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Tile and Stone Setters pay in Massachusetts and North Carolina
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Tile and Stone Setters is $81,150 per year in Massachusetts. It is $44,650 per year in North Carolina. Massachusetts is 81.7% above North Carolina on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 47-2044 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 410 wage and salary jobs in Massachusetts and 680 in North Carolina. 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