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Credit Analysts pay in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ and Worcester, MA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Credit Analysts is $136,500 per year in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ. It is $76,230 per year in Worcester, MA. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ is 79.1% above Worcester, MA on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 13-2041 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 7,530 wage and salary jobs in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ and 120 in Worcester, MA. 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