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Models pay in Providence-Warwick, RI-MA and Rochester, NY
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Models is $45,060 per year in Providence-Warwick, RI-MA. It is $208,000 per year in Rochester, NY. Providence-Warwick, RI-MA is 78.3% below Rochester, NY on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 41-9012 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 Not published wage and salary jobs in Providence-Warwick, RI-MA and 50 in Rochester, NY. 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