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Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan pay in Arkansas and California
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Interviewers, Except Eligibility and Loan is $37,150 per year in Arkansas. It is $56,880 per year in California. Arkansas is 34.7% below California on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 43-4111 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 2,990 wage and salary jobs in Arkansas and 22,250 in California. 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