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Media and Communication Equipment Workers, All Other pay in Hawaii and Virginia
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Media and Communication Equipment Workers, All Other is $56,900 per year in Hawaii. It is $117,640 per year in Virginia. Hawaii is 51.6% below Virginia on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 27-4099 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 280 wage and salary jobs in Hawaii and 400 in Virginia. 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