Virginia · SOC 33-0000 · Annual, 2025
Protective service occupations in Virginia
Employment and average annual wage for SOC 33-0000 in Virginia, 2004–2025, from DTG's OEWS-based estimates.
In 2025, about 113,100 people in Virginia worked in protective service occupations (SOC 33-0000), with an average annual wage of $64,700.
Employment in protective service occupations in Virginia grew 11.0% from 2020 to 2025. Employment reached its 2004–2025 peak in 2025, at about 113,100. Quarterly values, full occupation detail and projections to 2036 for Virginia are included with a free account. County-level detail is part of every paid plan, or one county free for seven days.
- 113,100Employment, 2025
- $64,700Mean annual wage
- 2.7%Share of Virginia jobs
- 1.13Location quotient
Employment, 2004 to 2025
Annual average · all ownerships
Annual employment, 2004–2025: 2004 86,200; 2005 87,300; 2006 88,900; 2007 91,400; 2008 93,200; 2009 93,400; 2010 93,400; 2011 94,200; 2012 95,100; 2013 95,200; 2014 95,100; 2015 96,000; 2016 97,000; 2017 98,500; 2018 102,600; 2019 107,500; 2020 102,000; 2021 100,200; 2022 101,600; 2023 105,100; 2024 110,100; 2025 113,100.
Last ten years
Annual · 10 years
| Year | Employment | Mean annual wage | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 113,119 | $64,697 | 2.8% |
| 2024 | 110,094 | $62,501 | 4.8% |
| 2023 | 105,081 | $60,054 | 3.4% |
| 2022 | 101,640 | $56,822 | 1.4% |
| 2021 | 100,249 | $54,116 | 1.7% |
| 2020 | 101,957 | $52,219 | 5.1% |
| 2019 | 107,455 | $48,380 | 4.7% |
| 2018 | 102,604 | $47,566 | 4.2% |
| 2017 | 98,484 | $46,614 | 1.5% |
| 2016 | 97,007 | $45,408 | 1.1% |
The full history from 2004 and quarterly values are available with a free account.
Where these numbers come from
Reading these figures
The figures on this page come from one named vintage, stated below, and are annual values for all ownerships combined. Every occupation value is a DTG estimate: there is no published county or state census of occupations to report, so no value here is marked as published or estimated, and none carries a reliability score. Quarterly figures, county figures, detailed occupations and projected years are in the app.
How these figures are built
DTG’s industry employment fixes how many jobs there are in each industry in the state. The Bureau of Labor Statistics’ national industry-occupation matrix says how each industry is staffed, and the Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey says how many people work in each occupation in the area and what they earn. DTG makes the three agree, so occupation employment sums to the same totals as industry employment. Employment is the annual average; the mean annual wage is the year’s total occupation wages divided by that average employment. The construction is described in full on the occupation data page.
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Protective service occupations in Virginia, quarterly, at full depth
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