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Automotive Glass Installers and Repairers pay in Providence-Warwick, RI-MA and San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Automotive Glass Installers and Repairers is $65,190 per year in Providence-Warwick, RI-MA. It is $46,550 per year in San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX. Providence-Warwick, RI-MA is 40.0% above San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 49-3022 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 60 wage and salary jobs in Providence-Warwick, RI-MA and 210 in San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX. 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.