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Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers pay in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA and Waterbury-Shelton, CT
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers is $60,780 per year in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA. It is $64,100 per year in Waterbury-Shelton, CT. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA is 5.2% below Waterbury-Shelton, CT on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 49-2011 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 790 wage and salary jobs in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA and 40 in Waterbury-Shelton, CT. 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.