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Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators pay in District of Columbia and Maryland
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators is $50,330 per year in District of Columbia. It is $45,450 per year in Maryland. District of Columbia is 10.7% above Maryland on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 51-2090 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 80 wage and salary jobs in District of Columbia and 6,880 in Maryland. 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