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Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other pay in Alaska and California
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other is $75,360 per year in Alaska. It is $51,230 per year in California. Alaska is 47.1% above California 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 100 wage and salary jobs in Alaska and 23,630 in California. 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