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Textile Bleaching and Dyeing Machine Operators and Tenders pay in Rhode Island and Tennessee
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Textile Bleaching and Dyeing Machine Operators and Tenders is $45,930 per year in Rhode Island. It is $37,410 per year in Tennessee. Rhode Island is 22.8% above Tennessee on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 51-6061 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 210 wage and salary jobs in Rhode Island and 270 in Tennessee. 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