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Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants pay in Urban Honolulu, HI and Vallejo, CA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Automotive and Watercraft Service Attendants is $50,360 per year in Urban Honolulu, HI. It is $38,500 per year in Vallejo, CA. Urban Honolulu, HI is 30.8% above Vallejo, CA 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 170 wage and salary jobs in Urban Honolulu, HI and 170 in Vallejo, 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