State comparison · 2025
Construction Laborers salary: Mississippi vs New Jersey
Construction Laborers in New Jersey earn a median of $64,060. In Mississippi, $37,710. After cost-of-living, the gap is 26.4% — not 41.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-41.1%
Mississippi vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-26.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Mississippi
Construction Laborers
- Median
- $37,710
- p25
- $33,790
- p75
- $45,790
- p10
- $29,370
- p90
- $52,640
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
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.