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Umpires, Referees, and Other Sports Officials pay in New Jersey and Wisconsin
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Umpires, Referees, and Other Sports Officials is $67,600 per year in New Jersey. It is $57,000 per year in Wisconsin. New Jersey is 18.6% above Wisconsin on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 27-2023 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 420 wage and salary jobs in New Jersey and 300 in Wisconsin. 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