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Machinists pay in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA and Urban Honolulu, HI
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Machinists is $55,660 per year in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. It is $84,410 per year in Urban Honolulu, HI. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA is 34.1% below Urban Honolulu, HI on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 51-4041 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 7,850 wage and salary jobs in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA and 250 in Urban Honolulu, HI. 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