Plumbing, heating & AC contractors in Virginia 2,831 establishments · 35,379 employees · 2024
Firms (VA)
2,831
Employment
35,379
Avg Annual Pay
$74,010
State Rank
#13 of 52
How Virginia compares to national
Metric
Virginia
National
Virginia vs. U.S.
Establishments
2,831
122,643
2.3% of U.S. total
Avg annual pay
$74,010
$78,183
-$4,173 (-5.3%)
Location quotient
0.88
1.00
12% less dense than national
Avg firm size (employees)
12.5
10.5
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Year-over-year firm growth
-2.3%
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An establishment is a single physical location where business is conducted. A firm with multiple locations counts as multiple establishments. "Avg pay" is wages and salaries per employee, including bonuses and tips — for proprietorships, the owner's take is largely outside this number. The location quotient (LQ) of 0.88 means plumbing, heating & ac contractors are 12% under-represented in Virginia's business mix relative to the U.S. average.
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Source. BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages — 2024 annual averages, private-ownership only, NAICS 23822 (5-digit aggregation). Establishment counts include any firm with at least one paid employee covered by state unemployment insurance.
SMB Density · firm counts, employment, and wages by industry × state · data from BLS QCEW 2024 annual (private ownership, state-level; mostly 6-digit NAICS, 3 specialty-trade industries at 5-digit aggregation) · data.json