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Patternmakers, Metal and Plastic pay in Ohio and Wisconsin
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Patternmakers, Metal and Plastic is $97,690 per year in Ohio. It is $52,150 per year in Wisconsin. Ohio is 87.3% above Wisconsin 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 70 wage and salary jobs in Ohio and 230 in Wisconsin. 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