Insulation Workers, Mechanical · SOC 47-2132

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Insulation Workers, Mechanicals

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025U.S. metropolitan areas

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for insulation workers, mechanical. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked (1 such areas are excluded here). Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Top 25 of 78 metro areas

Insulation Workers, Mechanical: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$136,460	210	0.1
2	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA	$126,750	120	0.1
3	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA	$124,090	530	0.1
4	Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV	$121,870	190	0.2
5	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$112,280	100	0.1
6	Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI	$109,360	90	0.0
7	Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN	$103,690	930	0.2
8	St. Cloud, MN	$100,520	80	0.8
9	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$93,960	90	0.1
10	Kennewick-Richland, WA	$92,680	60	0.5
11	Madison, WI	$91,470	50	0.1
12	Reno, NV	$89,600	40	0.2
13	Urban Honolulu, HI	$87,570	60	0.1
14	Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI	$86,310	200	0.2
15	Appleton, WI	$85,580	60	0.5
16	Anchorage, AK	$84,410	30	0.2
17	Syracuse, NY	$82,950	100	0.3
18	Lansing-East Lansing, MI	$81,340	30	0.1
19	Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ	$80,410	Not published	Not published
20	Pittsburgh, PA	$80,050	60	0.1
21	Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA	$79,470	40	0.1
22	St. Louis, MO-IL	$79,240	560	0.4
23	Omaha, NE-IA	$79,060	70	0.2
24	Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA	$78,350	180	2.0
25	Columbus, OH	$76,590	230	0.2

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Insulation Workers, Mechanical overview.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.