State comparison · 2025
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters salary: Kansas vs Oregon
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters in Oregon earn a median of $97,050. In Kansas, $65,220. After cost-of-living, the gap is 22.9% — not 32.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-32.8%
Kansas vs Oregon
COL-adjusted gap
-22.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kansas
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters
- Median
- $65,220
- p25
- $49,230
- p75
- $84,870
- p10
- $39,130
- p90
- $109,290
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
Oregon
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters
- Median
- $97,050
- p25
- $74,920
- p75
- $126,400
- p10
- $58,230
- p90
- $147,100
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.4
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.