State comparison · 2025
Construction Laborers salary: Illinois vs Massachusetts
Construction Laborers in Massachusetts earn a median of $63,390. In Illinois, $60,690. After cost-of-living, the gap is 1.3% — not 4.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-4.3%
Illinois vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
+1.3%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Illinois
Construction Laborers
- Median
- $60,690
- p25
- $46,040
- p75
- $95,240
- p10
- $38,880
- p90
- $105,040
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
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.