State comparison · 2025
Construction Laborers salary: Alaska vs New Jersey
Construction Laborers in New Jersey earn a median of $64,060. In Alaska, $58,060. After cost-of-living, the gap is 3.7% — not 9.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-9.4%
Alaska vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-3.7%
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
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.