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Helpers, Construction Trades, All Other pay in Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR and New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ
The May 2025 BLS OEWS median for Helpers, Construction Trades, All Other is $37,030 per year in Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR. It is $58,580 per year in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ. Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR is 36.8% below New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ on the published median.
Both rows use SOC 47-3019 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 70 wage and salary jobs in Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR and 1,140 in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ. 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.