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Machine Feeders and Offbearers pay in Alabama and Wisconsin
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Machine Feeders and Offbearers is $38,810 per year in Alabama. It is $55,120 per year in Wisconsin. Alabama is 29.6% below Wisconsin on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 53-7063 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 2,160 wage and salary jobs in Alabama and 570 in Wisconsin. 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