State comparison · 2025
Construction Laborers salary: Kansas vs Massachusetts
Construction Laborers in Massachusetts earn a median of $63,390. In Kansas, $44,840. After cost-of-living, the gap is 16.9% — not 29.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-29.3%
Kansas vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-16.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kansas
Construction Laborers
- Median
- $44,840
- p25
- $37,310
- p75
- $49,210
- p10
- $31,500
- p90
- $60,070
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
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.