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Telemarketers pay in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA and Waterbury-Shelton, CT
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Telemarketers is $42,450 per year in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. It is $58,900 per year in Waterbury-Shelton, CT. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA is 27.9% below Waterbury-Shelton, CT on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 41-9041 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 1,550 wage and salary jobs in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA and Not published in Waterbury-Shelton, 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.