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Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other pay in Virginia and Wyoming
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Health Technologists and Technicians, All Other is $47,340 per year in Virginia. It is $80,520 per year in Wyoming. Virginia is 41.2% below Wyoming on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 29-2099 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 4,510 wage and salary jobs in Virginia and 90 in Wyoming. 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