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Cutters and Trimmers, Hand pay in Georgia and Nebraska
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Cutters and Trimmers, Hand is $37,480 per year in Georgia. It is $48,830 per year in Nebraska. Georgia is 23.2% below Nebraska on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 51-9031 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 290 wage and salary jobs in Georgia and 60 in Nebraska. 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
