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Surgical Technologists pay in Hawaii and Nebraska
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Surgical Technologists is $82,640 per year in Hawaii. It is $63,880 per year in Nebraska. Hawaii is 29.4% above Nebraska on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 29-2055 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 290 wage and salary jobs in Hawaii and 770 in Nebraska. 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