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Facts and figures
Data about Virginia’s
economy
Virginia Business
March
2005
Highest
paying jobs in Virginia
Median level wage
1. Internists, general
2. Pediatricians, general
3. Psychiatrists
4. Chief executives
5. Podiatrists
6. Family and general practitioners
7. Air traffic controllers
8. Natural sciences managers
9. Engineering managers
10. Computer and information systems managers
11. Marketing managers
12. Medical scientists, except epidemiologists
13. Physicists
14. Personal financial advisers
15. Lawyers
16. Financial managers
17. Optometrists
18. General and operations managers
19. Legislators
20. Chiropractors
21. Dentists
22. Surgeons
23. Obstetricians and gynecologists
24. Anesthesiologists
25. Physicians and surgeons, all other
Source:
Virginia Employment Commission
10
states with most minority-owned firms
These states had the largest number of minority-owned
firms according to the Census Bureau’s 1997 economic
survey
1. California: 738,000
2. Texas: 365,500
3. New York: 296,500
4. Florida: 286,900
5. Illinois: 110,300
6. New Jersey: 102,300
7. Georgia: 88,700
8. Maryland: 82,600
9. Virginia: 71,705
10. North Carolina: 61,600
U.S.
total: 3,039,000
Fastest
growing occupations in Virginia
1. Network systems and data communications analysts
2. Medical assistants
3. Personal financial advisers
4. Physical therapist aides
5. Occupational therapist assistants
6. Veterinary technologists and technicians
7. Epidemiologists
8. Computer software engineers, applications
9. Physical therapist assistants
10. Database administrators
11. Computer specialists, all other
12. Self-enrichment education teachers
13. Computer software engineers, systems software
14. Dental hygienists
15. Fitness trainers and aerobics instructors
16. Dental assistants
17. Survey researchers
18. Medical records and health information technicians
19. Chiropractors
20. Home health aides
21. Network and computer systems administrators
22. Physician assistants
23. Private detectives and investigators
24. Audiologists
25. Computer and information systems managers
Slowest
growing occupations in Virginia
1. Word processors and typists
2. Shuttle car operators
3. Radio mechanics
4. Fabric and apparel patternmakers
5. Roof bolters, mining
6. Textile bleaching and dyeing machine operators and
tenders
7. Farmers and ranchers
8. Textile knitting and weaving machine setters, operators
and
tenders
9. Logging equipment operators
10. Fallers
11. Textile winding, twisting and drawing out machine
setters,
operators and tenders
12. Textile cutting machine setters, operators and tenders
13. Electrical and electronic equipment assemblers
14. Chemical plant and system operators
15. Railroad brake, signal and switch operators
16. Coil winders, tapers and finishers
17. Upholsterers
18. Loading machine operators, underground mining
19. Extruding and forming machine setters, operators
and
tenders, synthetic and glass fibers
20. Continuous mining machine operators
21. Sewing machine operators
22. Meter readers, utilities
23. Chemical equipment operators and tenders
24. Timing device assemblers, adjusters and calibrators
25. Computer operators
Source:
Virginia Employment Commission
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