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Aircraft Structure, Surfaces, Rigging, and Systems Assemblers pay in Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT and Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Aircraft Structure, Surfaces, Rigging, and Systems Assemblers is $75,200 per year in Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT. It is $110,470 per year in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA. Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT is 31.9% below Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 51-2011 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 130 wage and salary jobs in Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT and 4,010 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