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Pharmacy Aides pay in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI and Vallejo, CA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Pharmacy Aides is $39,860 per year in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI. It is $69,870 per year in Vallejo, CA. Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI is 43.0% below Vallejo, CA 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 230 wage and salary jobs in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI and 80 in Vallejo, 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