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Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other pay in Charleston-North Charleston, SC and Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other is $52,180 per year in Charleston-North Charleston, SC. It is $83,870 per year in Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL. Charleston-North Charleston, SC is 37.8% below Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 51-4199 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 Not published wage and salary jobs in Charleston-North Charleston, SC and 40 in Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL. 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.