State comparison · 2025
Construction Laborers salary: Delaware vs New Jersey
Construction Laborers in New Jersey earn a median of $64,060. In Delaware, $45,550. After cost-of-living, the gap is 22.5% — not 28.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-28.9%
Delaware vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-22.5%
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
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.