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Pharmacy Aides pay in District of Columbia and Rhode Island
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Pharmacy Aides is $59,960 per year in District of Columbia. It is $38,020 per year in Rhode Island. District of Columbia is 57.7% above Rhode Island 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 120 wage and salary jobs in District of Columbia and Not published in Rhode Island. 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