State comparison · 2025
Construction Laborers salary: Colorado vs New Jersey
Construction Laborers in New Jersey earn a median of $64,060. In Colorado, $47,900. After cost-of-living, the gap is 21.1% — not 25.2%.
Nominal pay gap
-25.2%
Colorado vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-21.1%
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
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.