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Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Workers, All Other pay in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA and Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Workers, All Other is $121,850 per year in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA. It is $89,220 per year in Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA is 36.6% above Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL 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 260 wage and salary jobs in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA and 280 in Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL. 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.