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Mining and Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Engineers pay in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA and Tucson, AZ
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Mining and Geological Engineers, Including Mining Safety Engineers is $173,790 per year in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA. It is $106,220 per year in Tucson, AZ. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA is 63.6% above Tucson, AZ on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 17-2151 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 30 wage and salary jobs in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA and 140 in Tucson, AZ. 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