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Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs pay in District of Columbia and Virginia
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs is $74,080 per year in District of Columbia. It is $50,960 per year in Virginia. District of Columbia is 45.4% above Virginia on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 43-4061 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 640 wage and salary jobs in District of Columbia and 4,290 in 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