State comparison · 2025
Construction Laborers salary: California vs Massachusetts
Construction Laborers in Massachusetts earn a median of $63,390. In California, $60,270. After cost-of-living, the gap is 9.1% — not 4.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-4.9%
California vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-9.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
California
Construction Laborers
- Median
- $60,270
- p25
- $48,140
- p75
- $78,520
- p10
- $40,950
- p90
- $93,620
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
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.