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Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants pay in Alabama and Hawaii
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants is $29,180 per year in Alabama. It is $43,630 per year in Hawaii. Alabama is 33.1% below Hawaii on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 53-6031 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 2,150 wage and salary jobs in Alabama and 270 in Hawaii. 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