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Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists pay in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA and Vallejo, CA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists is $134,890 per year in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. It is $168,860 per year in Vallejo, CA. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA is 20.1% below Vallejo, CA on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 19-1042 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 8,520 wage and salary jobs in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA and 130 in Vallejo, 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.