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Personal Care and Service Workers, All Other pay in Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT and San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Personal Care and Service Workers, All Other is $48,320 per year in Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT. It is $53,580 per year in San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX. Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT is 9.8% 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 30 wage and salary jobs in Norwich-New London-Willimantic, 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.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings