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Power Plant Operators pay in Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR and Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Power Plant Operators is $89,460 per year in Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR. It is $145,510 per year in Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA. Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR is 38.5% below Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 51-8013 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 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR and 70 in Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA. 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.