Koira reports
State-by-state numbers for people who run a trade business, built only from data we can show you the source of. Every table has a CSV you can download and use.
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The reports
BLS OEWS, May 2025Trade wages by state 2026Median pay for 14 trades in every state, from the BLS wage survey.State licensing boardsContractor license requirements by stateWhich states license which trades, checked against each state board.Koira estimates, BLS May 2025 wagesTypical job prices by stateKoira estimates for 13 trades: sourced prices scaled to each state's wages.
How these reports are made
- Wages are read straight from the Bureau of Labor Statistics wage survey files for May 2025. A figure BLS did not publish is shown as not published, never estimated.
- License requirements come from each state's own licensing board or statute, with the date each was checked. A state not checked yet is shown that way.
- Job prices are Koira estimates, and every page says so. They start from national price ranges in our free calculators, built from published cost guides, and scale only the labor part to each state's BLS wages. The method and sources are on the page.
For one trade in one state, the detail pages go further: trade salaries by state, license guides by trade and state, and the free price check for your own ZIP code.