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Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health pay in Michigan and Washington
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Environmental Science and Protection Technicians, Including Health is $51,290 per year in Michigan. It is $67,160 per year in Washington. Michigan is 23.6% below Washington on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 19-4042 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 600 wage and salary jobs in Michigan and 850 in Washington. 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