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Personal Care and Service Workers, All Other pay in Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT and San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Personal Care and Service Workers, All Other is $36,130 per year in Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT. It is $53,580 per year in San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX. Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT is 32.6% below San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 39-9099 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 200 wage and salary jobs in Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT and Not published in San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX. 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.