Construction

Industry Sector

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    Workforce Population
    9.79M
    2024
    Average Employee Age
    41.9
    2024
    Estimated Job Growth
    4.39%
    10-Year Projection
    Average Salary
    $67,770
    2024
    Average Male Salary
    $68,809
    2024
    Average Female Salary
    $60,142
    2024

    About

    The top three occupations in the Construction Industry Sector are construction laborers, construction managers, and carpenters. On average, full-time employees in the Construction Industry Sector work 43.8 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $71,664. Part-time employees in the same industry work 22.4 hours and earn an average annual salary of $31,160.

    The workforce of Construction Industry Sector in 2024 was 9,787,375 people, with 12% woman, and 88% men.

    In 2024, 62.2% of the workforce in the Construction Industry Sector was White (6,086,399 people), of which 13.3% were women and 86.7% men.

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    Employment & Salaries

    A snapshot of workforce, wages, and opportunities in the Construction Industry Sector.

    The workforce in Construction Industry Sector was 9,787,375 people and is concentrated in California (1,068,547 workers). The average annual salary was $67,770, being $2,108 less than the national average salary, which was $69,878.

    Monthly Employment

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    3.88%
    Year-over-year growth
    Employment change between February 2022 and February 2023

    As of February 2023, there are 8.27M people employed in the Mining, Logging, and Construction industry. This represents a 3.88% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.

    This chart shows monthly employment numbers for Mining, Logging, and Construction over time (non-seasonally adjusted).

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    Employment by Location

    The states that concentrated the largest workforce in 2024 were California (1.07M), Texas (1.05M), and Florida (760k).

    This map shows the states in the United States shaded by workforce for Construction Industry Sector.

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    Yearly Wage Ranking

    In 2024, Construction Industry Sector had an average annual wage of $67,770, $2,108 less than the average national salary of $69,878.

    The graph shows the position of Construction Industry Sector in the ranking of industries by average annual wage.

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    Wage Distribution

    0.396
    WAGE GINI

    Construction has a wage GINI of 0.396, which is less than than the national average of 0.474. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly in Construction (shown in red) in comparison to the national average for those wage buckets (shown in gray).

    The graphic shows the distribution of average salaries by buckets for Construction Industry Sector workers compared to the entire workforce in the country.

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    Occupations

    A review of jobs and wages in the Construction Industry Sector.

    Construction laborers are the most common position with 1,517,741 workers, but the Construction Industry Sector employs a relatively high number of Construction managers and Carpenters.

    The highest average salary in Construction goes to Education administrators.

    Occupations Distribution

    The graph shows the distribution of employees in the Construction Industry Sector according to occupations. In 2024, the occupations that concentrated the largest number of employees in this industry were construction laborers (1,517,741 people), construction managers (856,915 people), and carpenters (828,849 people)

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    Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

    $68,809
    AVERAGE MALE SALARY
    ±$550
    $60,142
    AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY
    ±$1,291

    On average, Male workers in the Construction Industry Sector make 1.14 times more than their Female counterparts. This chart shows the sex-based wage disparity in the 5 most common occupations in the Construction Industry Sector.

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    Business

    Estimates of the sources of the costs and the purchasers of the products in the Construction Industry Sector. Based on estimates from the Bureau of Economic Analysis, this section indicates the amount of money spent by a specific industry in other industries.

    The industrial flow illustrates the intermediate inputs and the use of outputs of the Construction Industry Sector.

    The Construction Industry Sector gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Manufacturing Industry.

    California and Florida stand out as the states with the largest number of establishments in the Construction Industry Sector.

    Industrial Flow

    Manufacturing has the highest single input, by dollars, to the Construction Industry Sector, and the largest industry purchasing services from the Construction Industry Sector is Manufacturing.

    In this flow diagram, all of the industries listed to the left are those places from which the highlighted industry has made purchases. They are the intermediate inputs to the highlighted industry. All those industries listed on the right side are those industries that have made purchases from the highlighted industry. They are the use of outputs of the highlighted industry. The visualizations below offer alternative ways to see and understand this data.

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    Intermediate Inputs

    HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY
    1. Manufacturing
    2. Professional and business services
    3. Wholesale trade

    The Construction Industry Sector gets the most input, by its share of the cost of all intermediate inputs, from the Manufacturing Industry. This visualization does not include labor and capital costs.

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    Use of Output by Other Industries

    LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY
    1. Manufacturing
    2. Finance, insurance, real estate, rental, and leasing
    3. Retail trade

    The Manufacturing Industry purchases the greatest share of products and services from the Construction Industry Sector in order to produce other goods and services. Purchases of the Construction Industry Sector for final consumption by consumers, businesses, or government are not included here.

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    Establishments

    States with more establishments in 2022
    1. California
      85,171
    2. Florida
      65,238
    3. Texas
      54,478

    The charts shows the distribution of establishments in the Construction industry by states and the number of establishments according to size.

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    Median Earnings

    States with the highest median earnings in 2024
    1. Alaska
      $67,042
    2. Washington
      $67,026
    3. Hawaii
      $66,742

    The charts shows the median earnings of the Construction industry by state and the annual evolution of the median earnings of the industry compared to the national level.

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    Diversity

    Demographic information on the Construction Industry Sector in the US.

    Of the total workforce, 12% corresponds to women and 88% men. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $68,809 and $60,142.

    71% of workers have a high school or equivalent, some college or bachelors degree.

    Gender and Age

    1,173,462
    Women
    12%
    8,613,913
    Men
    88%

    The workforce of Construction industry in 2024 was 9,787,375 people, with 12% woman, and 88% men.

    The visualization shows the distribution of the workforce by gender and age in Construction industry.

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    Races

    In 2024, 62.2% of the workforce in the Construction industry was White (6,086,399 people), of which 13.3% were women and 86.7% men.

    Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Two or More Races and Other.

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    Educational Levels

    The main educational levels achieved by the Construction workers in 2024 were high school or equivalent (3,707,367 people), some college (1,998,388 people), and bachelors degree (1,245,631 people).

    The chart shows the Construction workforce by gender and educational level.

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    Projections

    Growth projections of the Construction industry, both by number of employees and output, from the Bureau of Labor and Statistics. The national workforce is projected to grow 4.39% in the next ten years. The Construction industry has a lower projected workforce growth at 4.39%. Its projected 10-year growth in output (8.94%) is lower than the projected national growth in output (8.94%).

    Job Growth

    4.39%
    Estimated Job Growth
    10-year Projection
    4.39%
    National Growth
    10-year Projection

    This line chart shows the projected 10-year growth in the number of jobs for Construction. This industry is expected to grow approximately the same than 4.39%, the average rate of national job growth.

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    Output Growth

    8.94%
    Estimate Growth
    10-year Projection

    This line chart shows the projected 10-year growth in output of the Construction industry.

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