2026 Edition · An annual reference on what work pays

Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs

United States. Estimated employment 154,800, with pages for 7 metro areas below.

Data released May 2025 BLS OEWS · SOC 43-4061
Fig. 1 — The wage rule

Where you sit in the distribution

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$54,210 · 50th
$38,90010th
$45,91025th
$54,21050th
$63,61075th
$74,69090th

That is the medianhalf of people in this occupation in the US earn more.

Table 1 — By metro area

Where it pays

Every published Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs page, by median pay. Employment is the BLS estimate for the metro.

Metro areaMedianEmployment
San Jose, CA$97,9001,240
San Francisco, CA$82,9602,850
Santa Rosa, CA$80,330240
Salinas, CA$76,090320
Vallejo, CA$75,360100
Santa Maria, CA$66,220410
Los Angeles, CA$63,52015,160
Sources

How this page was made

Wage data
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 release. Public domain.
Employment
154,800 employed in this occupation nationally (BLS estimate; excludes the self-employed).
Occupation
SOC 43-4061, Eligibility Interviewers, Government Programs. Mapped to our taxonomy as eligibility-interviewers-government-programs.

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