High paying creative and media jobs in Roanoke, VA

Every creative and media occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Roanoke, VA. Read the percentile range, not just the median: the gap between the 10th and 90th inside a single creative and media job is usually wider than the gap between two different ones, so where you land in a field matters more than which field you pick.

Cost of living: prices in Roanoke, VA run 6.4% below the national average (2024), so a Roanoke, VA salary is worth about 1.07× its face value in national terms. That scales every wage here by the same factor — it changes what the numbers mean, not their order.

Local wage estimates are suppressed more often than state ones — BLS withholds any figure too few local employers report — so an occupation missing here simply has no published local estimate.

Wages: BLS OEWS, May 2025 · Cost of living: BEA regional price parities, 2024

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OccupationMedian, Roanoke, VA · Employed

1Commercial and Industrial Designers$71,920
Bachelor's degree
$48,490 – $105,02050
2Public Relations Specialists$62,130
Bachelor's degree
$40,600 – $116,810250
3Interior Designers$61,730
Bachelor's degree
$40,610 – $102,15060
4Graphic Designers$60,120
Bachelor's degree
$36,640 – $81,590150
5News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists$55,820
Bachelor's degree
$40,990 – $83,06060
6Producers and Directors$47,960
Bachelor's degree
$38,490 – $88,470100
7Audio and Video Technicians$40,630
Postsecondary nondegree award
$33,360 – $60,70080
8Merchandise Displayers and Window Trimmers$40,100
High school diploma or equivalent
$30,810 – $51,330280
9Photographers$39,710
High school diploma or equivalent
$27,230 – $63,70050
10Coaches and Scouts$36,340
Bachelor's degree
$25,810 – $63,420350

Bars run from the 10th to the 90th percentile; the middle half is shaded darker, and the tick is the median.

#	Occupation	MedianRoanoke, VA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Commercial and Industrial DesignersBachelor's degree	$71,920	$48,490 – $105,020	50
2	Public Relations SpecialistsBachelor's degree	$62,130	$40,600 – $116,810	250
3	Interior DesignersBachelor's degree	$61,730	$40,610 – $102,150	60
4	Graphic DesignersBachelor's degree	$60,120	$36,640 – $81,590	150
5	News Analysts, Reporters, and JournalistsBachelor's degree	$55,820	$40,990 – $83,060	60
6	Producers and DirectorsBachelor's degree	$47,960	$38,490 – $88,470	100
7	Audio and Video TechniciansPostsecondary nondegree award	$40,630	$33,360 – $60,700	80
8	Merchandise Displayers and Window TrimmersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$40,100	$30,810 – $51,330	280
9	PhotographersHigh school diploma or equivalent	$39,710	$27,230 – $63,700	50
10	Coaches and ScoutsBachelor's degree	$36,340	$25,810 – $63,420	350

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Roanoke, VA. The rarer ones are real jobs — but a 1,190-person occupation at the top of a list answers a different question than the one most readers are asking.

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