Pay distribution $30,100 10th $35,280 25th $46,040 75th $55,960 90th
Half of Construction Laborers in the Lakeland metro area earn more than $39,470 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $35,280 and $46,040.
Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS) Wage 10th 25th Median 75th 90th Annual $30,100 $35,280 $39,470 $46,040 $55,960 Hourly $14.47 $16.96 $18.97 $22.13 $26.90
A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.
How this area compares Lakeland metro areathis metro area
$39,470 median for Lakeland metro area; middle half earns $35,280 to $46,040
$44,030 median for Florida; middle half earns $37,090 to $47,970
$47,120 median for United States; middle half earns $38,620 to $59,740
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
The median here is −10% vs Florida overall and −16% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.
Where this metro sits nationally $23,510 $43,567 $63,623 $83,680 Ponce, PR — $23,510 Mayaguez, PR — $23,820 Aguadilla, PR — $24,250 San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $24,270 Arecibo, PR — $26,530 Guayama, PR — $27,470 Dothan, AL — $32,000 Gadsden, AL — $32,900 Laredo, TX — $33,740 Anniston-Oxford, AL — $33,970 Valdosta, GA — $34,400 McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $34,460 Hot Springs, AR — $34,840 Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $35,150 Dalton, GA — $35,320 El Paso, TX — $35,670 Hattiesburg, MS — $35,700 Monroe, LA — $35,850 Albany, GA — $35,880 Columbus, GA-AL — $35,890 Brunswick-St. Simons, GA — $36,020 Auburn-Opelika, AL — $36,110 Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL — $36,260 Beckley, WV — $36,310 Texarkana, TX-AR — $36,360 Tuscaloosa, AL — $36,460 Lawton, OK — $36,630 Montgomery, AL — $36,630 Wichita Falls, TX — $36,720 San Angelo, TX — $36,810 Mobile, AL — $36,830 Hammond, LA — $36,840 Houma-Bayou Cane-Thibodaux, LA — $36,890 Victoria, TX — $36,930 Alexandria, LA — $36,940 Fort Smith, AR-OK — $36,950 Lubbock, TX — $36,970 Hinesville, GA — $37,010 Athens-Clarke County, GA — $37,120 Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $37,190 College Station-Bryan, TX — $37,200 Huntsville, AL — $37,510 Waco, TX — $37,610 Decatur, AL — $37,680 Killeen-Temple, TX — $37,690 Savannah, GA — $37,690 Tyler, TX — $37,700 Longview, TX — $37,840 Jackson, MS — $37,850 Jonesboro, AR — $37,970 Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA — $38,040 Ocala, FL — $38,050 Rocky Mount, NC — $38,100 Farmington, NM — $38,150 Roanoke, VA — $38,150 Abilene, TX — $38,160 Amarillo, TX — $38,170 Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $38,210 Gainesville, GA — $38,280 Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA — $38,300 Birmingham, AL — $38,370 Odessa, TX — $38,380 Lynchburg, VA — $38,400 Morristown, TN — $38,400 Daphne-Fairhope-Foley, AL — $38,440 Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $38,480 Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $38,490 Lafayette, LA — $38,620 Baton Rouge, LA — $38,650 Sumter, SC — $38,650 Tallahassee, FL — $38,720 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $38,730 Elizabethtown, KY — $38,740 Salisbury, MD — $38,800 Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $38,880 Rome, GA — $39,200 Goldsboro, NC — $39,330 Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $39,370 San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $39,390 Oklahoma City, OK — $39,430 Las Cruces, NM — $39,460 Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $39,470 New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $39,480 Midland, TX — $39,500 Warner Robins, GA — $39,500 Jacksonville, NC — $39,830 Macon-Bibb County, GA — $40,010 Greensboro-High Point, NC — $40,100 Albuquerque, NM — $40,440 Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $40,880 Johnson City, TN — $41,150 Wildwood-The Villages, FL — $41,170 Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $41,350 Wichita, KS — $41,360 Parkersburg-Vienna, WV — $41,650 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $41,670 Gainesville, FL — $41,670 Bowling Green, KY — $41,880 Clarksville, TN-KY — $41,950 Santa Fe, NM — $41,980 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $42,010 Winchester, VA-WV — $42,160 Spartanburg, SC — $42,210 Winston-Salem, NC — $42,210 Burlington, NC — $42,320 Richmond, VA — $42,410 Greenville, NC — $42,420 Enid, OK — $42,430 Corpus Christi, TX — $42,440 Sebring, FL — $42,560 Columbia, SC — $42,630 Twin Falls, ID — $42,670 Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV — $42,830 Homosassa Springs, FL — $42,890 Port St. Lucie, FL — $42,960 Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $43,050 Lake Havasu City-Kingman, AZ — $43,200 Tulsa, OK — $43,200 Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $43,250 Chattanooga, TN-GA — $43,260 Yuma, AZ — $43,260 Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $43,290 Jacksonville, FL — $43,480 Sherman-Denison, TX — $43,500 Harrisonburg, VA — $43,520 Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ — $43,610 Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $43,630 Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $43,710 Fayetteville, NC — $43,740 Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $43,750 Owensboro, KY — $43,760 Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $43,960 Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $44,000 Cleveland, TN — $44,190 Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $44,240 Morgantown, WV — $44,340 Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $44,380 Casper, WY — $44,410 Bangor, ME — $44,420 Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $44,550 Jackson, TN — $44,610 Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $44,720 Grand Junction, CO — $44,740 Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $44,810 Weirton-Steubenville, WV-OH — $44,840 Tucson, AZ — $45,060 Charlottesville, VA — $45,080 Sebastian-Vero Beach-West Vero Corridor, FL — $45,080 Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $45,170 Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $45,180 Florence, SC — $45,230 Lake Charles, LA — $45,240 Johnstown, PA — $45,320 Grand Island, NE — $45,370 Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $45,370 North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL — $45,390 Terre Haute, IN — $45,450 Lexington Park, MD — $45,500 Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $45,520 Punta Gorda, FL — $45,520 Pueblo, CO — $45,530 Rapid City, SD — $45,630 Raleigh-Cary, NC — $45,650 St. George, UT — $45,670 Pocatello, ID — $45,680 Hilton Head Island-Bluffton-Port Royal, SC — $45,750 Wheeling, WV-OH — $45,800 Dover, DE — $45,810 Altoona, PA — $45,820 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $45,850 Idaho Falls, ID — $45,870 Lewiston-Auburn, ME — $45,890 Pinehurst-Southern Pines, NC — $45,900 Naples-Marco Island, FL — $46,040 Topeka, KS — $46,070 Wilmington, NC — $46,090 Prescott Valley-Prescott, AZ — $46,110 Knoxville, TN — $46,130 Greeley, CO — $46,150 Logan, UT-ID — $46,160 Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $46,190 Cheyenne, WY — $46,240 Muncie, IN — $46,250 Lexington-Fayette, KY — $46,300 Colorado Springs, CO — $46,340 Williamsport, PA — $46,360 Ogden, UT — $46,400 Flagstaff, AZ — $46,420 Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $46,460 Erie, PA — $46,480 Niles, MI — $46,530 Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $46,560 Lewiston, ID-WA — $46,630 Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $46,640 Lincoln, NE — $46,700 Ithaca, NY — $46,790 Paducah, KY-IL — $46,850 Sioux Falls, SD-MN — $46,850 Chambersburg, PA — $46,860 Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $46,910 Muskegon-Norton Shores, MI — $47,010 Bay City, MI — $47,360 Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $47,420 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $47,430 Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $47,460 Fort Wayne, IN — $47,480 Boise City, ID — $47,510 Asheville, NC — $47,520 Manchester-Nashua, NH — $47,520 Eugene-Springfield, OR — $47,530 Lebanon, PA — $47,530 Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $47,550 Lawrence, KS — $47,680 Visalia, CA — $47,700 Manhattan, KS — $47,730 Charleston, WV — $47,770 Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $47,780 Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $47,780 Corvallis, OR — $47,800 Springfield, MO — $47,830 Iowa City, IA — $47,940 Boulder, CO — $47,980 Gettysburg, PA — $48,010 Jackson, MI — $48,130 Kokomo, IN — $48,210 Yuba City, CA — $48,210 Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $48,230 Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $48,290 Omaha, NE-IA — $48,300 Mansfield, OH — $48,320 Walla Walla, WA — $48,360 Traverse City, MI — $48,400 Watertown-Fort Drum, NY — $48,450 Portland-South Portland, ME — $48,470 Youngstown-Warren, OH — $48,580 Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $48,630 Cedar Rapids, IA — $48,670 Lancaster, PA — $48,670 Bloomington, IN — $48,710 Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $48,760 Midland, MI — $48,790 Dubuque, IA — $48,800 Reading, PA — $48,800 Yakima, WA — $48,810 Helena, MT — $48,930 Saginaw, MI — $49,000 Grand Forks, ND-MN — $49,070 Glens Falls, NY — $49,080 Minot, ND — $49,180 Syracuse, NY — $49,180 Billings, MT — $49,240 Grants Pass, OR — $49,240 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $49,290 Rochester, NY — $49,290 Great Falls, MT — $49,300 Fargo, ND-MN — $49,340 Medford, OR — $49,350 York-Hanover, PA — $49,350 Wenatchee-East Wenatchee, WA — $49,410 Kingston, NY — $49,520 Elmira, NY — $49,600 Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $49,670 Utica-Rome, NY — $49,710 Bismarck, ND — $49,770 Ames, IA — $49,810 Joplin, MO-KS — $49,880 Missoula, MT — $49,930 Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $49,940 Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $49,950 Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $49,960 Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $49,980 Kenosha, WI — $50,040 Springfield, OH — $50,070 Kansas City, MO-KS — $50,500 Pittsburgh, PA — $50,600 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $50,620 Toledo, OH — $50,720 Binghamton, NY — $50,740 South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $50,870 Ann Arbor, MI — $50,910 Coeur d'Alene, ID — $50,910 Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $51,010 Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $51,040 Lima, OH — $51,110 Monroe, MI — $51,200 Reno, NV — $51,230 Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $51,270 Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $51,380 Albany, OR — $51,470 St. Joseph, MO-KS — $51,760 Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $51,890 Pittsfield, MA — $52,130 Wausau, WI — $52,620 Bend, OR — $52,760 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $52,940 Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $53,000 Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $53,090 Evansville, IN — $53,220 State College, PA — $53,420 El Centro, CA — $53,560 Canton-Massillon, OH — $53,760 Columbus, IN — $53,900 Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $53,940 Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $54,240 Racine-Mount Pleasant, WI — $54,300 Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $54,380 Merced, CA — $54,440 Salem, OR — $54,500 Bremerton-Silverdale-Port Orchard, WA — $54,710 Chico, CA — $54,720 Kennewick-Richland, WA — $54,750 Kankakee, IL — $54,830 Green Bay, WI — $54,890 Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $54,930 Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $55,120 Fresno, CA — $55,120 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $55,120 Bozeman, MT — $55,690 Janesville-Beloit, WI — $55,690 Redding, CA — $55,790 Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $55,800 Longview-Kelso, WA — $55,810 Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $56,140 Anchorage, AK — $56,160 Fond du Lac, WI — $56,200 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $56,280 Sheboygan, WI — $56,440 Battle Creek, MI — $56,700 Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $56,710 Columbia, MO — $56,810 Madison, WI — $57,000 Flint, MI — $57,170 Cleveland, OH — $57,180 San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $57,180 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $57,430 Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $57,430 Stockton-Lodi, CA — $57,450 Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $57,570 St. Cloud, MN — $57,820 Cape Girardeau, MO-IL — $58,140 Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $58,150 Jefferson City, MO — $58,220 Mount Vernon-Anacortes, WA — $58,220 Eau Claire, WI — $58,240 Michigan City-La Porte, IN — $58,240 Bellingham, WA — $58,360 Rockford, IL — $58,390 Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA — $58,500 Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $58,810 Akron, OH — $58,830 La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $58,900 Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $58,950 Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $59,030 Appleton, WI — $59,260 Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $59,280 Mankato, MN — $59,350 Rochester, MN — $59,390 Champaign-Urbana, IL — $59,460 Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $59,500 Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $59,740 Napa, CA — $59,800 Carson City, NV — $59,810 Hanford-Corcoran, CA — $59,870 Barnstable Town, MA — $60,040 San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $60,140 Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $60,270 New Haven, CT — $60,350 Columbus, OH — $60,540 Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $60,560 Sandusky, OH — $60,600 Modesto, CA — $60,630 Bloomington, IL — $60,650 Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $60,890 Fairbanks-College, AK — $60,990 Decatur, IL — $61,270 New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $61,270 Duluth, MN-WI — $61,340 Springfield, IL — $61,400 Worcester, MA — $61,410 Salinas, CA — $61,680 Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $61,970 Vallejo, CA — $62,500 Springfield, MA — $62,660 Peoria, IL — $62,960 Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $63,420 St. Louis, MO-IL — $64,500 San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $68,470 Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $71,920 San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $72,610 Urban Honolulu, HI — $77,960 Kahului-Wailuku, HI — $79,760 Vineland, NJ — $83,680 Lakeland metro area Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.
The Lakeland metro area has the 311th-highest published median for this occupation among the 392 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.
Other metro areas in Florida Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for construction laborers, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.
Lakeland metro areathis page
$39,470 median for Lakeland metro area; middle half earns $35,280 to $46,040
$46,040 median for Naples metro area; middle half earns $39,040 to $49,920
$45,520 median for Miami metro area; middle half earns $38,120 to $49,100
$45,520 median for Punta Gorda metro area; middle half earns $37,760 to $49,380
$45,390 median for North Port metro area; middle half earns $37,810 to $48,980
$45,180 median for Crestview metro area; middle half earns $37,610 to $47,960
$45,080 median for Sebastian metro area; middle half earns $37,280 to $47,850
Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.
About this estimate These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.
Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology .