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Photographic Process Workers and Processing Machine Operators pay in New York and Tennessee
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Photographic Process Workers and Processing Machine Operators is $57,760 per year in New York. It is $29,050 per year in Tennessee. New York is 98.8% above Tennessee on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 51-9151 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 400 wage and salary jobs in New York and 110 in Tennessee. 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