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Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians pay in Hawaii and West Virginia
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Motorboat Mechanics and Service Technicians is $77,740 per year in Hawaii. It is $36,480 per year in West Virginia. Hawaii is 113.1% above West Virginia on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 49-3051 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 150 wage and salary jobs in Hawaii and 40 in West Virginia. 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