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Rock Splitters, Quarry pay in Indiana and Massachusetts
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Rock Splitters, Quarry is $49,890 per year in Indiana. It is $66,000 per year in Massachusetts. Indiana is 24.4% below Massachusetts on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 47-5051 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 220 wage and salary jobs in Indiana and 90 in Massachusetts. 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