How much do Miscellaneous Construction and Related Workers make in Trenton-Princeton, NJ?

Percentile spread

For Miscellaneous Construction and Related Workers, the published 10th percentile is $43,050 and the 90th percentile is $101,410. The difference is $58,360, which is 89.3% 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 $61,110 to the 75th at $81,700, covers $20,590.

The mean annual wage is $74,450, which sits above the median of $65,330. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Trenton-Princeton, NJ median is 30.9% higher than the national median of $49,910 for Miscellaneous Construction and Related Workers. In 2024 national prices the local median is $63,317, which is 26.9% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is about the same as the New Jersey median of $65,330.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Trenton-Princeton, NJ is 103.180, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $65,330 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Miscellaneous Construction and Related Workers at $63,317 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

10 other metropolitan areas within 200 miles publish a annual median for Miscellaneous Construction and Related Workers. Trenton-Princeton, NJ ranks 2nd of 11 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).).

• Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD is 42 miles away, with a median of $60,200 and employment of 570. That median is 7.9% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $58,701, against $63,317 here.
• Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ is 51 miles away, with a median of $62,940 and employment of 40. That median is 3.7% lower than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $62,960, against $63,317 here.
• New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ is 57 miles away, with a median of $65,610 and employment of 760. That median is 0.4% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $58,287, against $63,317 here.

Employment share

Miscellaneous Construction and Related Workers accounts for 0.02% of wage-and-salary employment in Trenton-Princeton, NJ (60 of 240,190). Nationally the occupation is 0.02% of employment (28,380 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.37 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.