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Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters salary in Virginia

The median explosives workers, ordnance handling experts, and blasters in Virginia earns $63,920 a year, 4% above the US median. After tax that is roughly $4,169 a month.

10th percentile
$51,900
25th percentile
$61,410
Median percentile
$63,920
75th percentile
$76,280
90th percentile
$80,260

Based on 80 employed. Data period: BLS OEWS May 2025. Percentiles show the spread of pay, not experience; reading the 25th percentile as "entry level" is only an approximation.

What you keep

$50,024 take-home a year
Gross pay$63,920
Federal income tax−$5,490
Social Security + Medicare−$4,890
Virginia income tax (approx.)−$3,516
Monthly take-home$4,169
Every two weeks$1,924

Does it go far here?

$63,222Median pay in Virginia is worth this at average US prices (local price level 101.1 vs 100).
38%of take-home pay goes to the median rent ($1,579 a month, Census ACS).

Top-paying jobs in Virginia

JobMedian pay
Cardiologists$461,450
Chief Executives$310,740
Physicians, All Other$278,530
Nurse Anesthetists$252,110
Emergency Medicine Physicians$239,200
Family Medicine Physicians$222,630
Computer and Information Systems Managers$201,490
Dentists, General$197,110

All explosives workers, ordnance handling experts, and blasters salaries · Take-home pay in Virginia