Women Plumbers in Kansas: Pay, Gap, and Numbers
Plumbing is 2.9% women; federal infrastructure investment has set a 7% participation goal for federally funded work. This page applies Kansas’s overall wage environment to the national BLS median earnings for plumbers to estimate the state-level pay gap.
Earnings estimate — Plumbers in Kansas
Methodology: The state pay gap is estimated by applying Kansas’s overall female-to-male earnings ratio adjustment (-3.6% vs national) to the national BLS median for female plumbers. See Pay Gap Lookup for interactive comparison.
National baseline
Kansas context
Kansas’s overall women-to-men earnings ratio is 80.8%, ranking #30 of 51 US jurisdictions on pay equity. 27.3% of the state legislature is women (CAWP 2024); 2 women from Kansas serve in the 119th US Congress. First woman governor: 1990.
Other professions in Kansas
Women plumbers in neighboring & key states
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Frequently asked
What is the median salary for female plumbers in Kansas?
Estimated at $52,796 per year, derived from the BLS national median for female plumbers ($54,756) adjusted by Kansas’s overall wage environment (-3.6% vs national).
What is the pay gap for plumbers in Kansas?
Estimated at 15.2%, or about $9,448 per year per worker at the median. This applies the state-level wage environment to the national BLS profession gap.
How does Kansas compare nationally on pay equity?
Kansas ranks #30 of 51 US jurisdictions on the overall female-to-men earnings ratio (Census ACS S2001).
What BLS occupation code applies here?
47-2152 (SOC, Standard Occupational Classification, 2018 revision). See BLS CPS Table 39 for the current national median weekly earnings.
Are these numbers adjusted for experience?
No — these are state-level medians across all experience levels. Use the Pay Gap Lookup tool for experience-adjusted estimates.