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Painters, Construction and Maintenance pay in Champaign-Urbana, IL and Worcester, MA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Painters, Construction and Maintenance is $84,370 per year in Champaign-Urbana, IL. It is $54,240 per year in Worcester, MA. Champaign-Urbana, IL is 55.5% above Worcester, MA on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 47-2141 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 160 wage and salary jobs in Champaign-Urbana, IL and 300 in Worcester, MA. 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