State comparison · 2025
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades salary: California vs New Jersey
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades in New Jersey earn a median of $105,510. In California, $97,680. After cost-of-living, the gap is 9% — not 7.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-7.4%
California vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
California
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades
- Median
- $97,680
- p25
- $76,740
- p75
- $128,690
- p10
- $60,690
- p90
- $156,530
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
New Jersey
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades
- Median
- $105,510
- p25
- $79,970
- p75
- $131,710
- p10
- $63,210
- p90
- $153,940
- 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.