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Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other pay in Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT and Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other is $34,220 per year in Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT. It is $72,830 per year in Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA. Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT is 53.0% below Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 43-9199 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 280 wage and salary jobs in Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT and 150 in Santa Cruz-Watsonville, 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.