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Transportation Workers, All Other pay in New Jersey and New Mexico
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Transportation Workers, All Other is $69,220 per year in New Jersey. It is $35,440 per year in New Mexico. New Jersey is 95.3% above New Mexico on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 53-6099 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 160 wage and salary jobs in New Jersey and Not published in New Mexico. 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