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Extraction Workers, All Other pay in Pennsylvania and Wyoming
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Extraction Workers, All Other is $79,520 per year in Pennsylvania. It is $59,090 per year in Wyoming. Pennsylvania is 34.6% above Wyoming on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 47-5099 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 Pennsylvania and 370 in Wyoming. 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
