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Aerospace Engineering and Operations Technologists and Technicians pay in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL and Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Aerospace Engineering and Operations Technologists and Technicians is $66,220 per year in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. It is $125,160 per year in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA. Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL is 47.1% below Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 17-3021 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 80 wage and salary jobs in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL and 1,570 in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA. 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