Construction & Extraction Occupations

Minor Occupation Group

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    2024 Workforce
    6.88M
    Average Age
    40.9
    Average Salary
    $57,394
    Average Male Salary
    $57,856
    Average Female Salary
    $45,424

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    Construction & Extraction Occupations are most often employed by the Construction industry. The average yearly wage for Construction & Extraction Occupations was $57,394 in 2024.

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    Employment

    Employment and salary information for the Construction & Extraction Occupations workforce. Construction & Extraction Occupations workforce in 2024 was 6,876,562 people, of which 3.71% were women and 96.3% were men.

    Employment Over Time

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    Grouping
    6,621,164
    Male Workforce
    ± 61.8k
    255,398
    Female Workforce
    ± 12.4k

    The Construction & Extraction Occupations workforce in 2024 was 6,876,562 people (3.71% women and 96.3% men). This implies an average annual growth of 11.5% between 2014 (6,165,171) and 2024 (6,876,562).

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    Employment by Location

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    This map shows the states in the United States shaded by average wage for Construction & Extraction Occupations.

    During 2024, the states that concentrated the best average annual wage were Alaska ($81,242), Washington ($69,526), and Hawaii ($68,891).

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    Yearly Wage Ranking

    $57,394
    AVERAGE WAGE
    #9 in the ranking (2014)
    $69,878
    NATIONAL AVERAGE WAGE
    For all occupations across the US

    In 2024, Construction & Extraction Occupations earned an average of $57,394, $12,484 less than the average national salary of $69,878

    The graph shows the ranking of Construction & Extraction Occupations in relation to all Minor Occupation Group in 2014.

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    Wage Distribution

    Gender
    0.356
    WAGE GINI

    In 2024, Construction & Extraction Occupations had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.356, which is lower than the national average of 0.474. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly for Construction & Extraction Occupations (shown in red) than for the overall labor force (shown in gray).

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    Industry

    Information on the industries that employ Construction & Extraction Occupations and on wages for those in the field. Construction is the industry that employs the most Construction & Extraction Occupations, both by share and by number, though the highest paid industry for Construction & Extraction Occupations, by average wage, is Tobacco manufacturing ($128,746).

    Occupations by Industries

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    Value
    6.88M
    2024 Workforce
    ± 62,937
    −0.768%
    1 YEAR GROWTH
    ± 1.3%

    This graphic shows the share of Construction & Extraction Occupations employed by various industries. Construction employs the largest share of Construction & Extraction Occupations at 96.7%, followed by Support activities for mining with 1.71% and Electric power generation, transmission & distribution with 0.981%.

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    Diversity

    Demographic information on Construction & Extraction Occupations in the US. The workforce of Construction & Extraction Occupations in 2024 was 6,876,562 people, with 3.71% woman, and 96.3% men. The average age of male Construction & Extraction Occupations in the workforce is 40.9 and of female Construction & Extraction Occupations is 39.5, and the most common race/ethnicity for Construction & Extraction Occupations is White.

    Gender and Age

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    The workforce of Construction & Extraction Occupations in 2024 was 6,876,562 people, with 3.71% woman, and 96.3% men.

    The age ranges that concentrated the largest workforce were 40 to 44 years (853,567 people), 35 to 39 years (835,917  people), and 30 to 34 years (819,002 people). Among them they concentrated 36.5% of the total workforce.

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    Ethnicity

    Gender

    In 2024, 37.5% of Construction & Extraction Occupations workers were Hispanic and 62.5% non-Hispanic.

    The treemap shows the distribution of Hispanic workers according to their origin, highlighting Mexican (62.5%), Salvadoran (6.05)%, and Guatemalan (5.96)%

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    Races

    In 2024, 56.8% of the Construction & Extraction Occupations workforce were White, of which 3.37% were women and 96.6% men. Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Two or More Races (17.9%) and Other (16.4%).

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    Education & Skills

    Data on higher education choices for Construction & Extraction Occupations from The Department of Education and Census Bureau. The most common major for Construction & Extraction Occupations is Business but the most specialized major according to RCA in 2024 were Mechanical Technologies.

    Among the necessary skills for Construction & Extraction Occupations, Critical Thinking stands, but the revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Construction & Extraction Occupations need more than the average amount of Installation.

    Majors

    ACS PUMS data only shows the major for bachelor's degrees. However, we can filter the data based on highest degree obtained.
    Type of Majors
    Degree

    The most common majors achieved by Construction & Extraction Occupations in 2024 (counting all academic degrees) were Business (110,224 people), Engineering (74,062 people), and Social Sciences (26,681 people).

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    Education Levels

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    The main educational levels achieved by the Construction & Extraction Occupations workers were High School or Equivalent (3,013,124 people), Some college (1,343,010 people), and Secondary Education (945,754 people).

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    Skills

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    Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for Construction & Extraction Occupations from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Construction & Extraction Occupations need many skills, but most especially Critical Thinking, Coordination, Active Listening.

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