State comparison · 2025
Construction Laborers salary: Arkansas vs Massachusetts
Construction Laborers in Massachusetts earn a median of $63,390. In Arkansas, $37,630. After cost-of-living, the gap is 27.7% — not 40.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-40.6%
Arkansas vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-27.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Arkansas
Construction Laborers
- Median
- $37,630
- p25
- $34,590
- p75
- $44,320
- p10
- $30,850
- p90
- $48,410
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 86.9
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.