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Gas Compressor and Gas Pumping Station Operators pay in Kansas and Washington
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Gas Compressor and Gas Pumping Station Operators is $107,730 per year in Kansas. It is $57,500 per year in Washington. Kansas is 87.4% above Washington 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 50 wage and salary jobs in Kansas and 120 in Washington. 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