State comparison · 2025
Construction Laborers salary: Kansas vs New Jersey
Construction Laborers in New Jersey earn a median of $64,060. In Kansas, $44,840. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.5% — not 30%.
Nominal pay gap
-30%
Kansas vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-15.5%
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
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.