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First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers pay in California and Rhode Island
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for First-Line Supervisors of Personal Service Workers is $56,110 per year in California. It is $60,680 per year in Rhode Island. California is 7.5% below Rhode Island on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 39-1022 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 9,390 wage and salary jobs in California and 460 in Rhode Island. 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