State comparison · 2025
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers salary: Alaska vs Kansas
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers in Alaska earn a median of $98,110. In Kansas, $78,390. After cost-of-living, the gap is 10.1% — not 25.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+25.2%
Alaska vs Kansas
COL-adjusted gap
+10.1%
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
Kansas
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers
- Median
- $78,390
- p25
- $61,900
- p75
- $99,430
- p10
- $50,160
- p90
- $120,510
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
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.