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Clergy pay in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA and Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Clergy is $84,050 per year in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. It is $59,610 per year in Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA is 41.0% above Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 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 Not published wage and salary jobs in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA and 550 in Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL. 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.