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Word Processors and Typists pay in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA and Worcester, MA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Word Processors and Typists is $79,430 per year in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA. It is $59,110 per year in Worcester, MA. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA is 34.4% above Worcester, MA on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 43-9022 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 840 wage and salary jobs in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA and 90 in Worcester, MA. 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