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Airfield Operations Specialists pay in Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ and Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Airfield Operations Specialists is $88,420 per year in Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ. It is $38,390 per year in Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT. Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ is 130.3% above Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 53-2022 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 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ and Not published in Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT. 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