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Cutters and Trimmers, Hand pay in Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC and Providence-Warwick, RI-MA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Cutters and Trimmers, Hand is $49,200 per year in Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC. It is $44,140 per year in Providence-Warwick, RI-MA. Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC is 11.5% above Providence-Warwick, RI-MA 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 590 wage and salary jobs in Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC and 70 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