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Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other pay in Gainesville, GA and Portland-South Portland, ME
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other is $61,150 per year in Gainesville, GA. It is $108,850 per year in Portland-South Portland, ME. Gainesville, GA is 43.8% below Portland-South Portland, ME on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 17-3029 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 70 wage and salary jobs in Gainesville, GA and 750 in Portland-South Portland, ME. 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