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Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks pay in Vermont and Washington
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Production, Planning, and Expediting Clerks is $60,560 per year in Vermont. It is $77,190 per year in Washington. Vermont is 21.5% below Washington on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 43-5061 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 430 wage and salary jobs in Vermont and Not published in Washington. 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