State comparison · 2025
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers salary: Alaska vs Iowa
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers in Alaska earn a median of $98,110. In Iowa, $78,340. After cost-of-living, the gap is 7.4% — not 25.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+25.2%
Alaska vs Iowa
COL-adjusted gap
+7.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alaska
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers
- Median
- $98,110
- p25
- $76,080
- p75
- $119,180
- p10
- $60,300
- p90
- $137,900
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.4
Iowa
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers
- Median
- $78,340
- p25
- $63,380
- p75
- $96,030
- p10
- $49,670
- p90
- $111,220
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
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.