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Tire Repairers and Changers pay in North Dakota and Oregon
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Tire Repairers and Changers is $38,220 per year in North Dakota. It is $47,650 per year in Oregon. North Dakota is 19.8% below Oregon on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 49-3093 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 560 wage and salary jobs in North Dakota and 2,260 in Oregon. 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
