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Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics pay in Alaska and Rhode Island
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Outdoor Power Equipment and Other Small Engine Mechanics is $60,190 per year in Alaska. It is $52,160 per year in Rhode Island. Alaska is 15.4% above Rhode Island on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 49-3053 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 50 wage and salary jobs in Alaska and 100 in Rhode Island. 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