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Pharmacy Aides pay in Connecticut and District of Columbia
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Pharmacy Aides is $36,350 per year in Connecticut. It is $59,960 per year in District of Columbia. Connecticut is 39.4% below District of Columbia on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 31-9095 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 490 wage and salary jobs in Connecticut and 120 in District of Columbia. 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