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Library Technicians pay in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA and Utica-Rome, NY
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Library Technicians is $65,690 per year in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA. It is $36,800 per year in Utica-Rome, NY. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA is 78.5% above Utica-Rome, NY on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 25-4031 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 1,290 wage and salary jobs in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA and 60 in Utica-Rome, NY. 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