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Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators pay in District of Columbia and New Jersey
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Miscellaneous Assemblers and Fabricators is $50,330 per year in District of Columbia. It is $37,620 per year in New Jersey. District of Columbia is 33.8% above New Jersey 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 22,270 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