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Gas Compressor and Gas Pumping Station Operators pay in Indiana and Kansas
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Gas Compressor and Gas Pumping Station Operators is $100,280 per year in Indiana. It is $107,730 per year in Kansas. Indiana is 6.9% below Kansas on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 53-7071 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 40 wage and salary jobs in Indiana and 50 in Kansas. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings