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Occupational Health and Safety Technicians pay in North Carolina and Washington
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Occupational Health and Safety Technicians is $61,760 per year in North Carolina. It is $104,910 per year in Washington. North Carolina is 41.1% 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 720 wage and salary jobs in North Carolina 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