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Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other pay in Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL and New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Metal Workers and Plastic Workers, All Other is $83,870 per year in Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL. It is $33,790 per year in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ. Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL is 148.2% above New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ 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 40 wage and salary jobs in Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL and Not published in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ. 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.