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Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other pay in Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA and Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other is $80,390 per year in Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA. It is $46,760 per year in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA is 71.9% above Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL 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 1,320 wage and salary jobs in Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA and 4,290 in Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL. 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.