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Managers, All Other pay in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA and Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Managers, All Other is $217,280 per year in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA. It is $137,670 per year in Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA is 57.8% above Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 11-9199 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 13,740 wage and salary jobs in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA and 510 in Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA. 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