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Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other pay in Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC and Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other is $45,230 per year in Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC. It is $80,390 per year in Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA. Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC is 43.7% below Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA 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 340 wage and salary jobs in Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC and 1,320 in Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA. 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.