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Painters, Construction and Maintenance pay in Florida and Hawaii
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Painters, Construction and Maintenance is $47,530 per year in Florida. It is $68,220 per year in Hawaii. Florida is 30.3% below Hawaii 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 22,450 wage and salary jobs in Florida and 1,900 in Hawaii. 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