State comparison · 2025
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters salary: Illinois vs Pennsylvania
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters in Illinois earn a median of $99,950. In Pennsylvania, $68,080. After cost-of-living, the gap is 43.3% — not 46.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+46.8%
Illinois vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
+43.3%
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
Pennsylvania
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters
- Median
- $68,080
- p25
- $57,880
- p75
- $91,820
- p10
- $46,770
- p90
- $134,110
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
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.