Construction Employment Trends April 2025: Job Growth, Wages, and Sector Performance

KEY POINTS

• Job Growth: Construction employment remained stable in April despite changes in unauthorized worker enforcement, adding 11,000 jobs, outpacing both March 2025 and April 2024.

• Wage Premium: Average construction wages rose to $39.33/hour, with workers earning a 24% pay premium over the average private-sector worker.

• Sector Performance: Most construction sectors saw modest job gains, while job losses were minimal in residential building and civil construction.

Job Growth

Despite significant shifts in enforcing laws concerning unauthorized workers, the overall construction employment landscape has remained stable. 

• April saw the creation of 11,000 construction jobs, beating both March 2025 and April 2024 job creation figures.
• Most sectors reported modest gains, including nonresidential building, which added 4,000 jobs, sub-trades residential, which added 4,000, and sub-trades nonresidential, which gained 5,000.
• The two segments that fell experienced relatively small losses; both residential buildings and civil construction reported losses of just 1,000 each.

Construction Wages

The average construction wage in April rose to $39.33/hr. and the average number of hours worked per week fell to 39.0.

The wage gains come after a March jump that sent weekly hours worked to a recent high of 39.3.

Sector Performance

Compared to the total private sector, where the hourly wage and weekly hours worked averaged $36.06 and 34.3 hours, construction continues to pay a significant premium.

The collective difference in wages and hours worked provided the average construction worker with a $297, or 24%, weekly pay premium compared to their average private-sector peer.

Read the Construction Economy Snapshot for more details, including trend graphs, analysis, and commentary from Chief Economist Michael Guckes.

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