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Animal Caretakers pay in District of Columbia and New York
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Animal Caretakers is $44,210 per year in District of Columbia. It is $37,840 per year in New York. District of Columbia is 16.8% above New York on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 39-2021 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 460 wage and salary jobs in District of Columbia and 12,470 in New York. 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.