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Food Processing Workers, All Other pay in Colorado and Missouri
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Food Processing Workers, All Other is $46,930 per year in Colorado. It is $44,050 per year in Missouri. Colorado is 6.5% above Missouri on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 51-3099 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 610 wage and salary jobs in Colorado and 1,630 in Missouri. 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