In 2024, the average hourly wage for construction employees in the United States was 1.5 dollars higher than a year before. Within the sector, the wage for production and non-supervisory employees increased amounted to 35.6 U.S. dollars per hour.
Average hourly earnings of construction employees in the United States from 2006 to 2024, by employee type
(in U.S. dollars)
*Figures were an average of January to October 2024.
Supplementary notes
The annual averages have been calculated by Statista using the data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The data was obtained from the average hourly earnings table of the following sections: "Earnings and Hours of All Employees" and "Earnings and Hours of Production and Nonsupervisory Employees".
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