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Electric Motor, Power Tool, and Related Repairers pay in Florida and Illinois
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Electric Motor, Power Tool, and Related Repairers is $46,200 per year in Florida. It is $79,320 per year in Illinois. Florida is 41.8% below Illinois 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 1,150 wage and salary jobs in Florida and 840 in Illinois. 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