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Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs pay in Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT and San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs is $71,940 per year in Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT. It is $97,900 per year in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA. Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT is 26.5% below San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA 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 540 wage and salary jobs in Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT and 1,240 in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA. 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.