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Maintenance Workers, Machinery pay in Nebraska and Wyoming
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Maintenance Workers, Machinery is $61,190 per year in Nebraska. It is $84,620 per year in Wyoming. Nebraska is 27.7% 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 650 wage and salary jobs in Nebraska 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