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Healthcare Support Workers, All Other pay in Napa, CA and St. Joseph, MO-KS
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Healthcare Support Workers, All Other is $76,490 per year in Napa, CA. It is $37,170 per year in St. Joseph, MO-KS. Napa, CA is 105.8% above St. Joseph, MO-KS on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 31-9099 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 100 wage and salary jobs in Napa, CA and 100 in St. Joseph, MO-KS. 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