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STEM careers in Virginia — which one fits you?

133 counties in 23 labor markets. Of 133 counties, 13 are manufacturing economies, 1 farming, 2 mining or energy, 29 government and 14 recreation; 9 carry a low post-secondary education flag and 8 persistent poverty.

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Labor markets in Virginia

Washington, DC8 in VAVirginia Beach, VA9 in VANewport News, VA9 in VARichmond, VA17 in VARoanoke, VA11 in VALynchburg, VA5 in VACharlottesville, VA6 in VAJohnson City, TN3 in VABurlington, NC2 in VAHarrisonburg, VA8 in VALeesburg, VA5 in VARoanoke Rapids, NC4 in VAFarmville, VA7 in VAMarion, VA6 in VAFredericksburg, VA6 in VABluefield, WV–VA3 in VAWarrenton–New Baltimore, VA5 in VAWise–Norton, VA4 in VATappahannock, VA4 in VAMartinsville, VA3 in VALexington, VA3 in VACovington, VA3 in VAChincoteague, VA2 in VA

Counties

Accomack CountyAlbemarle CountyAlexandria cityAlleghany CountyAmelia CountyAmherst CountyAppomattox CountyArlington CountyAugusta CountyBath CountyBedford CountyBland CountyBotetourt CountyBristol cityBrunswick CountyBuchanan CountyBuckingham CountyBuena Vista cityCampbell CountyCaroline CountyCarroll CountyCharles City CountyCharlotte CountyCharlottesville cityChesapeake cityChesterfield CountyClarke CountyColonial Heights cityCovington cityCraig CountyCulpeper CountyCumberland CountyDanville cityDickenson CountyDinwiddie CountyEmporia cityEssex CountyFairfax CountyFairfax cityFalls Church cityFauquier CountyFloyd CountyFluvanna CountyFranklin CountyFranklin cityFrederick CountyFredericksburg cityGalax cityGiles CountyGloucester CountyGoochland CountyGrayson CountyGreene CountyGreensville CountyHalifax CountyHampton cityHanover CountyHarrisonburg cityHenrico CountyHenry CountyHighland CountyHopewell cityIsle of Wight CountyJames City CountyKing George CountyKing William CountyKing and Queen CountyLancaster CountyLee CountyLexington cityLoudoun CountyLouisa CountyLunenburg CountyLynchburg cityMadison CountyManassas Park cityManassas cityMartinsville cityMathews CountyMecklenburg CountyMiddlesex CountyMontgomery CountyNelson CountyNew Kent CountyNewport News cityNorfolk cityNorthampton CountyNorthumberland CountyNorton cityNottoway CountyOrange CountyPage CountyPatrick CountyPetersburg cityPittsylvania CountyPoquoson cityPortsmouth cityPowhatan CountyPrince Edward CountyPrince George CountyPrince William CountyPulaski CountyRadford cityRappahannock CountyRichmond CountyRichmond cityRoanoke CountyRoanoke cityRockbridge CountyRockingham CountyRussell CountySalem cityScott CountyShenandoah CountySmyth CountySouthampton CountySpotsylvania CountyStafford CountyStaunton citySuffolk citySurry CountySussex CountyTazewell CountyVirginia Beach cityWarren CountyWashington CountyWaynesboro cityWestmoreland CountyWilliamsburg cityWinchester cityWise CountyWythe CountyYork County

Forty careers

Software & Technology — Build the digital world people live inside.

Software Developer+15%Web Developer+7%Computer Programmer-6%Computer Systems Analyst+9%Database Administrator+4%Database Architect+4%Computer & Information Research Scientist+20%

Data Science & Statistics — Find the truth hiding in the numbers.

Data Scientist+34%Statistician+8%

Engineering — Design and build what has to work.

Aerospace Engineer+6%Chemical Engineer+3%Civil Engineer+5%Electrical Engineer+7%Environmental Engineer+4%Industrial Engineer+11%Marine Engineer & Naval Architect+6%Mechanical Engineer+9%

Healthcare & Life Sciences — Keep people alive, well, and cared for.

Biomedical Engineer+6%Registered Nurse+5%Physician Assistant+20%Physician & Surgeon+4%Clinical Laboratory Technologist+4%Medical Scientist+9%Epidemiologist+16%Microbiologist+5%

Physical Sciences & Research — Ask how the universe works, then prove it.

Biochemist & Biophysicist+7%Physicist+4%Astronomer+4%Chemist & Materials Scientist+6%

Mathematics & Analytics — Turn uncertainty into decisions.

Operations Research Analyst+21%Actuary+22%Mathematician+8%Mathematics Professor+7%

Cybersecurity & Networks — Protect the systems everyone depends on.

Computer Network Architect+12%Information Security Analyst+29%

Environmental & Earth Science — Understand and protect the living planet.

Atmospheric Scientist & Meteorologist+1%Environmental Scientist+4%Geoscientist+5%Agricultural & Food Scientist+6%Zoologist & Wildlife Biologist+2%
Sources. Career traits, education paths and value lines are the STEM Compass assessment library. Employment growth is U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections 2024–2034. County economic types are USDA Economic Research Service County Typology Codes (2025); labor markets are Census commuting zones (2020). Salary is not shown anywhere in this campaign on purpose: the assessment measures fit and what the work is worth to the world.