State comparison · 2025
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters salary: Kentucky vs Oregon
Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters in Oregon earn a median of $97,050. In Kentucky, $64,160. After cost-of-living, the gap is 24.2% — not 33.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-33.9%
Kentucky vs Oregon
COL-adjusted gap
-24.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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
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.