Boeing's South Carolina workers make $10 less per hour than those in Everett

Boeing employees in the company's South Carolina facility make an average of $10 less per hour than similar employees in the company's Everett plant.

The company recently released that information to a South Carolina newspaper ahead of a vote over whether the Machinists at the North Charleston 787 Dreamliner plant should unionize.

A decision to unionize could have a large impact on where Boeing (NYSE: BA) decides to locate future facilities. The vote is April 22.

The average wage for North Charleston production and maintenance workers is $20.59 per hour, or $42,827 a year. In Everett, workers averaged $30.67 an hour last August, which will rise to $32.05 in September, according to Machinists spokeswoman Connie Kelliher.

While the cost of living in Western Washington is higher, a CNN cost-of-living calculator shows it's only about 6 percent more expensive to live in Everett than in the Charleston-North Charleston area.

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