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Media and Communication Equipment Workers, All Other — wages and employment

Media and Communication Equipment Workers, All Other earned a median annual wage of $67,190 in the United States in May 2024, with 13,020 people employed, according to the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics.

MEDIAN 2024: $67,190SOURCE: BLS OEWSEvery value source-linked

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Media and Communication Equipment Workers, All Other earned a median annual wage of $67,190 in the United States in May 2024, with 13,020 people employed, according to the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics. The lowest-paid tenth earned $35,670 or less, the best-paid tenth $133,650 or more. Since May 2023 the median moved from $71,340 to $67,190, -5.8 %. The best-paying state is District of Columbia at $119,020; the lowest Montana at $34,720. Among metropolitan areas, Lexington Park, MD pays the highest median, $141,540. Wages are as published by BLS for May of each year; '≥ $239,200' is BLS's top code. Every value links to its fact record.

United States, year by year

Annual wages at the median, mean and four percentiles; employment is the May estimate.

By state

Median annual wage, May 2024, highest first. Each state has its own record with the full series.

StateMedian annualEmployment
District of Columbia$119,020280
Virginia$114,630400
Maryland$113,090610
Washington$94,760120
Arizona$92,750160
Alabama$91,89040
Nebraska$90,33090
Texas$90,310400
New York$89,040140
Florida$88,140650
New Mexico$87,19070
Alaska$84,68040
Michigan$82,66060
Oklahoma$82,22040
Utah$82,22050
Minnesota$78,96080
Nevada$78,460330
North Carolina$78,080200
Massachusetts$77,59070
Louisiana$76,620210
Guam$73,940—
Oregon$72,030170
New Jersey$69,350400
Ohio$67,790200
Illinois$64,300170
California$58,850—
Missouri$54,34080
Colorado$53,300830
Hawaii$52,250330
South Carolina$52,25070
Pennsylvania$50,900400
Mississippi$48,88080
Maine$45,72040
Kentucky$44,76030
Georgia$44,370930
Puerto Rico$44,16060
New Hampshire$41,560100
Tennessee$40,120180
Montana$34,72060

Highest-paying metropolitan areas

Top 20 by median annual wage.

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