How much do Helpers, Construction Trades, All Other make in Ponce, PR?

Percentile spread

For Helpers, Construction Trades, All Other, the published 10th percentile is $21,840 and the 90th percentile is $22,880. The difference is $1,040, which is 4.7% 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 $21,840 to the 75th at $22,880, covers $1,040.

The mean annual wage is $22,690, which sits above the median of $22,010. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Ponce, PR median is 48.4% lower than the national median of $42,670 for Helpers, Construction Trades, All Other.

It is 3.9% lower than the Puerto Rico median of $22,910.

Price-adjusted pay

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

Nearby metros

One other metropolitan area within 200 miles publishes a annual median for Helpers, Construction Trades, All Other. Ponce, PR ranks 2nd of 2 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).).

• San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR is 44 miles away, with a median of $22,960 and employment of 610. That median is 4.3% higher than the median here.

Employment share

Helpers, Construction Trades, All Other accounts for 0.08% of wage-and-salary employment in Ponce, PR (50 of 63,500). Nationally the occupation is 0.02% of employment (24,770 of 155,495,730). The local share is 4.94 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.