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Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers pay in Idaho Falls, ID and Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Electrical, Electronic, and Electromechanical Assemblers, Except Coil Winders, Tapers, and Finishers is $86,330 per year in Idaho Falls, ID. It is $46,940 per year in Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI. Idaho Falls, ID is 83.9% above Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 51-2028 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 170 wage and salary jobs in Idaho Falls, ID and 690 in Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI. 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
