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Healthcare Social Workers pay in Chico, CA and Napa, CA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Healthcare Social Workers is $84,810 per year in Chico, CA. It is $142,940 per year in Napa, CA. Chico, CA is 40.7% below Napa, CA on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 21-1022 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 90 wage and salary jobs in Chico, CA and 160 in Napa, 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