Construction

Industry Sector

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Workforce

7.49M

2019 BLS Estimate

Average Employee Age

41.7

Estimated Job Growth

4.01%

10-Year Projection

Average Salary

$55,090

Average Male Salary

$55,886

Average Female Salary

$53,938

About

The top three occupations in the Construction Industry Group are Construction laborers, Carpenters, Construction managers, Firstline supervisors of construction trades & extraction workers, and Electricians. On average, full-time employees in the Construction Industry Sector work 44.1 hours per week and have an average annual salary of $58,252. Part-time employees in the same industry work 23.2 hours and earn an average annual salary of $23,976.

The locations with the highest concentration of employees in the Construction Industry Sector are Between Loop I-610 & Beltway TX-8 PUMA, TX (79500US4804608), College Park City & Langley Park PUMA, MD, and Pasadena City (North & Central)Inside Beltway TX-8 PUMA, TX. The industry that purchases the most products or services from the Hospitals Industry Group is Construction.

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Workforce

A snapshot of jobs, wages, and opportunities in the Construction Industry Sector. Construction laborers are the most common position, but the Construction Industry Sector employs a relatively high number of Drywall installers, ceiling tile installers, & tapers, compared to other industries.

The highest average salary in Construction goes to Lawyers, & judges, magistrates, & other judicial workers.

Monthly Employment

Showing data for the Mining, Logging, and Construction industry sector.

Start Year

Y-Axis

4.73%

Year-over-year growth

Employment change between May 2020 and May 2021

As of May 2021, there are 7.99M people employed in the Mining, Logging, and Construction industry. This represents a 4.73% increase in employment when compared to May 2020.

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

Occupations by Share

7.49M

Workforce (BLS Estimate)

ACS Estimate: 9.06M

2.36%

1 Year Growth

± 1.1%

The Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates that there were 7.49M people employed in the Construction Industry Sector in 2019.

According to ACS estimates, the number of people employed in the Construction Industry Sector has been growing at a rate of 2.36%, , from 8.85M people in 2019 to 9.06M people in 2020.

The following graphic shows the share of employment in Construction by various occupations according to ACS estimates. Construction laborers represent the largest share of positions held in Construction at 16.2%, followed by Carpenters with 9.28% and Construction managers with 7.05%.

Average Salary

$55,090

AVERAGE WAGE

± $430

On average, employees in the Construction Industry Sector make $55,090 per year. This number makes Construction the 8 highest paying Industry Sector in the United States out of a total of 14 Industry Sectors.

Wage by Location

HIGHEST PAYING PUBLIC USE MICRODATA AREA

HIGHEST PAYING PUMAS

This map shows which public use microdata areas (PUMAs) pay the highest average salary to employees in the Construction Industry Sector.

Wage Distribution

0.397

WAGE GINI

Construction has a wage GINI of 0.397, which is less than than the national average of 0.478. 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).

Spatial Concentration

Public Use Microdata Areas with RCA

This map shows the PUMAs in the United States that have revealed comparative advantage in the Construction Industry Sector.

These are locations that employ more people in the Construction Industry Sector than expected given both the size of that location's overall labor pool and the national size of the Construction Industry Sector.

Diversity

Demographic information on the Construction Industry Sector in the US. Male employees tend to earn more than Female employees, with average respective salaries of $55,886 and $53,938. So too tend to earn more than other races and ethnicities in this industry.

Composition by Sex

992k

FEMALE WORKFORCE

±24.4k

8.06M

MALE WORKFORCE

±67.8k

89% of workers in the Construction Industry Sector are Male, making them the more common sex in the workforce. This chart shows the sex breakdown of the Construction Industry Sector.

Wage by Sex in Common Jobs

$55,886

AVERAGE MALE SALARY

±$461

$53,938

AVERAGE FEMALE SALARY

±$449

On average, Male workers in the Construction Industry Sector make 1.04 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.

Wage by Race & Ethnicity in Common Jobs

RACE OR ETHNICITY WITH THE HIGHEST AVERAGE SALARY

Asian
White
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander

On average, Asian employees in the Construction Industry Sector earn 1.14 times more than other races and ethnicities. This chart shows the race and ethnicity-based wage disparities in the 5 most common occupations in the Construction Industry Sector.

Input/Output

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. 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.

Industrial Flow

Intermediate Inputs

HIGHEST INPUT INDUSTRY

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.

Use of Output by Other Industries

LARGEST PURCHASING INDUSTRY

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.

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 7.66% in the next ten years. The Construction industry has a lower projected workforce growth at 4.01%. Its projected 10-year growth in output (13.9%) is lower than the projected national growth in output (24.2%).

Job Growth

4.01%

Estimated Job Growth

10-year Projection

7.66%

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 less than than 7.66%, the average rate of national job growth.