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Foresters pay in Rapid City, SD and San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Foresters is $63,210 per year in Rapid City, SD. It is $112,560 per year in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA. Rapid City, SD is 43.8% below San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 19-1032 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 40 wage and salary jobs in Rapid City, SD and 70 in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, 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