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Electronic Equipment Installers and Repairers, Motor Vehicles pay in Akron, OH and Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Electronic Equipment Installers and Repairers, Motor Vehicles is $44,230 per year in Akron, OH. It is $78,420 per year in Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA. Akron, OH is 43.6% below Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 49-2096 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 Not published wage and salary jobs in Akron, OH and Not published in Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA. 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.