GeoFrame is the canonical geographic segmentation — a profile per place, linked to JobFrame. 393 U.S. metro profiles and 7 world regions. Pay-by-geography is one measured layer; each metro profile also carries its constituent state's minimum wage floor (PAT-GEO-MINWAGE-1). Industry mix, labor-force composition, and other localized labor law — including city/county ordinances above the state minimum-wage floor — are unknown on this edition — not missing from the job of the frame.
| State | Metro | Median wage | Real earning power |
|---|---|---|---|
| CA | San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA | $82,470 | 1.51× |
| MN | Rochester, MN | $59,220 | 1.32× |
| CO | Boulder, CO | $67,510 | 1.30× |
| CA | San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA | $73,960 | 1.29× |
| DC | Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV | $68,430 | 1.27× |
| MD | Lexington Park, MD | $62,970 | 1.26× |
| NC | Durham-Chapel Hill, NC | $59,740 | 1.24× |
| WA | Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA | $67,510 | 1.23× |
This board is the pay layer only — pay index ÷ local price level (US = 1.00) among metros that have both joins. It is not the job of GeoFrame. Places without a cost join are left out of this ranking and stay on the index as not measured. Industry mix, labor-force composition, and most localized labor law are unknown on this edition; each metro profile does carry its constituent state's minimum wage floor, city/county ordinances above it excepted. This is a level, not an edition-to-edition movement: one pay/cost edition today. Observed BLS employment change across named source periods (e.g. 2019–2024) may appear on a metro profile — a different claim, with its window and source stated there.
Canonical geographic segmentation: 393 U.S. metro profiles and 7 world regions. A region without a pay signal is still a place.
Population is on the profile. Pay, cost, real earning power, and the constituent state's minimum wage floor appear where they join. Industry mix, labor-force composition, and other localized labor law — city/county ordinances above the state floor included — are unknown on this edition.
Occupations priced in a place open on JobFrame. Geo is the place; JobFrame is the role — the occupation table is that link, not a second pay map.
Geography is one axis of the frame — the job and the capability are the others.
Source: BLS OEWS 2024 + BEA RPP 2024 + Census PEP/Gazetteer 2024 2024 · Licensed US Government Public Domain (17 U.S.C. §105) · Median wage, pay index, and occupation pay: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) 2024. Cost of living: BEA Regional Price Parities 2024. Population and density: US Census 2024. All are U.S. federal statistical products in the public domain — no licence required, cited for provenance.