State comparison · 2025
Construction Laborers salary: Massachusetts vs Pennsylvania
Construction Laborers in Massachusetts earn a median of $63,390. In Pennsylvania, $49,400. After cost-of-living, the gap is 18.4% — not 28.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+28.3%
Massachusetts vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
+18.4%
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
Pennsylvania
Construction Laborers
- Median
- $49,400
- p25
- $45,110
- p75
- $61,810
- p10
- $37,480
- p90
- $74,670
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
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.