State comparison · 2025
Construction Laborers salary: Delaware vs Massachusetts
Construction Laborers in Massachusetts earn a median of $63,390. In Delaware, $45,550. After cost-of-living, the gap is 23.8% — not 28.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-28.1%
Delaware vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-23.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Delaware
Construction Laborers
- Median
- $45,550
- p25
- $37,280
- p75
- $56,310
- p10
- $33,240
- p90
- $63,730
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 99.8
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.