INSULATOR
MEDIAN PAY (BLS 2024)
Insulators nationwide earn a median of $24.12/hr per the Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS 2024 survey. 37,540 insulators employed across the U.S. See the state-by-state breakdown below — the highest-paying states often run 30%+ over the national median.
$24.12/hr median · $50,175 annualized (40 hr/wk × 52 wk)
Employment-weighted estimate from 50-state BLS OEWS data (the official BLS national row isn't in our dataset yet). State medians below are real BLS figures.
STATE-BY-STATE MEDIAN
BLS · sorted highest first| State | Median /hr | Top 10% /hr | Employed | Detail |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York | $30.53 | $70.01 | 1,890 | VIEW |
| Oregon | $30.21 | $54.86 | 680 | VIEW |
| Nevada | $29.77 | $50.34 | 300 | VIEW |
| Mississippi | $29.30 | $29.47 | 390 | VIEW |
| Maryland | $28.30 | $43.30 | 890 | VIEW |
| Maine | $28.24 | $33.62 | 360 | VIEW |
| Massachusetts | $27.47 | $43.09 | 830 | VIEW |
| Ohio | $27.23 | $37.54 | 1,290 | VIEW |
| Minnesota | $26.95 | $41.77 | 1,120 | VIEW |
| New Jersey | $26.81 | $55.28 | 1,060 | VIEW |
| Wisconsin | $26.27 | $44.52 | 530 | VIEW |
| Vermont | $25.00 | $30.47 | 80 | VIEW |
| Indiana | $24.28 | $35.93 | 830 | VIEW |
| Louisiana | $24.06 | $31.48 | 1,150 | VIEW |
| North Dakota | $23.97 | $30.12 | 240 | VIEW |
| Illinois | $23.96 | $52.58 | 1,060 | VIEW |
| Montana | $23.93 | $43.37 | 510 | VIEW |
| Washington | $23.92 | $35.53 | 1,070 | VIEW |
| Missouri | $23.90 | $33.50 | 850 | VIEW |
| Pennsylvania | $23.61 | $42.02 | 660 | VIEW |
| Connecticut | $23.55 | $39.53 | 310 | VIEW |
| Iowa | $23.54 | $34.93 | 340 | VIEW |
| Colorado | $23.38 | $31.21 | 980 | VIEW |
| Florida | $23.25 | $28.84 | 1,910 | VIEW |
| Utah | $23.23 | $27.35 | 350 | VIEW |
| Texas | $23.08 | $29.29 | 5,830 | VIEW |
| Wyoming | $22.93 | $32.89 | 180 | VIEW |
| Arizona | $22.87 | $32.18 | 660 | VIEW |
| Alabama | $22.72 | $31.02 | 780 | VIEW |
| Kansas | $22.46 | $28.74 | 460 | VIEW |
| Delaware | $22.45 | $31.02 | — | VIEW |
| Georgia | $22.07 | $30.19 | 750 | VIEW |
| South Carolina | $22.06 | $31.98 | 420 | VIEW |
| Oklahoma | $21.98 | $29.35 | 790 | VIEW |
| Michigan | $21.97 | $31.14 | 740 | VIEW |
| Kentucky | $21.80 | $41.34 | 530 | VIEW |
| Arkansas | $21.74 | $27.41 | 340 | VIEW |
| Tennessee | $21.72 | $29.99 | 1,460 | VIEW |
| North Carolina | $21.71 | $29.73 | 1,280 | VIEW |
| California | $21.45 | $37.70 | 2,190 | VIEW |
| Nebraska | $21.42 | $32.16 | 220 | VIEW |
| Virginia | $21.29 | $28.95 | — | VIEW |
| New Mexico | $20.55 | $38.71 | 260 | VIEW |
| New Hampshire | $20.38 | $27.81 | 140 | VIEW |
| Idaho | $19.88 | $29.96 | 370 | VIEW |
| Alaska | $19.39 | $39.63 | 110 | VIEW |
| South Dakota | $19.32 | $26.53 | 250 | VIEW |
| West Virginia | $18.16 | $28.14 | 100 | VIEW |
TOP-PAYING METROS
DAVIS-BACON PREVAILING WAGES
LOOK UP DIRECTFederal construction work (LNG terminals, military bases, GSA, VA, federal infrastructure) uses Davis-Bacon prevailing wage determinations as a legal wage floor — base + fringe benefits, set per county per construction type. If you're on a federally-funded project paying below the WD, the contractor is out of compliance and you can file a WH-3.
Rates change frequently and are county-specific, so we link direct instead of caching stale numbers. Look up the active Wage Determination for your job at sam.gov/wage-determinations or dol.gov/whd/government-contracts.
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16 other trades. State medians + Davis-Bacon + per diem in one spot.