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Computer and Information Systems Managers pay in San Angelo, TX and San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Computer and Information Systems Managers is $134,500 per year in San Angelo, TX. It is $291,660 per year in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA. San Angelo, TX is 53.9% below San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 11-3021 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 San Angelo, TX and 19,070 in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, 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