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Forensic Science Technicians pay in Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR and San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Forensic Science Technicians is $43,800 per year in Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR. It is $137,280 per year in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA. Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR is 68.1% below San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 19-4092 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 90 wage and salary jobs in Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR and 140 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.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings