State comparison · 2025
Construction Laborers salary: Idaho vs New Jersey
Construction Laborers in New Jersey earn a median of $64,060. In Idaho, $46,940. After cost-of-living, the gap is 16.5% — not 26.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-26.7%
Idaho vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-16.5%
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
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.