General Construction Trades
Add ComparisonIn 2024, the locations with the highest concentration of General Construction Trades degree recipients are Mattoon, IL, Reno, NV, and Minneapolis, MN. In 2024, the locations with a relatively high number of General Construction Trades degree recipients are Mattoon, IL, Crow Agency, MT, and Lamar, CO. The most common degree awarded to students studying General Construction Trades is a certificate of at least 1 but less than 2 academic years.
Information about the types of higher education institutions that grant degrees in General Construction Trades and the types of students that study this field. Lake Land College awards the most degrees in General Construction Trades in the US, but Summit Academy Opportunities Industrialization Center and Honolulu Community College have the highest percentage of degrees awarded in General Construction Trades.
Tuition costs for General Construction Trades majors are, on average, $4,410 for in-state public colleges, and $15,297 for out of state private colleges.
The most common sector, by number of institutions, that offers General Construction Trades programs are Public, 2-year institutions (75 total). The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded, is Public, 2-year (1,494 completions).
The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded in General Construction Trades, is Public, 2-year (1,494 completions in 2024).
The following chart shows the share of universities that offer General Construction Trades programs, by the total number of completions, colored and grouped by their sector.
Lake Land College has the most General Construction Trades degree recipients, with 422 degrees awarded in 2024.
The following bar chart shows the state tuition for the top 5 institutions with the most degrees awarded in General Construction Trades.
Out of all institutions that offer General Construction Trades programs and have at least 5 graduates in those programs, Summit Academy Opportunities Industrialization Center has the highest percentage of degrees awarded in General Construction Trades, with 47.2%.
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest number of degrees awarded in General Construction Trades by year.
Information on the businesses and industries that employ Construction graduates and on wages and locations for those in the field.
The average salary for Construction majors is $121,198 and the most common occupations are Construction managers, Other managers, and Civil engineers.
The industry that employs the most Construction majors is Construction, though the highest paying industry, by average wage, is Internet publishing, broadcasting & web search portals.
The average salary for Construction majors is $121,198 and the most common occupations are Construction managers, Other managers, and Civil engineers.
This chart shows the average annual salaries of the most common occupations for Construction majors.
This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States colored by the average salary of Construction majors.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Construction majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.
The most common occupations for Construction majors, by number of employees, are Construction managers, Other managers, and Civil engineers.
Compared to other majors, there are an unusually high number of Construction majors working as Construction managers, Cost estimators, and Civil engineers.
The highest paid occupations by median income for Construction majors are Photographic process workers & processing machine operators, Cardiovascular technologists and technicians, and Magnetic resonance imaging technologists.
The number of Construction graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 3.29%, from 131,614 in 2023 to 135,950 in 2024.
The largest single share of Construction graduates go on to work as Construction managers (30.1%). This chart shows the various jobs filled by those with a major in Construction by share of the total number of graduates.
The most common industries that employ Construction majors, by number of employees, are Construction, Architectural, engineering & related services, and Elementary & secondary schools.
The highest paying industries of Construction majors, by average wage, are Internet publishing, broadcasting & web search portals, Petroleum & petroleum products merchant wholesalers, and Fruit & vegetable preserving & specialty food manufacturing.
The number of Construction graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 3.29%, from 131,614 in 2023 to 135,950 in 2024.
The industry which employs the most Construction graduates by share is Construction, followed by Architectural, engineering & related services. This visualization shows the industries that hire those who major in Construction.
This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States where there are a relatively high population of Construction majors.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Construction majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.
Demographic information for those who earn a degree in Construction in the United States.
The average age of a person in the workforce with a degree in Construction is 40.6.
The most common degree type these workers hold is a Certificate of at least 1 but less than 2 academic years. Male employees are more likely to hold Construction degrees, and White students are the most common race/ethnicty group awarded degrees in Construction (1,104 students).
This chart shows distribution of ages for employees with a degree in Construction. The most common ages of employees with this major are 35 and 27 years old, which represent 3.78% and 3.7% of the population, respectively.
The most common degree types awarded to students graduating in General Construction Trades are Certificate of at least 1 but less than 2 academic years, 1 to 2 Year Postsecondary Certificate, and Associates Degree.
The most common degree types held by the working population in Construction are Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, and Professional degree.
This chart shows the granted degrees by sex at the 5 institutions that graduate the most students in General Construction Trades.
This chart shows the number of degrees awarded in General Construction Trades for each race & ethnicity. White students earned the largest share of the degrees with this major.
This chart illustrates the differences by sex for each race & ethnicity of 1 to 2 Year Postsecondary Certificate recipients in General Construction Trades.
There are a relatively high number of people that were born in Paraguay that hold Construction degrees (30.2 times more than expected), and the most common country of origin by total numbers for non-US students earning a degree in this field is Mexico (1,136 degree recipients).
Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the General Construction Trades field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. General Construction Trades majors need many skills, but most especially Management of Personnel Resources. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that General Construction Trades majors need more than the average amount of Installation, Repairing, and Equipment Maintenance.
These two visualizations, one a radial chart and one a bar chart, show the same information, a rating of how necessary the following skills are for General Construction Trades majors. Toggle between "value" and "RCA" to see the absolute rating of that skill (value) and the revealed comparative advantage (RCA), or how much greater or lesser that skill's rating is than the average. The longer the bar or the closer the line comes to the circumference of the circle, the more important that skill is. The importance of Installation is very distinctive for majors, but the Management of Personnel Resources, Monitoring, and Coordination are the three most important skills for people in the field.
