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Patternmakers, Metal and Plastic pay in Massachusetts and Ohio
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Patternmakers, Metal and Plastic is $65,210 per year in Massachusetts. It is $97,690 per year in Ohio. Massachusetts is 33.2% below Ohio on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 51-4062 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 Not published wage and salary jobs in Massachusetts and 70 in Ohio. 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