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Orthotists and Prosthetists pay in Massachusetts and New Jersey
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Orthotists and Prosthetists is $89,860 per year in Massachusetts. It is $118,950 per year in New Jersey. Massachusetts is 24.5% below New Jersey on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 29-2091 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 350 wage and salary jobs in Massachusetts and 240 in New Jersey. 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