Construction Laborer Salary in Los Angeles, CA (2026)

What construction laborer pay in Los Angeles really looks like

Los Angeles is a standout-pay market for construction laborers. The local median of $58,810 a year runs $11,690 (25%) above the national median of $47,120, one of the widest premiums in the country for this occupation. Offers benchmarked to U.S.-wide averages will read far too low here — hold out for the local number, and treat the metro median as your floor, not your target.

Pay is spread wide across the metro: BLS puts the 25th percentile at $47,310 and the 75th at $77,610. A band that broad usually reflects a real mix of employers, shifts, and seniority — which means where you apply changes your pay as much as the job title does. The same construction laborer role can pay very differently across two Los Angeles employers, so it pays to target the top of the band deliberately.

This is a substantial local market: BLS estimates roughly 21,730 construction laborer jobs across the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro area (a count of metro employment, not a survey of reported salaries). A deep employer base is good news for pay — it means more openings to compare side by side, more turnover creating vacancies, and more leverage to hold out for an employer at the top of the local range instead of settling for the first offer that lands.

Right now, Jobeezy is tracking 24 open construction laborer jobs in Los Angeles against the BLS $58,810 benchmark — the live listings and the employers hiring are below, so you can see which openings actually clear the metro median before you apply.

Put it together and the picture for Los Angeles is concrete: a metro median of $58,810 with most construction laborers landing between $47,310 and $77,610. The practical move is to aim for the upper half of that band. Jobeezy fit-scores local construction laborer openings, surfaces the employers posting toward $77,610, and applies for you — so your time goes to the jobs that clear the Los Angeles median, not the ones that sit under it.

How we know this — Los Angeles sources

Wage figures for Construction Laborer in Los Angeles, CA are the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics OEWS May 2025 estimate for the Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA metro area (MSA code 31080) (SOC 47-2061), released 2026-08-25. Suppressed cells are shown as an em dash, never a zero.

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Construction Laborer pay in Los Angeles, CA — common questions

How much does a Construction Laborer make in Los Angeles, CA?

The median Construction Laborer salary in Los Angeles, CA is $58,810/year ($11,690 (25%) above the national median), with a typical range of $47,310–$77,610 (25th–75th percentile). Figures are BLS OEWS May 2025, released 2026-08-25.

Is Los Angeles a strong pay market for Construction Laborers?

At a $58,810 median, Los Angeles is $11,690 (25%) above the national median. The U.S. median is $47,120. Jobeezy shows you which local employers actually pay at the top of that band before you apply.

How can I earn more as a Construction Laborer in Los Angeles?

Target employers paying toward the $77,610 (75th-percentile) mark and anchor your negotiation to the BLS band. Jobeezy fit-scores Construction Laborer openings in Los Angeles and auto-applies, so you reach more high-paying employers fast.

How many Construction Laborers work in Los Angeles?

BLS estimates roughly 21,730 construction laborer jobs across Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA (May 2025 metro employment — a count of jobs, not of salaries reported).