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Direct support professional jobs in Virginia

14 open direct support professional jobs in Virginia at 3 employers, posting $18–$19 an hour. BLS measures a median of $14.57 an hour (source: BLS OEWS May 2025, Home Health and Personal Care Aides in Virginia, opens in a new tab) for home health and personal care aides here.

14
Open in VA
3
Employers hiring
$19
Median posted /hr
$14.57
BLS median in VA
40th of 52 states and territories

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Where the direct support professional jobs are in Virginia

Towns with the most open jobs in this occupation. A town with a page lists every care job open there, by occupation.

What direct support professionals earn in Virginia

The hourly pay open jobs here post, beside what BLS measured people employed in the occupation earned in the state and its metro areas.

Posted on open jobs in Virginia

$18–$19/hr

Middle half of 11 posted hourly rates from 3 employers, median $19/hr.

Measured by BLS in Virginia, May 2025

$14.57/hr ($30,300 a year) (source: BLS OEWS May 2025, Home Health and Personal Care Aides in Virginia, opens in a new tab)

Median for home health and personal care aides, against $17.21 (source: BLS OEWS May 2025, Home Health and Personal Care Aides, national, opens in a new tab) for the whole US; 70,070 (source: BLS OEWS May 2025, Home Health and Personal Care Aides in Virginia, opens in a new tab) employed in Virginia.

By metro area

BLS OEWS May 2025 metropolitan area estimates for Home Health and Personal Care Aides; areas that cross a state line list every state.

Employers hiring direct support professionals in Virginia

What the job takes

A high school diploma; employers train on the job.

  • Certification

    DSP certification

    National Alliance for Direct Support Professionals. Voluntary

    Official page

Direct support professional jobs in Virginia: common questions

How much do direct support professionals make in Virginia?

Open direct support professional jobs in Virginia that post an hourly rate pay $18–$19 an hour in the middle half, median $19 (11 jobs from 3 employers). BLS measured a median of $14.57/hr ($30,300 a year) for home health and personal care aides in Virginia (May 2025), against $17.21 nationally, 40th highest of 52 states and territories.

Where in Virginia are the most direct support professional jobs?

Hampton (4), Virginia Beach (3), Norfolk (2), Ashland (1) and Glen Allen (1). A job open in several towns counts in each.

Who is hiring direct support professionals in Virginia?

By open jobs on this board: Heart Havens (6), Hampton-Newport News Community Services Board (4) and St Marys Home for Disabled Children (4). In all, 3 employers have direct support professional jobs open in Virginia.

What do you need to work as a direct support professional in Virginia?

A high school diploma; employers train on the job. DSP certification (National Alliance for Direct Support Professionals; voluntary). Where a license is state-issued, it comes from Virginia's own board, unless a multistate compact covers it.

How current are these jobs?

CareJobs.Now reads each employer's own job board every night; a job stays listed while the employer keeps it posted, and each opens the employer's own application.

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Sources and method

A job counts here when one of its locations is in Virginia, once however many locations there it lists. Its occupation is read from its title. Posted pay is the middle half of the hourly rates jobs here state, shown when at least eight jobs from three employers state one. BLS figures are as published for the state, never adjusted.
  1. CareJobs.Now job board: open jobs in Virginia, read nightly from each employer's own careers site, published October 21, 2026
  2. BLS OEWS May 2025: Home Health and Personal Care Aides (SOC 31-1120), every state, published May 15, 2026
  3. BLS OEWS May 2025: Home Health and Personal Care Aides, national, published May 15, 2026
  4. BLS OEWS May 2025: Home Health and Personal Care Aides by metropolitan area, published May 15, 2026
  5. DSP certification: National Alliance for Direct Support Professionals

Cite this page

CareJobs.Now. (2026). Direct support professional jobs in Virginia. Data as of October 21, 2026. https://carejobs.now/occupations/direct-support-professional/virginia

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