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Tree Trimmers and Pruners pay in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI and York-Hanover, PA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Tree Trimmers and Pruners is $77,460 per year in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI. It is $53,960 per year in York-Hanover, PA. Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI is 43.6% above York-Hanover, PA on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 37-3013 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 Not published wage and salary jobs in Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI and Not published in York-Hanover, PA. 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