The Best-Paying Cities for Construction Workers
On a national level, construction workers are well-compensated for their hard work, but wages vary widely by location. Here we explore which cities pay the most.
Jonathan Jones
Jonathan Jones is a senior researcher and data journalist for Construction Coverage. He received his J.D. from Loyola Law School in Los Angeles and has degrees in philosophy and political science from UCLA.
When Jon is not researching real estate and public policy, he likes to fix up old cars and work on home improvement projects.
Construction Jobs With the Fastest-Growing Wages
With federal initiatives to expand the residential housing supply and rebuild America’s aging infrastructure, demand for construction workers is expected to grow. Wages in the construction industry vary widely by occupation. Researchers ranked all construction and extraction occupations according to the five-year percentage change in wages from 2017 to 2022.
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The Most Unionized Cities in America
Union membership in the U.S. has declined sharply over the past several decades. However, union participation remains strong in certain parts of the country. These are the cities with the highest union membership rates.
Test: Where Are Millenials Buying Homes in the U.S.?
Note: This is the most recent release of our Where Are Millennials Buying Homes in the U.S.? study. To see data from prior years, please visit the Full Results section below. According to the National Association of Realtors, the average…
Where Are Millennials Buying Homes in the U.S.?
In order to cope with rising prices, millennials are taking out larger home loans with higher loan-to-value ratios than older generations. To identify where millennials are buying homes, researchers ranked metros and states according to the millennial share of conventional home purchase loans originated in 2022.
U.S. Cities Building the Most Homes
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the construction industry struggled to keep up with heightened demand amid worker shortages and supply chain disruptions. While these effects continue to linger across the U.S., some locations are moving faster than others in authorizing new construction.
Cities With the Most Construction Industry Jobs
Construction workers remain a crucial component of the American workforce, and contribute significantly to the country's economic development. Using the latest data available, researchers at Construction Coverage identified the U.S. states and metros with the largest shares of employment in the construction industry.
These U.S. Cities Need More Electricians
The U.S. is increasingly moving towards electrification—replacing technologies that use fossil fuels with those that use electricity. Not only are private sector companies like Tesla pushing for the adoption of electric technologies to replace those that use greenhouse gas-emitting energy…
Best-Paying U.S. Cities for Solar Panel Installers in 2023
Due to the increased cost of non-renewable energy sources like oil, gas, and coal, heating bills have reached their highest level in 10 years. Energy sources continue to be limited by economic and political conditions, such as OPEC+ cutting oil…
American Cities With the Highest Rental Vacancy Rates in 2023
How and where people live saw a drastic transformation due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Following the initial lockdowns around the country aimed at slowing the virus’s spread, society reopened with a large emphasis on remote work and social distancing which…
American Cities With the Oldest Homebuyers [2023 Edition]
The U.S. housing market looks drastically different than it did before the pandemic, creating numerous challenges for prospective homebuyers. The median sales price of a home skyrocketed from $329,000 in the first quarter of 2020 to $467,700 in the last…
U.S. Cities Where Millennials Are Buying the Most Expensive Homes [2023 Edition]
The COVID-19 pandemic transformed how Americans work, popularizing remote work by necessity. This pivot to a work-from-anywhere mentality also created a shift in where Americans live, causing more and more people to move away from dense cities like New York,…
American Cities With the Highest Property Taxes [2023 Edition]
America’s homebuyers have had an extraordinarily difficult few years. Heavy demand and scarce inventory in late 2020 and 2021 led to record growth in prices, while a run of high inflation throughout the economy made it more difficult to save…