Transportation Security Screeners Salary — Charlottesville, Virginia

The average Transportation Security Screeners in Charlottesville, Virginia earns $56,790 a year.

$56,790 / year, mean
↓ 11.4% below national average 25th percentile in Virginia

Charlottesville pays below most of Virginia for this role, though still within a normal range for the state. That's noticeably below the national average for transportation security screeners, worth factoring into any relocation math. Cost of living here is close to the national average — not a major factor either way. This is a high-confidence estimate, based on a large sample of reported wages.

Percentile within Virginia

0th 50th 100th
Employment (this metro)
40
Estimate confidence
RSE 0.1%
Cost of living 99 #66 most expensive of 188 cities in this dataset 100 = U.S. average · Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024
Crime index 1524 #67 safest of 188 cities in this dataset Per 100k residents · Source: FBI Crime Data Explorer
Median home value $473,058 #29 priciest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: zillow_real
Median household income $90,552 #26 highest of 188 cities in this dataset Source: Census Bureau ACS 5-year

Combining these four figures gives a fuller picture than salary alone: Charlottesville ranks #66 for cost of living and #29 for home prices among the 188 cities in this pilot dataset, which matters as much as the headline salary number when comparing where to live.

Allentown $78,620 San Jose $76,000 Flint $74,170 Salinas $73,510 Baltimore $72,250 San Francisco $72,240 Bellingham $71,530 Los Angeles $70,000 San Diego $67,860 New York $67,810 Kiryas Joel $67,680 Chicago $67,450 Sacramento $66,180 Deltona $66,030 Santa Maria $66,030 Riverside $65,980 Detroit $65,770 Trenton $64,860 Dallas $64,810 Palm Bay $64,670 San Luis Obispo $64,520 Brownsville $64,390 Scranton $64,060 Philadelphia $64,050 El Paso $64,000 Richmond $63,580 Fort Wayne $62,700 Kennewick $62,140 Tallahassee $61,940 Tampa $61,930 Amarillo $61,750 Austin $61,450 Lexington $61,390 Pittsburgh $61,380 Roanoke $61,370 Buffalo $61,060 Huntington $61,030 Fort Myers $61,020 San Antonio $61,020 Crestview $60,910 McAllen $60,590 Eugene $60,460 Corpus Christi $60,120 Harrisburg $60,070 Miami $60,040 Peoria $59,990 Jacksonville $59,960 Bloomington $59,480 Lubbock $59,470 Orlando $59,330 Gainesville $59,270 Louisville $59,180 Indianapolis $59,070 South Bend $58,810 Bend $58,590 Panama City $58,360 Fresno $58,180 Traverse City $57,750 Albany $57,710 Virginia Beach $57,670 Syracuse $57,380 Spokane $56,920 Midland $56,870 Charlottesville $56,790 Grand Rapids $56,410 Medford $56,110
CityMean salaryvs. Charlottesville
Albany, New York$57,710+1.6%
Allentown, Pennsylvania$78,620+38.4%
Amarillo, Texas$61,750+8.7%
Austin, Texas$61,450+8.2%
Baltimore, Maryland$72,250+27.2%
Bellingham, Washington$71,530+26.0%
Bend, Oregon$58,590+3.2%
Bloomington, Illinois$59,480+4.7%
Brownsville, Texas$64,390+13.4%
Buffalo, New York$61,060+7.5%
Fort Myers, Florida$61,020+7.4%
Chicago, Illinois$67,450+18.8%
Corpus Christi, Texas$60,120+5.9%
Crestview, Florida$60,910+7.3%
Dallas, Texas$64,810+14.1%
Deltona, Florida$66,030+16.3%
Detroit, Michigan$65,770+15.8%
El Paso, Texas$64,000+12.7%
Eugene, Oregon$60,460+6.5%
Flint, Michigan$74,170+30.6%
Fort Wayne, Indiana$62,700+10.4%
Fresno, California$58,180+2.4%
Gainesville, Florida$59,270+4.4%
Grand Rapids, Michigan$56,410-0.7%
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania$60,070+5.8%
Huntington, West Virginia$61,030+7.5%
Indianapolis, Indiana$59,070+4.0%
Jacksonville, Florida$59,960+5.6%
Kennewick, Washington$62,140+9.4%
Kiryas Joel, New York$67,680+19.2%
Lexington, Kentucky$61,390+8.1%
Los Angeles, California$70,000+23.3%
Louisville, Kentucky$59,180+4.2%
Lubbock, Texas$59,470+4.7%
McAllen, Texas$60,590+6.7%
Medford, Oregon$56,110-1.2%
Miami, Florida$60,040+5.7%
Midland, Texas$56,870+0.1%
New York, New York$67,810+19.4%
Orlando, Florida$59,330+4.5%
Palm Bay, Florida$64,670+13.9%
Panama City, Florida$58,360+2.8%
Peoria, Illinois$59,990+5.6%
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania$64,050+12.8%
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania$61,380+8.1%
Richmond, Virginia$63,580+12.0%
Riverside, California$65,980+16.2%
Roanoke, Virginia$61,370+8.1%
Sacramento, California$66,180+16.5%
Salinas, California$73,510+29.4%
San Antonio, Texas$61,020+7.4%
San Diego, California$67,860+19.5%
San Francisco, California$72,240+27.2%
San Jose, California$76,000+33.8%
San Luis Obispo, California$64,520+13.6%
Santa Maria, California$66,030+16.3%
Scranton, Pennsylvania$64,060+12.8%
South Bend, Indiana$58,810+3.6%
Spokane, Washington$56,920+0.2%
Syracuse, New York$57,380+1.0%
Tallahassee, Florida$61,940+9.1%
Tampa, Florida$61,930+9.1%
Traverse City, Michigan$57,750+1.7%
Trenton, New Jersey$64,860+14.2%
Virginia Beach, Virginia$57,670+1.5%
Gross salary
56,790/yr
Estimated take-home
45,359/yr
Est. total withheld
20.1%

Single filer, federal + Virginia state tax + FICA, 2025 rates. Does not include state-specific payroll withholdings beyond income tax (see Data transparency). Not tax advice — verify with a professional for your specific situation.

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Data transparency

Sources used for this page

Official occupation and area metadata behind the visible salary, cost, housing and safety signals.

Occupation 33-9093 SOC code
Official area Charlottesville, VA BLS metro/geographic area
Area code 16820 Stable geographic key
Reference year 2025 BLS OEWS
Cost: bea_realHousing: zillow_realCrime: latest availableNet-pay source: va_tax_verificado 2025
No additional caveats are attached to this row.
Methodology

How this page is built

The salary figure is the mean annual wage reported by the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) program for this occupation and metro area. Percentile and national-average comparisons are calculated directly from the 188 cities currently in this dataset, not from a fixed external benchmark. Cost of living, crime and housing figures come from BEA, FBI and Zillow respectively — see "Data transparency" above for the exact sources and reference years used on this specific page.

Confidence: the RSE (relative standard error) shown under Overview indicates how reliable the salary estimate is for this metro — a lower RSE means a larger underlying sample.

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Population (metro area)
222,937