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Community Health Workers pay in Carson City, NV and Salinas, CA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Community Health Workers is $81,600 per year in Carson City, NV. It is $56,810 per year in Salinas, CA. Carson City, NV is 43.6% above Salinas, CA 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 90 in Salinas, 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