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Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders pay in New Hampshire and Utah
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Packaging and Filling Machine Operators and Tenders is $49,450 per year in New Hampshire. It is $43,780 per year in Utah. New Hampshire is 13.0% above Utah on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 51-9111 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 620 wage and salary jobs in New Hampshire and 6,350 in Utah. 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