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Legal Support Workers, All Other pay in North Dakota and Virginia
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Legal Support Workers, All Other is $53,980 per year in North Dakota. It is $179,960 per year in Virginia. North Dakota is 70.0% 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 50 wage and salary jobs in North Dakota 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