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Material Moving Workers, All Other pay in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH and Merced, CA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Material Moving Workers, All Other is $81,700 per year in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH. It is $49,670 per year in Merced, CA. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH is 64.5% above Merced, CA on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 53-7199 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 80 wage and salary jobs in Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH and 30 in Merced, 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