47-2061 - BLS OEWS 2025
Construction laborers wages in New York
The BLS reported a $26.89 median hourly wage for construction laborers in New York in 2025. This page is generated only because that exact state-and-trade cell exists in the official OEWS data.
Important: These are worker wages, not contractor billing rates - a contractor's quote adds overhead, insurance, equipment, and margin.
Median hourly wage
$26.89
BLS OEWS 2025
10th-90th percentile
$16.50-$46.44
Hourly worker wage range.
Employment
52,090
State employment estimate.
Median-wage rank
#14
of 51 jurisdictions with this trade.
What is unique in this BLS cell
State premium
New York's median is +$3.86 per hour above the median state record for construction laborers ($23.03).
Labor-market size
This state ranks #4 by BLS employment among generated construction laborers records, with 52,090 workers reported.
Trend
Median hourly pay moved from $22.39 in 2019 to $26.89 in 2025, a +20% change.
2019-2025 median wage trend
| Year | Median hourly wage |
|---|---|
| 2019 | $22.39 |
| 2020 | $23.56 |
| 2021 | $26.65 |
| 2022 | $24.18 |
| 2023 | $27.23 |
| 2024 | $27.73 |
| 2025 | $26.89 |
Same trade, large BLS labor markets
Source and limitation
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment & Wage Statistics (OEWS), OEWS 2019-2025. This page uses only the published BLS row for Construction laborers in New York. It does not estimate missing cells, interpolate suppressed values, or convert worker wages into contractor quotes.