State comparison · 2025
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades salary: New Jersey vs South Dakota
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades in New Jersey earn a median of $105,510. In South Dakota, $77,690. After cost-of-living, the gap is 10.6% — not 35.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+35.8%
New Jersey vs South Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
+10.6%
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 Dakota
First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades
- Median
- $77,690
- p25
- $67,400
- p75
- $87,790
- p10
- $60,200
- p90
- $97,940
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.6
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.