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Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers pay in Maine and Texas
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Geoscientists, Except Hydrologists and Geographers is $86,840 per year in Maine. It is $145,220 per year in Texas. Maine is 40.2% below Texas on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 19-2042 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 70 wage and salary jobs in Maine and 4,900 in Texas. 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