State comparison · 2025
Construction Laborers salary: Missouri vs New Jersey
Construction Laborers in New Jersey earn a median of $64,060. In Missouri, $56,730. After cost-of-living, the gap is 6.1% — not 11.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-11.4%
Missouri vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
+6.1%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Missouri
Construction Laborers
- Median
- $56,730
- p25
- $45,610
- p75
- $77,580
- p10
- $37,870
- p90
- $83,470
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.8
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.