Grocery Stores in Virginia

Grocery Stores (NAICS 4451) in Virginia reports 86,092 workers across 2,921 establishments, with $2.5B of aggregate annual payroll flowing through Census CBP 2023 filings. That represents 2.9% of national employment for this industry, a concentration ratio that tells you whether Virginia is a primary labor market for this NAICS code or a smaller satellite. A share above 5% signals a meaningful regional cluster; below 1% usually means the state is not a structural fit for this industry at scale.

Wage benchmarking is where state-level data earns its keep. The average annual compensation for Grocery Stores employees in Virginia is $28,462/yr, versus a national average of $29,496/yr. Virginia pays below the national average for this industry, common in lower cost-of-living states or where the industry has a smaller, less specialized local workforce.

Profitability data is only available at the national level because the IRS Statistics of Income program does not publish state-level margin breakdowns. The national net profit margin for Grocery Stores is 2.8%, and while margins do vary by state, the direction of variance usually follows labor cost and establishment size, both shown above. For a complete picture, pair this state-industry view with the Grocery Stores national page (entity structure, SBA lending, sub-industries) and the Virginia overview (top employers, payroll dispersion across industries).