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Etchers and Engravers pay in New Jersey and Vermont
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Etchers and Engravers is $58,000 per year in New Jersey. It is $65,380 per year in Vermont. New Jersey is 11.3% below Vermont on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 51-9194 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 60 wage and salary jobs in New Jersey and 40 in Vermont. 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