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Average Customer Service Representatives Salary in Richmond, VA

Customer Service Representatives in Richmond, VA earn a median annual salary of $42,660, which is -4.7% compared to the national median. There are 10,960 workers employed locally in this occupation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2025 estimates for Richmond, VA (metro area).

$42,660
Richmond, VA median annual wage
$21/hour median
-4.7%
Difference vs national median
National median is $44,770
10,960
Local employment
16.6 jobs per 1,000 workers
0.99
Location quotient
Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally
Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th
$31,340
25th
$35,670
Median
$42,660
75th
$48,550
90th
$61,050

All values are percentiles of annual wages.

This local range is the useful part of the page. The median tells you the center of the market in Richmond, VA, while the percentile band shows how compressed or wide the local pay distribution actually is.

Regional price parity

Cost-of-living context

All-items regional price parity
97.9%
Exact metro RPP match
Median wage adjusted to the national price level
$43,594
Goods: 96.8%
Services: 89.2%
Rents: 99.1%
Comparison links

Comparable metros for this occupation

Metro Median annual wage Compare Employment
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA $60,480 Compare 8,860
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA $57,830 Compare 19,930
Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA $53,550 Compare 25,840
Napa, CA $53,360 Compare 640
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA $51,810 Compare 1,750
Vallejo, CA $51,210 Compare 1,130

The point of this table is not random nearby places. It is to show the other labor markets where this same occupation looks stronger or weaker on the same OEWS release.

Area context

Top occupations in Richmond, VA

Occupation Median annual wage LQ
Cardiologists $450,480 1.62
Chief Executives $326,160 0.94
Psychiatrists $290,900 0.45
Physicians, All Other $284,090 1.21
Surgeons, All Other $259,310 N/A
Physicians, Pathologists $240,220 N/A
Nurse Anesthetists $235,320 N/A
Obstetricians And Gynecologists $224,240 2.81

Richmond, VA has salary data for 598 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Cardiologists.

Historical series

Trend for Customer Service Representatives in Richmond, VA

Historical trend data is not yet available for this occupation in this area.

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Customer Service Representatives are projected to change by -5.5% from 2024 to 2034, with 341,700 annual openings.

Use this page to answer three separate questions: what the occupation pays here, how large the local market is, and whether this market is unusually concentrated for the occupation.

For metro pages in particular, read long-term trend rows as directional until the area comparability layer is fully wired. OEWS area definitions can change over time, and that matters more at the metro level than at the state level.