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Commercial Divers pay in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX and Providence-Warwick, RI-MA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Commercial Divers is $50,920 per year in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX. It is $126,320 per year in Providence-Warwick, RI-MA. Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX is 59.7% below Providence-Warwick, RI-MA on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 49-9092 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 100 wage and salary jobs in Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX and Not published in Providence-Warwick, RI-MA. 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.