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Miscellaneous Construction and Related Workers pay in Idaho and Maine
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Miscellaneous Construction and Related Workers is $65,420 per year in Idaho. It is $75,340 per year in Maine. Idaho is 13.2% below Maine on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 47-4090 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 450 wage and salary jobs in Idaho and 90 in Maine. 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