State comparison · 2025
Construction Laborers salary: Kentucky vs New Jersey
Construction Laborers in New Jersey earn a median of $64,060. In Kentucky, $45,710. After cost-of-living, the gap is 13.9% — not 28.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-28.6%
Kentucky vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-13.9%
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
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.