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Construction Laborers

Occupation · SOC 47-2061 · Construction & Extraction · BLS OEWS · Annual · Atlanta (Beta)

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Employment · Atlanta May 2025

16,460 −2.31%down YoY
Employment · ATL / U.S.
16,460 / 1,096,780
Median Annual Pay · ATL / U.S.
$42,010 / $47,120
  • 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 Laborers — 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 Laborers

Employment for Construction Laborers in Atlanta is 16,460 (May 2025), down 2.31% from a year earlier. Median annual pay is $42,010.

Source: BLS OEWS · May 2025

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Key Stats

Employment16,460May 2025
Employment Change−2.31%downYoY
Median Annual Pay$42,010May 2025
Median Annual Pay Change+6.22%upYoY
Mean Annual Pay$43,150May 2025
P10 Pay$28,280May 2025
P25 Pay$36,620May 2025
P75 Pay$47,990May 2025
P90 Pay$58,140May 2025
Jobs per 1,0005.70May 2025
Location Quotient0.81May 2025
SOC Code47-2061
Occupation FamilyConstruction & Extraction47-0000

Pay Distribution Atlanta (Beta) · May 2025

  1. P10 $28,280
  2. P25 $36,620
  3. Median $42,010
  4. P75 $47,990
  5. P90 $58,140

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

16,460
−2.31%down YoY

5 annual observations

Employment Concentration

Jobs per 1,0005.70May 2025
Location Quotient0.81May 2025

Atlanta (Beta) · relative to all occupations

Atlanta vs. U.S. matching OEWS measures

MeasureAtlantaU.S.Atlanta vs U.S.
Employment May 2025 16,460 −2.31%down 1,096,780 +3.70%up
Median Annual Pay May 2025 $42,010 +6.22%up $47,120 +0.83%up −10.8% vs U.S.
Mean Annual Pay May 2025 $43,150 +2.18%up $52,030 +1.50%up −17.1% vs U.S.
P25 Pay May 2025 $36,620 +2.58%up $38,620 +1.36%up −5.2% vs U.S.
P75 Pay May 2025 $47,990 −0.66%down $59,740 +1.41%up −19.7% vs U.S.

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

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Performance Overview change over each horizon the series supports

Employment · 1 Year

−2.31%down

May 2025

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

Employment · 3 Year

+12.6%up

since 2022

Median Pay · 1 Year

+6.22%up

May 2025

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

Median Pay · 3 Year

+12.4%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 47-2061
Occupation Family Construction and Extraction Occupations (47-0000)
Published Measures 9 of 9
Employment Series Construction Laborers — Employment
Employment Metric ID bls.oews.employment.soc_47_2061
Employment Observations 5
Hiring Context Market-wide BLS JOLTS (national); no occupation-level hiring series is published
Description Source O*NET 30.1 Database (O*NET-SOC 47-2061.00)
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