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Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs pay in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA and Terre Haute, IN
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs is $97,900 per year in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA. It is $40,000 per year in Terre Haute, IN. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA is 144.8% above Terre Haute, IN 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 1,240 wage and salary jobs in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA and 80 in Terre Haute, IN. 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