State comparison · 2025
Construction Laborers salary: Idaho vs Massachusetts
Construction Laborers in Massachusetts earn a median of $63,390. In Idaho, $46,940. After cost-of-living, the gap is 18% — not 26%.
Nominal pay gap
-26%
Idaho vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-18%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Idaho
Construction Laborers
- Median
- $46,940
- p25
- $39,550
- p75
- $55,030
- p10
- $36,560
- p90
- $63,190
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 95.5
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.