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Production Workers, All Other pay in District of Columbia and Michigan
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Production Workers, All Other is $109,470 per year in District of Columbia. It is $37,950 per year in Michigan. District of Columbia is 188.5% above Michigan on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 51-9199 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 District of Columbia and 14,690 in Michigan. 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