Highest-paying Cities for Construction Laborers

The top 100 highest paying cities for construction laborers (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of construction laborers in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $76,300, Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, New Jersey is the highest paying city for construction laborers. It is followed by Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois (average annual salary $66,180). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of construction laborers in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Construction Laborers

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Vineland-Millville-Bridgeton, New Jersey	$76,300	$35,830	460
2	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois	$66,180	$26,840	16,710
3	Springfield, Illinois	$64,310	$34,640	440
4	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$64,060	$36,970	19,750
5	Carbondale-Marion, Illinois	$63,760	$35,630	340
6	Urban Honolulu, Hawaii	$63,170	$37,120	3,000
7	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$62,530	$36,300	830
8	Decatur, Illinois	$62,470	$36,500	370
9	Atlantic City-Hammonton, New Jersey	$62,040	$34,130	830
10	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$62,010	$39,590	14,360
11	Bloomington, Illinois	$60,470	$35,050	360
12	Peoria, Illinois	$59,940	$31,370	920
13	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$59,840	$42,770	12,290
14	Brockton-Bridgewater-Easton, Massachusetts	$59,800	$33,190	800
15	Kankakee-Bradley, Illinois	$59,090	$35,610	180
16	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$58,770	$38,440	1,820
17	Vallejo-Fairfield, California	$58,490	$38,060	1,280
18	Kahului-Wailuku-Lahaina, Hawaii	$58,080	$38,540	490
19	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$58,030	$35,950	45,630
20	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$57,540	$42,660	4,570
21	Champaign-Urbana, Illinois	$57,260	$35,980	480
22	Redding, California	$56,370	$35,680	580
23	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$56,020	$32,410	8,740
24	Northwestern Connecticut nonmetropolitan area, Connecticut	$55,780	$36,960	280
25	Barnstable Town, Massachusetts	$54,810	$39,370	1,010
26	Nantucket Island and Marthas Vineyard nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts	$54,610	$22,890	140
27	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$54,610	$26,660	7,910
28	Honolulu, Hawaii	$53,780	$29,420	3,120
29	Fairbanks, Alaska	$52,730	$37,550	340
30	St Louis, Missouri	$52,640	$34,870	7,100
31	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$52,410	$35,130	14,620
32	Massachusetts nonmetropolitan area, Massachusetts	$52,350	$38,320	500
33	Waterbury, Connecticut	$52,200	$35,360	350
34	Leominster-Fitchburg-Gardner, Massachusetts	$51,670	$35,840	440
35	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$51,510	$33,640	9,300
36	Bloomington, Indiana	$51,310	$33,470	620
37	Hawaii-Maui-Kauai nonmetropolitan area, Hawaii	$51,060	$38,320	830
38	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$50,980	$37,940	16,960
39	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$50,980	$36,170	3,220
40	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$50,940	$37,350	1,910
41	Cleveland-Elyria-Mentor, Ohio	$50,890	$31,240	4,990
42	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, California	$50,840	$37,110	1,110
43	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$50,510	$30,620	5,680
44	Camden, New Jersey	$50,480	$28,660	3,130
45	North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$50,430	$36,880	860
46	Springfield, Massachusetts	$50,390	$36,520	1,710
47	North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$50,350	$37,630	600
48	Columbus, Ohio	$50,090	$34,670	5,600
49	New Bedford, Massachusetts	$49,960	$36,450	410
50	Worcester, Massachusetts	$49,940	$36,980	1,370
51	Anchorage, Alaska	$49,930	$32,860	1,170
52	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$49,860	$36,150	7,800
53	Jefferson City, Missouri	$49,830	$32,460	500
54	Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area, California	$49,820	$37,140	460
55	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$49,740	$36,030	7,670
56	Mount Vernon-Anacortes, Washington	$49,730	$37,450	430
57	Rockford, Illinois	$49,720	$36,050	650
58	Northwest Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$49,680	$30,680	960
59	Bellingham, Washington	$49,630	$37,060	1,030
60	West Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$49,590	$30,580	1,180
61	Alaska nonmetropolitan area, Alaska	$49,580	$32,860	1,080
62	New Haven, Connecticut	$49,450	$35,770	1,300
63	Western Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$49,220	$37,560	1,360
64	Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, New Hampshire	$49,180	$33,440	1,130
65	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$49,080	$35,510	2,580
66	Toledo, Ohio	$49,070	$31,070	1,700
67	Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington	$48,950	$36,770	1,480
68	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$48,890	$35,070	14,230
69	Binghamton, New York	$48,810	$32,600	630
70	Pittsfield, Massachusetts	$48,680	$36,450	250
71	Akron, Ohio	$48,670	$33,470	1,740
72	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$48,580	$33,850	9,530
73	Albany-Schenectady-Troy, New York	$48,580	$34,430	2,400
74	Columbia, Missouri	$48,350	$30,010	390
75	Indianapolis-Carmel, Indiana	$48,350	$34,080	7,670
76	Rochester, Minnesota	$48,330	$37,110	890
77	Rochester, New York	$48,330	$32,020	2,560
78	Yuba City, California	$48,270	$35,740	330
79	Watertown-Fort Drum, New York	$48,270	$29,490	270
80	Reno-Sparks, Nevada	$48,260	$35,360	2,290
81	Santa Cruz-Watsonville, California	$48,200	$37,210	480
82	St Cloud, Minnesota	$48,190	$36,590	1,000
83	East Central Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$48,140	$32,080	900
84	West North Dakota nonmetropolitan area, North Dakota	$48,140	$37,520	1,330
85	Olympia, Washington	$48,100	$36,030	840
86	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$48,090	$36,790	7,670
87	Cedar Rapids, Iowa	$48,070	$36,110	950
88	Eastern Washington nonmetropolitan area, Washington	$48,020	$36,220	990
89	Oshkosh-Neenah, Wisconsin	$48,000	$31,360	690
90	Danbury, Connecticut	$47,890	$31,930	470
91	Longview, Washington	$47,840	$34,130	420
92	Elkhart-Goshen, Indiana	$47,820	$34,930	540
93	Flint, Michigan	$47,810	$31,660	1,040
94	Norwich-New London, Rhode Island	$47,650	$35,000	530
95	State College, Pennsylvania	$47,650	$35,050	530
96	Mankato-North Mankato, Minnesota	$47,640	$35,260	310
97	Milwaukee-Waukesha-West Allis, Wisconsin	$47,620	$32,790	4,580
98	Ann Arbor, Michigan	$47,610	$35,860	670
99	Appleton, Wisconsin	$47,580	$31,650	1,170
100	South Illinois nonmetropolitan area, Illinois	$47,550	$29,370	470

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for construction laborers.