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Furnace, Kiln, Oven, Drier, and Kettle Operators and Tenders pay in Georgia and Maryland
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Furnace, Kiln, Oven, Drier, and Kettle Operators and Tenders is $50,820 per year in Georgia. It is $77,440 per year in Maryland. Georgia is 34.4% below Maryland on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 51-9051 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 870 wage and salary jobs in Georgia and 100 in Maryland. 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.