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Proofreaders and Copy Markers pay in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA and Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Proofreaders and Copy Markers is $66,620 per year in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. It is $35,240 per year in Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA is 89.0% above Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 43-9081 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 110 wage and salary jobs in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA and 30 in Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL. 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.