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Medication aide salary in Virginia

Open medication aide jobs in Virginia post a median of $20.50 an hour, the middle half $18–$21.50 (about $42,600 a year full time), $0.50 below the national posted median. From 17 jobs at 9 employers that state their pay.

$20.50
Median posted /hr
$18–$21.50
Middle half /hr
$42,600
A year, full time
estimate, 2,080 hours
$20.77
BLS median in VA
May 2025

The jobs themselves: Medication aide jobs in Virginia · Medication aide pay nationwide

What medication aides are paid in Virginia

Each bar counts the open jobs posting an hourly rate in its step of pay (a range at its midpoint).

Median $20.50 an hour. Middle half $18 to $21.50. Tap a bar for its count.

Posted hourly rates of 17 open jobs in Virginia. Lowest posted $13, highest $26.25.

Posted on open jobs in Virginia

$18–$21.50/hr

Middle half of 17 distinct posted rates (a job posted many times at one rate counted once), median $20.50. 65% of the 26 open medication aide jobs in Virginia state an hourly rate.

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Medication aide pay by town in Virginia

Towns where at least three open jobs state an hourly rate, the towns with the most such jobs first.

TownMedian postedPosted rangeJobs (employers)
Richmond$22.40$15.50–$25.174 (4)

Median of employers' rates in the town, the lowest and highest rate posted, and the jobs and employers behind them. A town opens its own job page.

Medication aide pay by employer in Virginia

What each employer posts for medication aides here, the employers with the most jobs stating pay first.

EmployerMedian postedPosted rangeJobs stating pay
Charter Senior Living$21.13$17–$234
Spring Oak Senior Living$19.50$19–$203
LifeSpire of Virginia$23.30$21.42–$25.172
Avenues Recovery$21$20–$232
Westminster-Canterbury of Lynchburg$18$182
Lakewood Retirement Community-LifeSpire$23.30$21.42–$25.171
Erickson Senior Living$21.65$17.05–$26.251
August Healthcare at Richmond$17.75$15.50–$201
Parsons Residential$16$13–$191

Median of each employer's jobs in Virginia (a range at its midpoint), and its lowest and highest rate here. An employer's name opens its pay for medication aides nationwide when it has such a page.

Night shift medication aide pay in Virginia

Where one employer posts both night and other medication aide jobs in the same state (3 such employers and states), the night jobs post the same base rate as the rest (the median gap is $0): most employers state their night differential apart from the base pay, so check the posting for it.

Employer, stateNight jobs, medianOther jobs, median
Spring Oak Senior Living, VA$19.25 (1)$19.75 (2)
Avenues Recovery, VA$21.50 (1)$20.50 (1)
Westminster-Canterbury of Lynchburg, VA$18 (1)$18 (1)

A job counts as a night job when its title names nights ("Nights", "NOC", "7p-7a"). Jobs in brackets.

Best-paid open medication aide jobs in Virginia

The open jobs posting the highest hourly rates tonight, at most two from one employer.

What BLS measures in Virginia

What people employed in the occupation earned in the state, at every level of experience, from the BLS survey. A posting advertises what a new hire is offered.

Hourly wages, BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025, Virginia. Each figure opens its BLS page.
BLS occupation10th pct25th pctMedian75th pct90th pctEmployed
Nursing Assistants (31-1131)$15.17 (source: BLS OEWS, Nursing Assistants, opens in a new tab)$17.80 (source: BLS OEWS, Nursing Assistants, opens in a new tab)$20.77 (source: BLS OEWS, Nursing Assistants, opens in a new tab)$22.56 (source: BLS OEWS, Nursing Assistants, opens in a new tab)$24.51 (source: BLS OEWS, Nursing Assistants, opens in a new tab)40,580 (source: BLS OEWS, Nursing Assistants, opens in a new tab)

BLS median by metro area

Medication aide salary in Virginia: common questions

How much does a medication aide make in Virginia?

Open medication aide jobs in Virginia that state an hourly rate post a median of $20.50, the middle half $18–$21.50 (17 jobs from 9 employers). Full time that is about $42,600 a year. BLS measured a median of $20.77/hr ($43,200 a year) for people employed in the occupation in Virginia (May 2025).

Which employers in Virginia pay medication aides the most?

Among employers stating a rate on at least three open jobs here: Charter Senior Living ($21.13) and Spring Oak Senior Living ($19.50).

How does Virginia compare with the rest of the country?

The posted median in Virginia ($20.50) is $0.50 below the national posted median of $21. In the BLS survey Virginia ranks 24 of 52 by median wage.

Where do these figures come from?

From the pay open jobs state, read every night from each employer's own job board: 17 of 26 open medication aide jobs in Virginia (65%) state an hourly rate. No pay is estimated for a job that states none; "up to" ceilings and weekly travel rates are left out.

Medication aide pay in other states

Medication aide salary nationwide →Every healthcare salary →The Nursing Assistants & Patient Care Techs job market report →Posted pay against BLS wages →Virginia pay against its minimum wage →

Sources and method

Only pay a job states is used, a range at its midpoint. In the state's median and middle half each employer's advertised range counts once, so an employer posting one range in many towns does not set the figure; a town's median follows the same rule. "Up to" ceilings, weekly travel rates and rates far from the occupation's median are left out. A state has a page while at least 8 jobs from 3 employers state a rate there. The yearly estimate is the hourly rate times 2,080 hours. BLS figures are as published.
  1. CareJobs.Now job board: the pay open jobs state, read nightly from each employer's own careers site, published October 29, 2026
  2. BLS OEWS May 2025: Nursing Assistants (SOC 31-1131), every state, published May 15, 2026
  3. BLS OEWS May 2025: Nursing Assistants, national, published May 15, 2026
  4. BLS OEWS May 2025: Nursing Assistants by metropolitan area, published May 15, 2026

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CareJobs.Now. (2026). Medication aide salary in Virginia. Data as of October 29, 2026. https://carejobs.now/salaries/medication-aide/virginia

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