State comparison · 2025
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers salary: Alaska vs South Carolina
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers in Alaska earn a median of $98,110. In South Carolina, $75,120. After cost-of-living, the gap is 19.5% — not 30.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+30.6%
Alaska vs South Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+19.5%
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
South Carolina
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers
- Median
- $75,120
- p25
- $60,100
- p75
- $95,040
- p10
- $47,490
- p90
- $115,710
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.7
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.