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Social and Human Service Assistants pay in Eau Claire, WI and Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Social and Human Service Assistants is $63,870 per year in Eau Claire, WI. It is $43,480 per year in Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC. Eau Claire, WI is 46.9% above Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 21-1093 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 390 wage and salary jobs in Eau Claire, WI and 170 in Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC. 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.