State comparison · 2025
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers salary: Alaska vs West Virginia
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers in Alaska earn a median of $98,110. In West Virginia, $71,360. After cost-of-living, the gap is 20.2% — not 37.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+37.5%
Alaska vs West Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+20.2%
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
West Virginia
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers
- Median
- $71,360
- p25
- $53,630
- p75
- $100,340
- p10
- $43,190
- p90
- $121,420
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.5
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.