State comparison · 2025
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters salary: Illinois vs Kentucky
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters in Illinois earn a median of $99,950. In Kentucky, $64,160. After cost-of-living, the gap is 40.5% — not 55.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+55.8%
Illinois vs Kentucky
COL-adjusted gap
+40.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Illinois
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters
- Median
- $99,950
- p25
- $72,070
- p75
- $120,050
- p10
- $50,250
- p90
- $126,430
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
Kentucky
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters
- Median
- $64,160
- p25
- $50,000
- p75
- $84,840
- p10
- $44,860
- p90
- $94,710
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
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.