State comparison · 2025
Construction Laborers salary: Alabama vs Massachusetts
Construction Laborers in Massachusetts earn a median of $63,390. In Alabama, $36,900. After cost-of-living, the gap is 30.6% — not 41.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-41.8%
Alabama vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-30.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alabama
Construction Laborers
- Median
- $36,900
- p25
- $29,960
- p75
- $45,240
- p10
- $23,980
- p90
- $49,740
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.8
Massachusetts
Construction Laborers
- Median
- $63,390
- p25
- $52,330
- p75
- $88,330
- p10
- $45,170
- p90
- $98,880
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Cost-of-living adjustment from BEA Regional Price Parities (overall index). Hiring velocity from DOL OFLC public disclosure data, recent 180 days vs prior. See methodology.