State comparison · 2025
Construction Laborers salary: Massachusetts vs Ohio
Construction Laborers in Massachusetts earn a median of $63,390. In Ohio, $56,080. After cost-of-living, the gap is 0.9% — not 13%.
Nominal pay gap
+13%
Massachusetts vs Ohio
COL-adjusted gap
-0.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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
Ohio
Construction Laborers
- Median
- $56,080
- p25
- $45,940
- p75
- $74,370
- p10
- $37,370
- p90
- $79,110
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.8
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.