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Agricultural Technicians pay in Iowa and Pennsylvania
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Agricultural Technicians is $64,070 per year in Iowa. It is $48,800 per year in Pennsylvania. Iowa is 31.3% above Pennsylvania on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 19-4012 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 Not published wage and salary jobs in Iowa and 110 in Pennsylvania. 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