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Insurance Underwriters pay in Massachusetts and Pennsylvania
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Insurance Underwriters is $106,640 per year in Massachusetts. It is $78,950 per year in Pennsylvania. Massachusetts is 35.1% above Pennsylvania on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 13-2053 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 2,890 wage and salary jobs in Massachusetts and 5,160 in Pennsylvania. 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