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Aerospace Engineering and Operations Technologists and Technicians pay in Nevada and Washington
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Aerospace Engineering and Operations Technologists and Technicians is $102,980 per year in Nevada. It is $125,160 per year in Washington. Nevada is 17.7% below Washington 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 50 wage and salary jobs in Nevada and 1,590 in Washington. 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