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Where is it easiest to open: Motor Vehicle Brake System Manufacturing

3 states, side by side. Operator counts and wages from Census and BLS; licence records matched on “SOC 17-2112” (soc) for Industrial Engineers. A blank gate means NO RECORD MATCHED, which is not the same as no licence.

StateOperatorsAvg staffPay / employeeGateLicence titles matched
CA448.8$55,790licenceEngineer In Training (E.I.T.); General Engineering Contractor
KY3115.3$68,023examHoist Engineer; Professional Engineer
OH316.7$74,620licenceProfessional Engineer; Professional Engineers and Surveyors

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.