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Medical Appliance Technicians pay in Arizona and New Jersey
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Medical Appliance Technicians is $72,760 per year in Arizona. It is $52,400 per year in New Jersey. Arizona is 38.9% above New Jersey on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 51-9082 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 300 wage and salary jobs in Arizona and 310 in New Jersey. 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