Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs · SOC 43-4061

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programss

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025U.S. metropolitan areas

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for eligibility interviewers, government programs. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked (3 such areas are excluded here). Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Top 25 of 312 metro areas

Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$97,900	1,240	1.1
2	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$82,960	2,850	1.2
3	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA	$80,330	240	1.1
4	Madison, WI	$77,800	240	0.6
5	Salinas, CA	$76,090	320	1.7
6	New Haven, CT	$75,370	150	0.5
7	Vallejo, CA	$75,360	100	0.7
8	Waterbury-Shelton, CT	$74,050	160	1.0
9	Barnstable Town, MA	$72,370	40	0.4
10	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT	$71,940	540	0.9
11	Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT	$71,390	90	0.7
12	Battle Creek, MI	$70,660	60	1.2
13	Bay City, MI	$70,660	50	1.6
14	Flint, MI	$70,660	190	1.4
15	Jackson, MI	$70,660	90	1.5
16	Kalamazoo-Portage, MI	$70,660	150	1.2
17	Traverse City, MI	$70,660	120	1.8
18	Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT	$69,530	260	0.7
19	Bellingham, WA	$67,710	70	0.7
20	Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA	$67,710	90	0.9
21	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$67,710	1,490	0.7
22	Yakima, WA	$67,710	210	2.2
23	Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA	$67,650	820	6.3
24	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$67,320	1,360	0.5
25	Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA	$67,280	70	1.3

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs overview.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.