Posts and research reports covering construction industry employment in the U.S.
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.
Recent projections from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) suggest that construction employment will continue to grow at a rate exceeding the national average over the next decade. These are the fastest-growing jobs in construction.
Construction has long been a male-dominated field. And while there is still a long way to go to achieve proportional representation, the share of female employment in construction has been increasing in recent years. These are the states with the most female construction workers.
Every sector of the U.S. economy relies on the construction industry in some capacity. But just how big is the construction sector and how fast is it growing? This page provides an overview of key statistics and trends within the…
In recent years, financial commitment from the federal government to rebuild and expand critical American infrastructure has been a boon for the construction industry. While short- and long-term labor shortages persist at the national level, some parts of the country have seen substantial growth in construction hiring.
It is estimated that an additional 501,000 construction professionals will be needed in the industry this year, plus an additional 454,000 in 2025 on top of normal hiring. These are the most popular construction jobs in the U.S. right now.
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.
We calculated the proportion of jobs requiring no communication, seldom communication, or occasional communication within each occupation and ranked those occupations accordingly.
As concerns over climate change continue to grow, there has been a sustained effort towards electrification, or the process of replacing technologies that use fossil fuels (including coal, oil, and natural gas) with technologies that use electricity for energy. States…