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Miscellaneous Construction and Related Workers pay in Maine and Missouri
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Miscellaneous Construction and Related Workers is $75,340 per year in Maine. It is $45,090 per year in Missouri. Maine is 67.1% above Missouri 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 90 wage and salary jobs in Maine and 490 in Missouri. 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