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Agricultural Equipment Operators pay in Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN and Visalia, CA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Agricultural Equipment Operators is $54,380 per year in Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN. It is $36,130 per year in Visalia, CA. Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN is 50.5% above Visalia, CA 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 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN and 650 in Visalia, CA. 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