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Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other pay in Alaska and Mississippi
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Motor Vehicle Operators, All Other is $74,710 per year in Alaska. It is $46,500 per year in Mississippi. Alaska is 60.7% above Mississippi on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 53-3099 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 100 wage and salary jobs in Alaska and 160 in Mississippi. 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