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Construction Laborers pay in Hawaii and Maine
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Construction Laborers is $77,110 per year in Hawaii. It is $46,430 per year in Maine. Hawaii is 66.1% above Maine on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 47-2061 and the same annual wage metric. Median means the middle of each area's published wage spread. It is not one worker's pay. The larger median is not proof that one place gives a better job or a better result. It is one wage fact from one source period.
BLS lists 4,580 wage and salary jobs in Hawaii and 3,960 in Maine. Those are survey job counts, not open posts. Read pay, job scale, local share, and price level as separate facts before you make a choice.
Evidence: bls-oews-may-2025 · Rule: same-soc-same-metric-pair · nominal-median-gap · employment-not-openings