries in Virginia Beach are hiring the most workers:

Virginia Beach Job Salaries

According to government data, the average salary for jobs in Virginia Beach, Virginia is $38,307, and the median income of households in Virginia Beach was $58,545.
 

Average Salaries in Virginia Beach, VA

Virginia Beach, VA

$38,000
 

According to our Virginia Beach Trends data, the number of Virginia Beach, Virginia jobs has decreased by 16% since October 2011.
Virginia Beach job trends

Virginia Beach Employment Statistics

Population of Virginia Beach
Total population 430,856
Male 49.16%
Female 50.84%
Median age 34.9
  
Virginia Beach Housing
Owner-occupied homes 66.6%
Median cost of a home $231,400
Median mortgage payment $920
Renter-occupied homes 33.4%
Vacant housing 5.9%
Median monthly rent $972
  
Average Income
Median for all workers $31,283
Median for all male full-time $44,293
Median for all female full-time $32,321
  
Household Income
Less than $10,000 4%
$10,000 to $14,999 3%
$15,000 to $24,999 8%
$25,000 to $34,999 10%
$35,000 to $49,999 16%
$50,000 to $74,999 24%
$75,000 to $99,999 15%
$100,000 to $149,999 14%
$150,000 to $199,999 4%
$200,000 or more 3%
  
Education
Less than 9th grade 2%
9th to 12th grade, no diploma 5%
High school graduate 26%
Some college, no degree 26%
Associate's degree 9%
Bachelor's degree 21%
Graduate degree 10%
  
Marital Status
Never married 27%
Currently married 56%
Separated 3%
Widowed 5%
Divorced 10%
  
Race
White 73%
Black or African American 20%
Asian 5%
Other 2%
  
Virginia Beach Commute
Carpool 10.1%
Public transportation 0.5%
Average travel time 23 minutes