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Plasterers and Stucco Masons pay in New Jersey and New York
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Plasterers and Stucco Masons is $69,990 per year in New Jersey. It is $120,180 per year in New York. New Jersey is 41.8% below New York on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 47-2161 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 50 wage and salary jobs in New Jersey and Not published in New York. 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