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Occupational Health and Safety Technicians pay in Missouri and Washington
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Occupational Health and Safety Technicians is $64,490 per year in Missouri. It is $104,910 per year in Washington. Missouri is 38.5% 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 270 wage and salary jobs in Missouri 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