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Riggers pay in Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA and Fargo, ND-MN
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Riggers is $85,300 per year in Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA. It is $169,480 per year in Fargo, ND-MN. Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA is 49.7% below Fargo, ND-MN on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 49-9096 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 570 wage and salary jobs in Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA and 50 in Fargo, ND-MN. 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