State comparison · 2025
Construction Laborers salary: Arkansas vs New Jersey
Construction Laborers in New Jersey earn a median of $64,060. In Arkansas, $37,630. After cost-of-living, the gap is 26.5% — not 41.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-41.3%
Arkansas vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-26.5%
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
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.