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Public Safety Telecommunicators pay in Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA and San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Public Safety Telecommunicators is $37,220 per year in Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA. It is $113,800 per year in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA. Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA is 67.3% below San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 43-5031 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 100 wage and salary jobs in Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA and 400 in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, 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.