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Where is it easiest to open: Glass Container Manufacturing

2 states, side by side. Operator counts and wages from Census and BLS; licence records matched on “SOC 53-3032” (soc) for Heavy and Tractor-Trailer Truck Drivers. A blank gate means NO RECORD MATCHED, which is not the same as no licence.

StateOperatorsAvg staffPay / employeeGateLicence titles matched
NJ4256.2$67,686examBUS DRIVER; HARNESS RACE DRIVER
CA387.0$100,690licenceCommercial Driver License

Axes are shown side by side and deliberately NOT collapsed into a ranking. A composite would be a score with no measured interval, and an unmeasured score is the thing this product exists to argue against. A high licence gate is a cost to enter and a moat once cleared — which of those matters more is the operator's call, not ours.

Licence data courtesy of CareerOneStop, sponsored by the U.S. Department of Labor. Free to read, no account, always — a condition of the data licence as well as our own position.