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Tree Trimmers and Pruners pay in Bakersfield-Delano, CA and Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Tree Trimmers and Pruners is $60,080 per year in Bakersfield-Delano, CA. It is $77,460 per year in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI. Bakersfield-Delano, CA is 22.4% below Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 37-3013 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 120 wage and salary jobs in Bakersfield-Delano, CA and Not published in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI. 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