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Logging Equipment Operators pay in Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC and Bellingham, WA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Logging Equipment Operators is $46,260 per year in Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC. It is $77,310 per year in Bellingham, WA. Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC is 40.2% below Bellingham, WA on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 45-4022 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 120 wage and salary jobs in Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC and 50 in Bellingham, 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.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings