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Accountants and Auditors pay in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA and Worcester, MA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Accountants and Auditors is $121,700 per year in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA. It is $94,070 per year in Worcester, MA. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA is 29.4% above Worcester, MA on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 13-2011 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 13,180 wage and salary jobs in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA and 3,090 in Worcester, MA. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings