Roles Construction & Extraction

Construction and Extraction Occupations

Occupation family · SOC 47-0000 · BLS OEWS · Annual · Atlanta (Beta)

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Employment · Atlanta May 2025

93,260 +4.50%up YoY
Employment · ATL / U.S.
93,260 / 6,425,160
Median Annual Pay · ATL / U.S.
$51,530 / $59,540
  • Atlanta left axis
  • U.S. right axis

Employment · BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) · Atlanta May 2021 – May 2025 · U.S. May 2021 – May 2025

Construction and Extraction Occupations — Employment. Atlanta: 5 observations, May 2021 – May 2025. U.S.: 5 observations, May 2021 – May 2025.
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What's happening with Construction and Extraction Occupations

Employment for Construction and Extraction Occupations in Atlanta is 93,260 (May 2025), up 4.50% from a year earlier. Median annual pay is $51,530.

Source: BLS OEWS · May 2025

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Key Stats

Employment93,260May 2025
Employment Change+4.50%upYoY
Median Annual Pay$51,530May 2025
Median Annual Pay Change+1.60%upYoY
Mean Annual Pay$58,770May 2025
P10 Pay$36,510May 2025
P25 Pay$43,470May 2025
P75 Pay$69,190May 2025
P90 Pay$89,770May 2025
Jobs per 1,00032.28May 2025
Location Quotient0.78May 2025
SOC Code47-0000
Occupation FamilyConstruction & Extraction47-0000

Pay Distribution Atlanta (Beta) · May 2025

  1. P10 $36,510
  2. P25 $43,470
  3. Median $51,530
  4. P75 $69,190
  5. P90 $89,770

Annual wage percentiles as published (BLS OEWS). Only the five published points are drawn; nothing between them is estimated.

Job Economy Report the market for this role · Atlanta (Beta)

Employment

93,260
+4.50%up YoY

5 annual observations

Employment Concentration

Jobs per 1,00032.28May 2025
Location Quotient0.78May 2025

Atlanta (Beta) · relative to all occupations

Atlanta vs. U.S. matching OEWS measures

MeasureAtlantaU.S.Atlanta vs U.S.
Employment May 2025 93,260 +4.50%up 6,425,160 +1.00%up
Median Annual Pay May 2025 $51,530 +1.60%up $59,540 +2.02%up −13.5% vs U.S.
Mean Annual Pay May 2025 $58,770 +2.44%up $65,360 +2.25%up −10.1% vs U.S.
P25 Pay May 2025 $43,470 +3.82%up $46,880 +1.85%up −7.3% vs U.S.
P75 Pay May 2025 $69,190 +6.76%up $77,970 +1.50%up −11.3% vs U.S.

Atlanta is msa:12060; no other area's figure is substituted. Badges are each geography's own published year change.

Related Roles same family · Atlanta (Beta)

OccupationEmploymentYoYMedian Pay
Construction Laborers 47-2061 16,460 −2.31%down $42,010
Electricians 47-2111 13,430 +9.90%up $58,650

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Performance Overview change over each horizon the series supports

Employment · 1 Year

+4.50%up

May 2025

  • Construction & Extraction +4.50%up
  • All occupations +0.62%up

Employment · 3 Year

+15.6%up

since 2022

Median Pay · 1 Year

+1.60%up

May 2025

  • Construction & Extraction +1.60%up
  • All occupations +2.81%up

Median Pay · 3 Year

+6.86%up

since 2022

Data & Methodology

Source BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS)
Dataset bls.oews
Program Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (annual, May reference)
Reference Period May 2025
Geography Atlanta (Beta) (msa:12060)
SOC Code 47-0000
Occupation Family Construction and Extraction Occupations (47-0000)
Published Measures 9 of 9
Employment Series Construction and Extraction Occupations — Employment
Employment Metric ID bls.oews.employment.soc_47_0000
Employment Observations 5
Hiring Context Market-wide BLS JOLTS (national); no occupation-level hiring series is published
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Atlanta Beta covers msa:12060 only; national, state, or other-metro figures are never shown in its place.

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