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Helpers--Painters, Paperhangers, Plasterers, and Stucco Masons pay in Georgia and Ohio
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Helpers--Painters, Paperhangers, Plasterers, and Stucco Masons is $35,430 per year in Georgia. It is $53,340 per year in Ohio. Georgia is 33.6% below Ohio on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 47-3014 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 Not published wage and salary jobs in Georgia and 40 in Ohio. 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.