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Surgical Technologists pay in Hawaii and Pennsylvania
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Surgical Technologists is $82,640 per year in Hawaii. It is $62,680 per year in Pennsylvania. Hawaii is 31.8% above Pennsylvania 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 4,490 in Pennsylvania. 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