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Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenders pay in New York and Utah
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Adhesive Bonding Machine Operators and Tenders is $42,130 per year in New York. It is $65,500 per year in Utah. New York is 35.7% below Utah on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 51-9191 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 400 wage and salary jobs in New York and 100 in Utah. 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