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Food Batchmakers pay in Cedar Rapids, IA and Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Food Batchmakers is $77,920 per year in Cedar Rapids, IA. It is $37,800 per year in Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT. Cedar Rapids, IA is 106.1% above Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 51-3092 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 480 wage and salary jobs in Cedar Rapids, IA and 480 in Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT. 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