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Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay pay in Alabama and Oregon
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Powerhouse, Substation, and Relay is $95,150 per year in Alabama. It is $131,050 per year in Oregon. Alabama is 27.4% below Oregon on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 49-2095 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 280 wage and salary jobs in Alabama and 170 in Oregon. 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