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Microbiologists pay in Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR and San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Microbiologists is $51,520 per year in Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR. It is $130,070 per year in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA. Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR is 60.4% below San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 19-1022 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 70 wage and salary jobs in Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR and 700 in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, 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.