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Order Clerks pay in Napa, CA and San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Order Clerks is $60,680 per year in Napa, CA. It is $47,610 per year in San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA. Napa, CA is 27.5% above San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 43-4151 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 40 wage and salary jobs in Napa, CA and 760 in San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, 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