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Legal Support Workers, All Other pay in Illinois and Virginia
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Legal Support Workers, All Other is $63,250 per year in Illinois. It is $179,960 per year in Virginia. Illinois is 64.9% below Virginia on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 23-2099 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 3,010 wage and salary jobs in Illinois and Not published in Virginia. 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