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Natural Sciences Managers pay in Bakersfield-Delano, CA and Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Natural Sciences Managers is $156,270 per year in Bakersfield-Delano, CA. It is $291,000 per year in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH. Bakersfield-Delano, CA is 46.3% below Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 11-9121 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 60 wage and salary jobs in Bakersfield-Delano, CA and 9,570 in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH. 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