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Statistical Assistants pay in Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT and Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Statistical Assistants is $80,360 per year in Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT. It is $57,830 per year in Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ. Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT is 39.0% above Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 43-9111 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 70 wage and salary jobs in Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT and 70 in Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ. 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