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Bakers pay in Chambersburg, PA and San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Bakers is $48,640 per year in Chambersburg, PA. It is $46,600 per year in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA. Chambersburg, PA is 4.4% above San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 51-3011 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 200 wage and salary jobs in Chambersburg, PA and 4,820 in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA. 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