State comparison · 2025
Construction Laborers salary: Alaska vs Massachusetts
Construction Laborers in Massachusetts earn a median of $63,390. In Alaska, $58,060. After cost-of-living, the gap is 5.4% — not 8.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-8.4%
Alaska vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-5.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alaska
Construction Laborers
- Median
- $58,060
- p25
- $46,390
- p75
- $69,950
- p10
- $37,980
- p90
- $83,710
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.4
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.