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Office Machine Operators, Except Computer pay in Richmond, VA and San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Office Machine Operators, Except Computer is $40,140 per year in Richmond, VA. It is $53,810 per year in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA. Richmond, VA is 25.4% below San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 43-9071 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 100 wage and salary jobs in Richmond, VA and 210 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.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings