Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders Salary — Richmond, Virginia

The average Chemical Equipment Operators and Tenders in Richmond, Virginia earns $62,590 a year.

$62,590 / year, mean
↑ 3.2% above national average 100th percentile in Virginia

Richmond sits at the very top of the range for this role in Virginia — among the highest-paying cities in the state for this occupation. That's close to the national average for chemical equipment operators and tenders — a fairly typical rate for this role. Cost of living here is close to the national average — not a major factor either way. This is a high-confidence estimate, based on a large sample of reported wages.

Percentile within Virginia

0th 50th 100th
Employment (this metro)
760
Estimate confidence
RSE 1.6%
Cost of living 98 #76 most expensive of 188 cities in this dataset 100 = U.S. average · Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024
Crime index 1524 #67 safest of 188 cities in this dataset Per 100k residents · Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer
Median home value $397,705 #53 priciest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: zillow_real
Median household income $84,405 #39 highest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: Census Bureau ACS 5-year

Combining these four figures gives a fuller picture than salary alone: Richmond ranks #76 for cost of living and #53 for home prices among the 188 cities in this pilot dataset, which matters as much as the headline salary number when comparing where to live.

Beaumont $82,810 Corpus Christi $78,020 Parkersburg $76,710 Houston $76,400 Charleston $75,920 Albany $71,640 Longview $71,050 San Francisco $71,000 Kennewick $70,920 Spokane $70,430 San Jose $68,660 Seattle $67,130 Louisville $66,350 Peoria $65,420 Victoria $65,390 Bowling Green $65,140 Evansville $64,120 Eugene $64,000 Vallejo $63,230 Albany $62,910 Richmond $62,590 Chicago $62,440 Elizabethtown $62,360 San Diego $62,260 Philadelphia $62,100 Midland $61,700 Huntington $61,410 Santa Maria $60,710 Modesto $60,470 San Luis Obispo $60,380 Texarkana $59,640 Allentown $59,370 Lancaster $58,570 Pittsburgh $57,430 New York $57,420 Los Angeles $57,110 Baltimore $57,080 Bend $57,060 Kalamazoo $57,040 Indianapolis $57,020 Buffalo $57,010 Santa Rosa $56,910 Glens Falls $56,830 Michigan City $56,820 Syracuse $56,820 Lubbock $56,670 Tyler $56,530 Sacramento $56,270 Portland $56,090 Detroit $55,950 Bakersfield $55,730 Killeen $55,690 Pensacola $55,670 Riverside $55,470 Oxnard $55,170 Kiryas Joel $54,390 Dallas $54,070 Ann Arbor $53,800 Harrisburg $53,770 Trenton $53,440 Muskegon $53,370 Salisbury $53,270 Reading $52,660 Stockton $52,370 Visalia $52,040 Paducah $52,020 Lynchburg $52,000 Grand Rapids $51,940 Lexington $51,870 Fresno $51,400 Roanoke $51,240 Rochester $51,030 Salem $50,800 Terre Haute $50,480 Fort Wayne $50,080 York $49,570 Elkhart $49,260 Austin $48,790 Scranton $48,150 Lansing $47,250 South Bend $46,940 Tampa $46,220 San Antonio $45,950 Orlando $45,460 Sarasota $44,460 Jacksonville $44,330 Miami $42,820 Niles $42,640 Waco $41,980 Deltona $41,120
CityMean salaryvs. Richmond
Albany, Oregon$71,640+14.5%
Albany, New York$62,910+0.5%
Allentown, Pennsylvania$59,370-5.1%
Ann Arbor, Michigan$53,800-14.0%
Austin, Texas$48,790-22.0%
Bakersfield, California$55,730-11.0%
Baltimore, Maryland$57,080-8.8%
Beaumont, Texas$82,810+32.3%
Bend, Oregon$57,060-8.8%
Bowling Green, Kentucky$65,140+4.1%
Buffalo, New York$57,010-8.9%
Charleston, West Virginia$75,920+21.3%
Chicago, Illinois$62,440-0.2%
Corpus Christi, Texas$78,020+24.7%
Dallas, Texas$54,070-13.6%
Deltona, Florida$41,120-34.3%
Detroit, Michigan$55,950-10.6%
Elizabethtown, Kentucky$62,360-0.4%
Elkhart, Indiana$49,260-21.3%
Eugene, Oregon$64,000+2.3%
Evansville, Indiana$64,120+2.4%
Fort Wayne, Indiana$50,080-20.0%
Fresno, California$51,400-17.9%
Glens Falls, New York$56,830-9.2%
Grand Rapids, Michigan$51,940-17.0%
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania$53,770-14.1%
Houston, Texas$76,400+22.1%
Huntington, West Virginia$61,410-1.9%
Indianapolis, Indiana$57,020-8.9%
Jacksonville, Florida$44,330-29.2%
Kalamazoo, Michigan$57,040-8.9%
Kennewick, Washington$70,920+13.3%
Killeen, Texas$55,690-11.0%
Kiryas Joel, New York$54,390-13.1%
Lancaster, Pennsylvania$58,570-6.4%
Lansing, Michigan$47,250-24.5%
Lexington, Kentucky$51,870-17.1%
Longview, Washington$71,050+13.5%
Los Angeles, California$57,110-8.8%
Louisville, Kentucky$66,350+6.0%
Lubbock, Texas$56,670-9.5%
Lynchburg, Virginia$52,000-16.9%
Miami, Florida$42,820-31.6%
Michigan City, Indiana$56,820-9.2%
Midland, Texas$61,700-1.4%
Modesto, California$60,470-3.4%
Muskegon, Michigan$53,370-14.7%
New York, New York$57,420-8.3%
Niles, Michigan$42,640-31.9%
Sarasota, Florida$44,460-29.0%
Orlando, Florida$45,460-27.4%
Oxnard, California$55,170-11.9%
Paducah, Kentucky$52,020-16.9%
Parkersburg, West Virginia$76,710+22.6%
Pensacola, Florida$55,670-11.1%
Peoria, Illinois$65,420+4.5%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania$62,100-0.8%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania$57,430-8.2%
Portland, Oregon$56,090-10.4%
Reading, Pennsylvania$52,660-15.9%
Riverside, California$55,470-11.4%
Roanoke, Virginia$51,240-18.1%
Rochester, New York$51,030-18.5%
Sacramento, California$56,270-10.1%
Salem, Oregon$50,800-18.8%
Salisbury, Maryland$53,270-14.9%
San Antonio, Texas$45,950-26.6%
San Diego, California$62,260-0.5%
San Francisco, California$71,000+13.4%
San Jose, California$68,660+9.7%
San Luis Obispo, California$60,380-3.5%
Santa Maria, California$60,710-3.0%
Santa Rosa, California$56,910-9.1%
Scranton, Pennsylvania$48,150-23.1%
Seattle, Washington$67,130+7.3%
South Bend, Indiana$46,940-25.0%
Spokane, Washington$70,430+12.5%
Stockton, California$52,370-16.3%
Syracuse, New York$56,820-9.2%
Tampa, Florida$46,220-26.2%
Terre Haute, Indiana$50,480-19.3%
Texarkana, Texas$59,640-4.7%
Trenton, New Jersey$53,440-14.6%
Tyler, Texas$56,530-9.7%
Vallejo, California$63,230+1.0%
Victoria, Texas$65,390+4.5%
Visalia, California$52,040-16.9%
Waco, Texas$41,980-32.9%
York, Pennsylvania$49,570-20.8%
Gross salary
62,590/yr
Estimated take-home
49,686/yr
Est. total withheld
20.6%

Single filer, federal + Virginia state tax + FICA, 2025 rates. Does not include state-specific payroll withholdings beyond income tax (see Data transparency). Not tax advice — verify with a professional for your specific situation.

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Data transparency

Sources used for this page

Official occupation and area metadata behind the visible salary, cost, housing and safety signals.

Occupation 51-9011 SOC code
Official area Richmond, VA BLS metro/geographic area
Area code 40060 Stable geographic key
Reference year 2025 BLS OEWS
Cost: bea_realHousing: zillow_realCrime: latest availableNet-pay source: va_tax_verificado 2025
No additional caveats are attached to this row.
Methodology

How this page is built

The salary figure is the mean annual wage reported by the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) program for this occupation and metro area. Percentile and national-average comparisons are calculated directly from the 188 cities currently in this dataset, not from a fixed external benchmark. Cost of living, crime and housing figures come from BEA, FBI and Zillow respectively — see "Data transparency" above for the exact sources and reference years used on this specific page.

Confidence: the RSE (relative standard error) shown under Overview indicates how reliable the salary estimate is for this metro — a lower RSE means a larger underlying sample.

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Population (metro area)
1,327,321