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Maintenance Workers, Machinery pay in Glens Falls, NY and Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Maintenance Workers, Machinery is $63,000 per year in Glens Falls, NY. It is $157,260 per year in Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN. Glens Falls, NY is 59.9% below Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN 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 30 wage and salary jobs in Glens Falls, NY and 970 in Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN. 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