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Directors, Religious Activities and Education pay in Alabama and Rhode Island
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Directors, Religious Activities and Education is $79,310 per year in Alabama. It is $44,770 per year in Rhode Island. Alabama is 77.1% above Rhode Island on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 21-2021 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 90 wage and salary jobs in Alabama and 120 in Rhode Island. 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