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Electric Motor, Power Tool, and Related Repairers pay in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN and Monroe, LA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Electric Motor, Power Tool, and Related Repairers is $114,670 per year in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN. It is $48,280 per year in Monroe, LA. Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN is 137.5% above Monroe, LA on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 49-2092 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 660 wage and salary jobs in Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN and 60 in Monroe, LA. 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