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Healthcare Social Workers pay in Grand Junction, CO and Napa, CA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Healthcare Social Workers is $75,560 per year in Grand Junction, CO. It is $142,940 per year in Napa, CA. Grand Junction, CO is 47.1% 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 150 wage and salary jobs in Grand Junction, CO 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