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Recreational Vehicle Service Technicians pay in California and Tennessee
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Recreational Vehicle Service Technicians is $68,240 per year in California. It is $58,440 per year in Tennessee. California is 16.8% above Tennessee on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 49-3092 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 1,070 wage and salary jobs in California and 430 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