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Agricultural Equipment Operators pay in Bloomington, IL and Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Agricultural Equipment Operators is $45,280 per year in Bloomington, IL. It is $54,380 per year in Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN. Bloomington, IL is 16.7% below Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 45-2091 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 Bloomington, IL and 50 in Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN. 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