State comparison · 2025
Construction Laborers salary: Alabama vs New Jersey
Construction Laborers in New Jersey earn a median of $64,060. In Alabama, $36,900. After cost-of-living, the gap is 29.4% — not 42.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-42.4%
Alabama vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-29.4%
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
New Jersey
Construction Laborers
- Median
- $64,060
- p25
- $46,710
- p75
- $94,510
- p10
- $37,980
- p90
- $106,140
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
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.