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Gas Plant Operators pay in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA and Mobile, AL
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Gas Plant Operators is $125,550 per year in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. It is $80,230 per year in Mobile, AL. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA is 56.5% above Mobile, AL on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 51-8092 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 210 wage and salary jobs in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA and 60 in Mobile, AL. 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