Markets Occupations Construction Laborers

Construction Laborers — Employment

Occupation metric · SOC 47-2061 · Construction & Extraction · BLS OEWS · Annual · National

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Latest reading May 2025

1.10M +3.70%up YoY
Atlanta
16,460 May 2025

Employment · BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) · National · May 2021 – May 2025

Construction Laborers — Employment, National. 5 observations from May 2021 to May 2025.
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What's happening with Construction Laborers

Employment for Construction Laborers in the U.S. is 1,096,780 (May 2025), up 3.70% from a year earlier. Median annual pay is $47,120.

Source: BLS OEWS · May 2025

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Key Stats

Latest1,096,780 personsMay 2025
Prior Year1,057,6602024
Year Change+3.70%upYoY
3-Yr Change+8.29%upsince 2022
Construction & Extraction6,425,160May 2025
All Occupations155,495,730May 2025
Atlanta Reading16,460May 2025
Observations52021 – 2025
SOC Code47-2061
Occupation FamilyConstruction & Extraction47-0000

Other Measures for Construction Laborers National

Median Annual Pay $47,120 +0.83%up YoYMay 2025
Mean Annual Pay $52,030 +1.50%up YoYMay 2025
P10 Pay $35,090 +2.60%up YoYMay 2025
P25 Pay $38,620 +1.36%up YoYMay 2025
P75 Pay $59,740 +1.41%up YoYMay 2025
P90 Pay $78,090 +0.72%up YoYMay 2025

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All Occupations — Employment

155.5M
+0.85%up YoY

benchmark · National

Related Occupations same family · National

OccupationEmploymentYoY
Electricians 47-2111 757,220 +1.97%up

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Performance Overview change over each horizon the series supports

Employment · 1 Year

+3.70%up

May 2025

  • Construction & Extraction +1.00%up
  • All occupations +0.85%up

Employment · 3 Year

+8.29%up

since 2022

Data & Methodology

Source BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS)
Dataset bls.oews
Reference Period May 2025
Frequency Annual
Seasonal Adjustment Not stated
Geography National
Unit persons
Metric ID bls.oews.employment.soc_47_2061
Observations 5
Last Fetched moments ago
SOC Code 47-2061
Role Page Construction Laborers
Description Source O*NET 30.1 Database (O*NET-SOC 47-2061.00)

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