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Clergy pay in Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL and Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Clergy is $56,240 per year in Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL. It is $84,050 per year in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL is 33.1% below Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 21-2011 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 100 wage and salary jobs in Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL and Not published in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, 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