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Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping pay in Akron, OH and Athens-Clarke County, GA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Weighers, Measurers, Checkers, and Samplers, Recordkeeping is $61,940 per year in Akron, OH. It is $45,180 per year in Athens-Clarke County, GA. Akron, OH is 37.1% above Athens-Clarke County, GA on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 43-5111 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 180 wage and salary jobs in Akron, OH and 40 in Athens-Clarke County, GA. 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