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Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other pay in College Station-Bryan, TX and Lawton, OK
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Life, Physical, and Social Science Technicians, All Other is $31,100 per year in College Station-Bryan, TX. It is $115,090 per year in Lawton, OK. College Station-Bryan, TX is 73.0% below Lawton, OK on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 19-4099 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 Not published wage and salary jobs in College Station-Bryan, TX and Not published in Lawton, OK. 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.