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Packers and Packagers, Hand pay in Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC and Greeley, CO
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Packers and Packagers, Hand is $31,390 per year in Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC. It is $48,780 per year in Greeley, CO. Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC is 35.6% below Greeley, CO on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 53-7064 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 640 wage and salary jobs in Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC and 200 in Greeley, CO. 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