State comparison · 2025
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades salary: New Jersey vs South Carolina
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades in New Jersey earn a median of $105,510. In South Carolina, $75,350. After cost-of-living, the gap is 20.6% — not 40%.
Nominal pay gap
+40%
New Jersey vs South Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+20.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
New Jersey
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades
- Median
- $105,510
- p25
- $79,970
- p75
- $131,710
- p10
- $63,210
- p90
- $153,940
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
South Carolina
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades
- Median
- $75,350
- p25
- $60,790
- p75
- $91,320
- p10
- $52,220
- p90
- $105,840
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.7
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.