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Coin, Vending, and Amusement Machine Servicers and Repairers pay in Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ and Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Coin, Vending, and Amusement Machine Servicers and Repairers is $63,410 per year in Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ. It is $46,700 per year in Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA. Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ is 35.8% above Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA 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 190 wage and salary jobs in Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ and 90 in Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA. 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.