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Coin, Vending, and Amusement Machine Servicers and Repairers pay in New Mexico and Rhode Island
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Coin, Vending, and Amusement Machine Servicers and Repairers is $43,860 per year in New Mexico. It is $62,350 per year in Rhode Island. New Mexico is 29.7% below Rhode Island 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 240 wage and salary jobs in New Mexico and 70 in Rhode Island. 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