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Dishwashers pay in Burlington-South Burlington, VT and Kahului-Wailuku, HI
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Dishwashers is $37,170 per year in Burlington-South Burlington, VT. It is $45,930 per year in Kahului-Wailuku, HI. Burlington-South Burlington, VT is 19.1% below Kahului-Wailuku, HI on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 35-9021 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 410 wage and salary jobs in Burlington-South Burlington, VT and 800 in Kahului-Wailuku, HI. 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