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Medical Appliance Technicians pay in Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI and Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Medical Appliance Technicians is $51,230 per year in Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI. It is $81,600 per year in Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ. Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI is 37.2% below Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ 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 50 wage and salary jobs in Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI and 190 in Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ. 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.