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Diagnostic Medical Sonographers pay in California and Vermont
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Diagnostic Medical Sonographers is $128,530 per year in California. It is $104,100 per year in Vermont. California is 23.5% above Vermont on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 29-2032 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 10,110 wage and salary jobs in California and 140 in Vermont. 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