State comparison · 2025
Construction Laborers salary: Colorado vs Massachusetts
Construction Laborers in Massachusetts earn a median of $63,390. In Colorado, $47,900. After cost-of-living, the gap is 22.5% — not 24.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-24.4%
Colorado vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-22.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Colorado
Construction Laborers
- Median
- $47,900
- p25
- $42,700
- p75
- $56,670
- p10
- $38,410
- p90
- $62,010
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.1
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.