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Elevator and Escalator Installers and Repairers pay in Alabama and Maine
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Elevator and Escalator Installers and Repairers is $103,700 per year in Alabama. It is $143,690 per year in Maine. Alabama is 27.8% below Maine on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 47-4021 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 Alabama and 110 in Maine. 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