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Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other pay in Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA and Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Office and Administrative Support Workers, All Other is $72,830 per year in Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA. It is $57,160 per year in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV. Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA is 27.4% above Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 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 150 wage and salary jobs in Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA and 5,910 in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV. 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.