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 median — half 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 area | Median | Employment |
|---|---|---|
| San Jose, CA | $97,900 | 1,240 |
| San Francisco, CA | $82,960 | 2,850 |
| Santa Rosa, CA | $80,330 | 240 |
| Salinas, CA | $76,090 | 320 |
| Vallejo, CA | $75,360 | 100 |
| Santa Maria, CA | $66,220 | 410 |
| Los Angeles, CA | $63,520 | 15,160 |
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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