State comparison · 2025
Construction Laborers salary: Indiana vs New Jersey
Construction Laborers in New Jersey earn a median of $64,060. In Indiana, $50,070. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8.9% — not 21.8%.
Nominal pay gap
-21.8%
Indiana vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-8.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Indiana
Construction Laborers
- Median
- $50,070
- p25
- $44,270
- p75
- $62,240
- p10
- $36,570
- p90
- $74,740
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.3
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.