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Food Batchmakers pay in Ohio and Vermont
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Food Batchmakers is $44,590 per year in Ohio. It is $50,180 per year in Vermont. Ohio is 11.1% below Vermont 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 7,040 wage and salary jobs in Ohio and 1,000 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
