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Office Machine Operators, Except Computer pay in Alaska and Michigan
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Office Machine Operators, Except Computer is $56,010 per year in Alaska. It is $36,880 per year in Michigan. Alaska is 51.9% above Michigan on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 43-9071 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 Alaska and 370 in Michigan. 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