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Transportation Workers, All Other pay in New Jersey and New York
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Transportation Workers, All Other is $69,220 per year in New Jersey. It is $48,450 per year in New York. New Jersey is 42.9% above New York 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 220 in New York. 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