Salaries

Salaries in Richmond.

3,445 roles. One city.

Cost-of-living index: 1.01x national average. Last updated August 2026.

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Highest Paying

$347,000

Chief Security Officer

Median of All Roles

$140,000

Telecom Platform Engineer

Entry Level

$33,000

Hotel Clerk / Front Desk

The salary figures on this page are computed estimates, not observed wages. Each one is a national role baseline scaled by a Bureau of Economic Analysis Regional Price Parity cost-of-living multiplier (2025 index) and rounded to the nearest $1,000. No published wage percentile is consulted and no wage survey response enters the calculation, so an Orbyt estimate must not be cited as a Bureau of Labor Statistics figure or as measured pay. The published wage data Orbyt holds is Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, and Department of Labor H-1B Labor Condition Application filings, which record a filed minimum visa base wage rather than market pay. Where BLS publishes a wage for the occupation a role maps to, it is shown on that role's page as a separate benchmark, labelled with its occupation code, metro area and the number of employed workers it covers. Last updated August 2026.

Richmond, VA has a cost-of-living index of 1.01x the national average. The highest-paying role is Chief Security Officer at $347,000, while the median across all 3,445 roles is $140,000. Richmond combines a strong government and defense sector with growing technology and financial services industries.

About the Richmond market

Richmond combines a strong government and defense sector with growing technology and financial services industries. Capital One's headquarters drives significant fintech employment. The city's proximity to Washington DC creates spillover demand for federal contractors and tech workers seeking lower living costs.

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Top 50 salaries in Richmond

#RoleMedianRange
1Chief Security Officer$347,000$270,000 – $451,000
2Senior VP of Security$340,000$289,000 – $442,000
3SVP of Technology$340,000$289,000 – $442,000
4Senior VP of Product$333,000$260,000 – $433,000
5SVP of Data$331,000$281,000 – $429,000
6Chief Science Officer$326,000$254,000 – $423,000
7SVP of AI Innovation$324,000$275,000 – $421,000
8SVP of Engineering$324,000$275,000 – $421,000
9Chief Strategy Officer$322,000$252,000 – $419,000
10SVP of Product$321,000$272,000 – $417,000
11VP of Engineering$318,000$271,000 – $414,000
12VP of AI Engineering$318,000$271,000 – $414,000
13VP of AI$318,000$271,000 – $414,000
14SVP of Finance$318,000$270,000 – $413,000
15VP of Cybersecurity$318,000$271,000 – $414,000
16Chief AI Officer$316,000$235,000 – $408,000
17VP of Information Technology$315,000$268,000 – $410,000
18VP of Database Engineering$315,000$268,000 – $410,000
19SVP of Sales$315,000$246,000 – $410,000
20VP of AI Product$312,000$266,000 – $406,000
21VP of Cloud$312,000$266,000 – $406,000
22Chief Architect$312,000$265,000 – $406,000
23VP of Partner Engineering$312,000$266,000 – $406,000
24VP of Reliability Engineering$312,000$266,000 – $406,000
25VP of Site Reliability Engineering$312,000$266,000 – $406,000
26Senior Head of Product$309,000$242,000 – $402,000
27VP of IT$309,000$263,000 – $402,000
28VP of Infrastructure$309,000$263,000 – $402,000
29VP of Risk$309,000$263,000 – $402,000
30VP of Data$309,000$263,000 – $402,000
31VP of Quality$309,000$263,000 – $402,000
32Senior Head of Security$307,000$261,000 – $399,000
33VP of AI Research$306,000$261,000 – $398,000
34VP of Application Engineering$306,000$261,000 – $398,000
35VP of Core Engineering$306,000$261,000 – $398,000
36Chief Machine Learning Officer$303,000$236,000 – $394,000
37CTO$303,000$236,000 – $394,000
38VP of Privacy$303,000$258,000 – $394,000
39VP of Security$303,000$258,000 – $394,000
40VP of Security Engineering$303,000$258,000 – $394,000
41Chief Risk Officer$302,000$235,000 – $392,000
42SVP of Marketing$302,000$235,000 – $392,000
43VP of Data Engineering$300,000$255,000 – $390,000
44VP of Platform Engineering$300,000$255,000 – $390,000
45VP of Analytics$300,000$255,000 – $390,000
46VP of Developer Experience$300,000$255,000 – $390,000
47VP of Support Engineering$300,000$255,000 – $390,000
48VP of Network Engineering$300,000$255,000 – $390,000
49Senior VP of Design$298,000$233,000 – $387,000
50VP of Data Science$297,000$253,000 – $386,000

Tax considerations

Virginia's top income tax rate is 5.75%. Richmond has no city income tax. The moderate rate and reasonable cost of living create solid net compensation.

Negotiating in Richmond

Leverage DC corridor salary benchmarks. Richmond employers compete with Northern Virginia and DC for talent, especially in fintech and government contracting.

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