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Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers pay in New Orleans-Metairie, LA and Waterbury-Shelton, CT
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Computer, Automated Teller, and Office Machine Repairers is $51,310 per year in New Orleans-Metairie, LA. It is $64,100 per year in Waterbury-Shelton, CT. New Orleans-Metairie, LA is 20.0% below Waterbury-Shelton, CT on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 49-2011 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 210 wage and salary jobs in New Orleans-Metairie, LA and 40 in Waterbury-Shelton, CT. 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.