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Media and Communication Workers, All Other pay in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX and Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Media and Communication Workers, All Other is $64,270 per year in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX. It is $103,050 per year in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX is 37.6% below Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 27-3099 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 90 wage and salary jobs in Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX and 7,490 in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. 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.