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Commercial Divers pay in Jacksonville, FL and Providence-Warwick, RI-MA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Commercial Divers is $49,640 per year in Jacksonville, FL. It is $126,320 per year in Providence-Warwick, RI-MA. Jacksonville, FL is 60.7% 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 40 wage and salary jobs in Jacksonville, FL 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.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings