State comparison · 2025
Construction Laborers salary: Massachusetts vs Tennessee
Construction Laborers in Massachusetts earn a median of $63,390. In Tennessee, $45,000. After cost-of-living, the gap is 22.4% — not 40.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+40.9%
Massachusetts vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+22.4%
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
Tennessee
Construction Laborers
- Median
- $45,000
- p25
- $37,670
- p75
- $49,450
- p10
- $34,910
- p90
- $59,990
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
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.