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Cashiers pay in Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA and Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Cashiers is $36,150 per year in Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA. It is $44,210 per year in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA. Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA is 18.2% below Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 41-2011 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 7,620 wage and salary jobs in Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA and 30,470 in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA. 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