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United States
Construction Laborers
United States. Estimated employment 1,096,780, with pages for 114 metro areas below.
Fig. 1 — The wage rule
Where you sit in the distribution
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$35,090 10th
$38,620 25th
$47,120 50th
$59,740 75th
$78,090 90th
Table 1 — By metro area
Where it pays
Every published Construction Laborers page, by median pay. Employment is the BLS estimate for the metro.
Metro area Median Employment
San Francisco, CA $72,610 11,620 San Jose, CA $68,470 4,420 Boston, MA $63,420 11,580 Peoria, IL $62,960 1,020 Springfield, MA $62,660 880 Vallejo, CA $62,500 1,080 Minneapolis, MN $61,970 17,330 Salinas, CA $61,680 950 Worcester, MA $61,410 1,650 Springfield, IL $61,400 510 Duluth, MN $61,340 1,390 New York, NY $61,270 50,870 Decatur, IL $61,270 940 Chicago, IL $60,890 26,690 Bloomington, IL $60,650 380 Modesto, CA $60,630 1,070 Sacramento, CA $60,560 7,390 Santa Rosa, CA $60,270 1,550 San Luis Obispo, CA $60,140 1,030 Barnstable Town, MA $60,040 750 Seattle, WA $59,740 13,040 Riverside, CA $59,500 12,120 Champaign, IL $59,460 570 Rochester, MN $59,390 990 Mankato, MN $59,350 340 Los Angeles, CA $58,810 21,730 Rockford, IL $58,390 830 Bellingham, WA $58,360 1,030 Michigan City, IN $58,240 430 Mount Vernon, WA $58,220 400 Amherst Town, MA $58,150 280 St. Cloud, MN $57,820 1,470 Lansing, MI $57,570 1,450 Detroit, MI $57,430 11,610 Flint, MI $57,170 980 Battle Creek, MI $56,700 220 Longview, WA $55,810 360 Philadelphia, PA $55,120 14,580 Kankakee, IL $54,830 200 Kennewick, WA $54,750 1,110 Bremerton, WA $54,710 620 Kiryas Joel, NY $53,940 1,640 Columbus, IN $53,900 310 State College, PA $53,420 620 Evansville, IN $53,220 1,500 Olympia, WA $53,090 730 Albany, NY $52,940 2,700 Pittsfield, MA $52,130 350 Kalamazoo, MI $51,380 620 Monroe, MI $51,200 330 Indianapolis, IN $51,040 9,840 Spokane, WA $51,010 1,700 Ann Arbor, MI $50,910 510 South Bend, IN $50,870 800 Binghamton, NY $50,740 650 Buffalo, NY $50,620 2,790 Pittsburgh, PA $50,600 8,620 Lafayette, IN $49,960 760 Utica, NY $49,710 550 Harrisburg, PA $49,670 1,370 Elmira, NY $49,600 130 Kingston, NY $49,520 430 York, PA $49,350 1,250 Allentown, PA $49,290 1,670 Saginaw, MI $49,000 540 Reading, PA $48,800 990 Bloomington, IN $48,710 360 Lancaster, PA $48,670 2,270 Kokomo, IN $48,210 210 Asheville, NC $47,520 1,340 Washington, DC $47,430 17,710 Phoenix, AZ $46,910 29,230 Durham, NC $46,560 1,120 Baltimore, MD $46,460 10,520 Flagstaff, AZ $46,420 470 Prescott Valley, AZ $46,110 1,100 Wilmington, NC $46,090 1,870 Naples, FL $46,040 2,340 Pinehurst, NC $45,900 240 Charlotte, NC $45,850 10,840 Raleigh, NC $45,650 6,360 Miami, FL $45,520 18,280 Punta Gorda, FL $45,520 810 Lexington Park, MD $45,500 450 North Port, FL $45,390 4,260 Crestview, FL $45,180 1,000 Sebastian, FL $45,080 480 Tucson, AZ $45,060 3,410 Palm Bay, FL $44,720 1,870 Hickory, NC $44,550 800 Beaumont, TX $44,240 3,340 Austin, TX $44,000 11,140 Dallas, TX $43,960 29,670 Tampa, FL $43,750 12,860 Fayetteville, NC $43,740 600 Sierra Vista, AZ $43,610 310 Sherman, TX $43,500 490 Yuma, AZ $43,260 570 Lake Havasu City, AZ $43,200 650 Hagerstown, MD $42,830 560 Corpus Christi, TX $42,440 2,640 Atlanta, GA $42,010 16,460 Houston, TX $41,350 34,080 Orlando, FL $40,880 12,290 Macon, GA $40,010 420 Midland, TX $39,500 1,970 Warner Robins, GA $39,500 290 San Antonio, TX $39,390 8,400 Rome, GA $39,200 110 Salisbury, MD $38,800 240 Augusta, GA $38,730 1,630 Gainesville, GA $38,280 600 Savannah, GA $37,690 1,210 Athens, GA $37,120 420
Sources
How this page was made
Wage data Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 release. Public domain.
Employment 1,096,780 employed in this occupation nationally (BLS estimate; excludes the self-employed).
Occupation SOC 47-2061, Construction Laborers. Mapped to our taxonomy as construction-laborers .
Percentiles are reported exactly as released and are never interpolated between published values. We take no payment from employers, recruiters or anyone else for how any figure is presented.