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Maintenance and Repair Workers, General pay in Kahului-Wailuku, HI and Redding, CA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Maintenance and Repair Workers, General is $63,980 per year in Kahului-Wailuku, HI. It is $47,820 per year in Redding, CA. Kahului-Wailuku, HI is 33.8% above Redding, CA on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 49-9071 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 1,350 wage and salary jobs in Kahului-Wailuku, HI and 690 in Redding, CA. 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