State comparison · 2025
Construction Laborers salary: Maine vs New Jersey
Construction Laborers in New Jersey earn a median of $64,060. In Maine, $46,430. After cost-of-living, the gap is 18.8% — not 27.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-27.5%
Maine vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-18.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Maine
Construction Laborers
- Median
- $46,430
- p25
- $40,570
- p75
- $53,070
- p10
- $36,190
- p90
- $60,520
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
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.