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Community Health Workers pay in Carson City, NV and Eau Claire, WI
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Community Health Workers is $81,600 per year in Carson City, NV. It is $78,090 per year in Eau Claire, WI. Carson City, NV is 4.5% above Eau Claire, WI on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 21-1094 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 Carson City, NV and 40 in Eau Claire, WI. 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