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Sewers, Hand pay in Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO and Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Sewers, Hand is $48,580 per year in Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO. It is $48,540 per year in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO is 0.1% above Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 51-6051 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 Not published wage and salary jobs in Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO and Not published in Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA. 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