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Social and Human Service Assistants pay in Eau Claire, WI and Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Social and Human Service Assistants is $63,870 per year in Eau Claire, WI. It is $45,880 per year in Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT. Eau Claire, WI is 39.2% above Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT 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 780 in Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT. 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.