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Furniture Finishers pay in Providence-Warwick, RI-MA and Reading, PA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Furniture Finishers is $61,940 per year in Providence-Warwick, RI-MA. It is $49,760 per year in Reading, PA. Providence-Warwick, RI-MA is 24.5% above Reading, PA on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 51-7021 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 120 wage and salary jobs in Providence-Warwick, RI-MA and 70 in Reading, PA. 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