State comparison · 2025
Construction Laborers salary: Kentucky vs Massachusetts
Construction Laborers in Massachusetts earn a median of $63,390. In Kentucky, $45,710. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.4% — not 27.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-27.9%
Kentucky vs Massachusetts
COL-adjusted gap
-15.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kentucky
Construction Laborers
- Median
- $45,710
- p25
- $37,700
- p75
- $50,040
- p10
- $33,770
- p90
- $60,200
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
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.