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Traffic Technicians pay in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA and Wichita, KS
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Traffic Technicians is $92,710 per year in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA. It is $45,210 per year in Wichita, KS. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA is 105.1% above Wichita, KS on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 53-6041 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 190 wage and salary jobs in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA and 40 in Wichita, KS. 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