State comparison · 2025
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers salary: Kansas vs Washington
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers in Washington earn a median of $94,420. In Kansas, $78,390. After cost-of-living, the gap is 1.4% — not 17%.
Nominal pay gap
-17%
Kansas vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-1.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kansas
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers
- Median
- $78,390
- p25
- $61,900
- p75
- $99,430
- p10
- $50,160
- p90
- $120,510
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
Washington
First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers
- Median
- $94,420
- p25
- $75,660
- p75
- $119,510
- p10
- $64,560
- p90
- $144,790
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.0
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.