How much do Construction Laborers make in San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR?

Percentile spread

For Construction Laborers, the published 10th percentile is $21,870 and the 90th percentile is $32,970. The difference is $11,100, which is 45.7% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $22,760 to the 75th at $28,560, covers $5,800.

The mean annual wage is $26,150, which sits above the median of $24,270. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR median is 48.5% lower than the national median of $47,120 for Construction Laborers.

It is about the same as the Puerto Rico median of $24,270.

Price-adjusted pay

The Bureau of Economic Analysis has not published a 2024 all-items regional price parity for San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR, so this page does not show a price-adjusted wage.

Nearby metros

5 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Construction Laborers. San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR ranks 3rd of 6 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Guayama, PR is 22 miles away, with a median of $27,470 and employment of 90. That median is 13.2% higher than the median here.
• Ponce, PR is 44 miles away, with a median of $23,510 and employment of 660. That median is 3.1% lower than the median here.
• Arecibo, PR is 48 miles away, with a median of $26,530 and employment of 350. That median is 9.3% higher than the median here.

Employment share

Construction Laborers accounts for 1.0% of wage-and-salary employment in San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR (7,060 of 690,810). Nationally the occupation is 0.71% of employment (1,096,780 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.45 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.