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Maintenance Workers, Machinery pay in California and Wyoming
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Maintenance Workers, Machinery is $67,840 per year in California. It is $84,620 per year in Wyoming. California is 19.8% below Wyoming on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 49-9043 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 4,130 wage and salary jobs in California and 280 in Wyoming. 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