State comparison · 2025
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers salary: Alabama vs Washington
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers in Washington earn a median of $94,420. In Alabama, $74,830. After cost-of-living, the gap is 4.5% — not 20.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-20.7%
Alabama vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-4.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alabama
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers
- Median
- $74,830
- p25
- $59,070
- p75
- $96,050
- p10
- $45,560
- p90
- $119,890
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.8
Washington
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers
- Median
- $94,420
- p25
- $75,660
- p75
- $119,510
- p10
- $64,560
- p90
- $144,790
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.0
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Cost-of-living adjustment from BEA Regional Price Parities (overall index). Hiring velocity from DOL OFLC public disclosure data, recent 180 days vs prior. See methodology.