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Pharmacy Aides pay in Vallejo, CA and Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Pharmacy Aides is $69,870 per year in Vallejo, CA. It is $40,160 per year in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV. Vallejo, CA is 74.0% above Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV 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 80 wage and salary jobs in Vallejo, CA and 570 in Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV. 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