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Motorboat Operators pay in Kahului-Wailuku, HI and Providence-Warwick, RI-MA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Motorboat Operators is $83,390 per year in Kahului-Wailuku, HI. It is $45,760 per year in Providence-Warwick, RI-MA. Kahului-Wailuku, HI is 82.2% above Providence-Warwick, RI-MA on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 53-5022 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 70 wage and salary jobs in Kahului-Wailuku, HI and Not published in Providence-Warwick, RI-MA. 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