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Dietetic Technicians pay in Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA and Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Dietetic Technicians is $60,070 per year in Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA. It is $39,910 per year in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC. Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA is 50.5% above Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 29-2051 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 30 wage and salary jobs in Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA and 90 in Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC. 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.