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Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians pay in Connecticut and North Carolina
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Ophthalmic Laboratory Technicians is $62,410 per year in Connecticut. It is $44,140 per year in North Carolina. Connecticut is 41.4% above North Carolina on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 51-9083 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 170 wage and salary jobs in Connecticut and 210 in North Carolina. 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