{"id":40512,"date":"2022-12-16T11:29:06","date_gmt":"2022-12-16T11:29:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.my-equipment.com\/blog\/?p=40512"},"modified":"2023-10-25T11:48:17","modified_gmt":"2023-10-25T11:48:17","slug":"the-best-states-to-find-construction-jobs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.my-equipment.com\/blog\/2022\/12\/the-best-states-to-find-construction-jobs\/","title":{"rendered":"The Best States to Find Construction Jobs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to the data collected from the US Bureau of Labor statistics, recently, the US construction industry has lost almost 1.5% of its workforce. However, the <strong>US construction industry<\/strong> still has a workforce of over 5.8 million people. Considering the thousands of open positions that construction companies are trying and failing to fill there is no doubt that the construction industry is still a job hunter\u2019s market. Recent employment data has also indicated that it will remain so even in the coming year. The industry keeps on adding thousands of new job openings every month and the unemployment rate in the industry has also gone down from the previous year. A year ago, the unemployment rate in the construction industry was at 4.5% whereas this year it stood at 3.4% in September.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.my-equipment.com\/blog\/2022\/12\/the-best-states-to-find-construction-jobs\/#US_States_with_the_Most_Construction_Jobs\" >U.S. States with the Most Construction Jobs<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.my-equipment.com\/blog\/2022\/12\/the-best-states-to-find-construction-jobs\/#California_Texas_and_Florida_in_the_Lead\" >California, Texas, and Florida in the Lead<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.my-equipment.com\/blog\/2022\/12\/the-best-states-to-find-construction-jobs\/#US_States_that_Offer_the_Best_Wages\" >U.S States that Offer the Best Wages<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"US_States_with_the_Most_Construction_Jobs\"><\/span><strong>U.S. States with the Most Construction Jobs<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Throughout the country there are new jobs being created in the construction sector. In the months of July and August we saw an increase in employment in <strong>31 states<\/strong> and the employment continued to increase from <strong>August to September across 32 states<\/strong>. A lot of contractors stated that if more people were available, they would have hired them as well.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The chief executive officer of the AGC, Stephen, expressed his delight at seeing construction employment expand in so many states. Stephen also said that it is hard not to imagine what the gains would have been like if contractors were able to find enough workers. According to a recent agency survey over 90% of firms are finding it difficult to hire enough workers. As per the data collected by BLS the following ten states are the ones with the most construction jobs.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"California_Texas_and_Florida_in_the_Lead\"><\/span><b>California, Texas, and Florida in the Lead<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">California takes the lead with around <strong>663,570 construction jobs<\/strong>, followed by Texas with <strong>568,930 construction jobs<\/strong> and Florida takes the third place with around <strong>398,060 jobs<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Other states with the most construction jobs include <strong>New York, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Illinois, Ohio, Virginia and Washington<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Another important thing to note is that most of the states with the highest number of construction jobs are not necessarily among the best paying states. The average wage in <strong>Texas, Florida, Ohio, North Carolina and Virginia<\/strong> is below the national average so when you are looking for a job in a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.my-equipment.com\/\"><b>heavy equipment company<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the construction industry you should also consider the earning potential and do not just focus on the job market.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"US_States_that_Offer_the_Best_Wages\"><\/span><strong>U.S States that Offer the Best Wages<\/strong><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some states pay construction workers higher wages than others due to a number of different reasons. Irrespective of what those reasons are knowing which states pay the best will help you in making a decision regarding where to work. The following are ten of the highest paying U.S. states for construction workers.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><b>Hawaii, New Jersey, Alaska, Massachusetts, Illinois, New York, Washington, California, District of Columbia, and Connecticut.<\/b><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These are some of the highest paying states for construction workers and while their average wages may shift with new industry trends, they remain the states with the most growth potential. There are a lot of other growth opportunities available in the construction industry right now along with outstanding wages. So, if you are thinking about building a career in the construction industry, now is the right time to get started.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>According to the data collected from the US Bureau of Labor statistics, recently, the US &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.my-equipment.com\/blog\/2022\/12\/the-best-states-to-find-construction-jobs\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Best States to Find Construction Jobs&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":40601,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[901,126],"tags":[370,487],"class_list":["post-40512","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-construction-career-outlook","category-news","tag-construction-workers","tag-heavy-equipment-company"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Best States to Find Construction Jobs - Heavy Equipment Market Insights | News | Guides &amp; 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