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Communications Equipment Operators, All Other pay in Missouri and Ohio
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Communications Equipment Operators, All Other is $87,030 per year in Missouri. It is $47,360 per year in Ohio. Missouri is 83.8% above Ohio on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 43-2099 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 50 wage and salary jobs in Missouri and 60 in Ohio. 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