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Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other pay in Alabama and Alaska
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other is $46,610 per year in Alabama. It is $75,360 per year in Alaska. Alabama is 38.2% below Alaska on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 49-9099 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 1,440 wage and salary jobs in Alabama and 100 in Alaska. 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