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Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Workers, All Other pay in Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI and San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Workers, All Other is $81,110 per year in Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI. It is $121,850 per year in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA. Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI is 33.4% below San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 29-9099 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 Not published wage and salary jobs in Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI and 260 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.