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Insulation Workers, Mechanical pay in Kennewick-Richland, WA and San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Insulation Workers, Mechanical is $92,680 per year in Kennewick-Richland, WA. It is $136,460 per year in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA. Kennewick-Richland, WA is 32.1% below San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 47-2132 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 60 wage and salary jobs in Kennewick-Richland, WA and 210 in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA. 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