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Coin, Vending, and Amusement Machine Servicers and Repairers pay in Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY and Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Coin, Vending, and Amusement Machine Servicers and Repairers is $54,330 per year in Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY. It is $63,410 per year in Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ. Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY is 14.3% below Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 49-9091 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 70 wage and salary jobs in Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY and 190 in Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ. 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.