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Machine Feeders and Offbearers pay in New Jersey and Wisconsin
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Machine Feeders and Offbearers is $44,890 per year in New Jersey. It is $55,120 per year in Wisconsin. New Jersey is 18.6% 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 850 wage and salary jobs in New Jersey 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