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Occupational Health and Safety Technicians pay in Michigan and Washington
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Occupational Health and Safety Technicians is $67,310 per year in Michigan. It is $104,910 per year in Washington. Michigan is 35.8% below Washington on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 19-5012 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 450 wage and salary jobs in Michigan and 570 in Washington. 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