State comparison · 2025
Construction Laborers salary: Nevada vs New Jersey
Construction Laborers in New Jersey earn a median of $64,060. In Nevada, $48,990. After cost-of-living, the gap is 16.8% — not 23.5%.
Nominal pay gap
-23.5%
Nevada vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
-16.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Nevada
Construction Laborers
- Median
- $48,990
- p25
- $42,070
- p75
- $64,720
- p10
- $36,400
- p90
- $76,660
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
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.