How much do Insulation Workers, Mechanical make in Kansas City, MO-KS?

Percentile spread

For Insulation Workers, Mechanical, the published 10th percentile is $53,340 and the 90th percentile is $91,980. The difference is $38,640, which is 55.4% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $55,100 to the 75th at $91,920, covers $36,820.

The mean annual wage is $72,600, which sits above the median of $69,730. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Kansas City, MO-KS median is 19.5% higher than the national median of $58,340 for Insulation Workers, Mechanical. In 2024 national prices the local median is $75,349, which is 29.2% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 11.4% lower than the Missouri median of $78,660.

Kansas City, MO-KS covers more than one state. The state comparison uses Missouri, the primary state on the BLS area record.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Kansas City, MO-KS is 92.543, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $69,730 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Insulation Workers, Mechanical at $75,349 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

One other metropolitan area within 200 miles publishes a annual median for Insulation Workers, Mechanical. Kansas City, MO-KS ranks 2nd of 2 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Omaha, NE-IA is 183 miles away, with a median of $79,060 and employment of 70. That median is 13.4% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $86,018, against $75,349 here.

Employment share

Insulation Workers, Mechanical accounts for 0.02% of wage-and-salary employment in Kansas City, MO-KS (240 of 1,096,110). Nationally the occupation is 0.02% of employment (25,660 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.33 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.