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Computer Occupations, All Other pay in District of Columbia and West Virginia
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Computer Occupations, All Other is $156,590 per year in District of Columbia. It is $107,140 per year in West Virginia. District of Columbia is 46.2% above West Virginia on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 15-1299 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 17,200 wage and salary jobs in District of Columbia and 3,380 in West Virginia. 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