How much do Insulation Workers, Mechanical make in Omaha, NE-IA?

Percentile spread

For Insulation Workers, Mechanical, the published 10th percentile is $48,580 and the 90th percentile is $83,380. The difference is $34,800, which is 44.0% 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 $58,140 to the 75th at $79,930, covers $21,790.

The mean annual wage is $71,580, which sits below the median of $79,060. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Omaha, NE-IA median is 35.5% higher than the national median of $58,340 for Insulation Workers, Mechanical. In 2024 national prices the local median is $86,018, which is 47.4% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 4.1% higher than the Nebraska median of $75,940.

Omaha, NE-IA covers more than one state. The state comparison uses Nebraska, the primary state on the BLS area record.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Omaha, NE-IA is 91.911, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $79,060 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Insulation Workers, Mechanical at $86,018 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. Omaha, NE-IA ranks 1st 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).).

• Kansas City, MO-KS is 183 miles away, with a median of $69,730 and employment of 240. That median is 11.8% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $75,349, against $86,018 here.

Employment share

Insulation Workers, Mechanical accounts for 0.01% of wage-and-salary employment in Omaha, NE-IA (70 of 498,100). Nationally the occupation is 0.02% of employment (25,660 of 155,495,730). The local share is 0.85 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.