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Construction jobs per 1,000 residents: U.S. states ranked (2023)

Measure: Construction jobs per 1,000 residents (derived). All 50 states and District of Columbia with data in Construction industry jobs and pay by state, ranked from highest to lowest. Reference period: 2023.

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Data last updated
2026-11-10
Download full table CSVSource: U.S. Census Bureau (County Business Patterns 2023 (API dataset 2023/cbp), NAICS 2017 codes 23, 236, 237, 238 and 00 (all sectors)) (opens in a new tab)Source: U.S. Census Bureau (Population Estimates Program, July 1, 2023 resident population (denominator)) (opens in a new tab)

National value: 22.7 (United States).

Washington: 29.2Idaho: 31.5Montana: 30.3North Dakota: 31.4Minnesota: 25.2Michigan: 18.1Ohio: 18.5Pennsylvania: 20.1New York: 18.8Vermont: 23.4New Hampshire: 24Maine: 22.3Arizona: 28California: 22.2New Mexico: 21.9Texas: 25.8Louisiana: 32.3Mississippi: 14.9Alabama: 20.3Florida: 24.5Georgia: 19.6South Carolina: 18.4North Carolina: 22.9Virginia: 23.6District of Columbia: 15.1Maryland: 27Delaware: 23.4New Jersey: 18.5Connecticut: 17Rhode Island: 20.2Massachusetts: 23.1Oregon: 27.2Utah: 34.1Wyoming: 31.1Nevada: 32Colorado: 31.8South Dakota: 27.9Nebraska: 28.8Kansas: 24.9Oklahoma: 19.4Iowa: 23.1Missouri: 24.1Wisconsin: 22.5Illinois: 18.2Kentucky: 18Arkansas: 19.2Tennessee: 20.3West Virginia: 15.4Indiana: 22.7Alaska: 23.3Hawaii: 21.6

Small states, hard to see on the map:

  • Lowest: 14.9 to 18.8
  • Group 2: 18.8 to 22.2
  • Group 3: 22.2 to 23.6
  • Group 4: 23.6 to 28
  • Highest: 28 to 34.1
The map is a visual summary; every value is in the table below, which is the keyboard and screen-reader path. Groups are quintiles of the values shown (a derived grouping). Boundaries: Natural Earth (public domain), simplified. Alaska and Hawaii are shown as insets, not to scale.

Rank is derived by Quadranac: 1 = highest value; ties share a rank. The ranked value is itself derived; see the source table for the method. Values are as published in the source table.

Note: County Business Patterns counts employer establishments only; states' values for small subsectors may be withheld (blank) to avoid disclosing individual businesses.

1Utah34.1
2Louisiana32.3
3Nevada32
4Colorado31.8
5Idaho31.5
6North Dakota31.4
7Wyoming31.1
8Montana30.3
9Washington29.2
10Nebraska28.8
11Arizona28
12South Dakota27.9
13Oregon27.2
14Maryland27
15Texas25.8
16Minnesota25.2
17Kansas24.9
18Florida24.5
19Missouri24.1
20New Hampshire24
21Virginia23.6
22Delaware23.4
22Vermont23.4
24Alaska23.3
25Iowa23.1
25Massachusetts23.1
27North Carolina22.9
28Indiana22.7
29Wisconsin22.5
30Maine22.3
31California22.2
32New Mexico21.9
33Hawaii21.6
34Alabama20.3
34Tennessee20.3
36Rhode Island20.2
37Pennsylvania20.1
38Georgia19.6
39Oklahoma19.4
40Arkansas19.2
41New York18.8
42New Jersey18.5
42Ohio18.5
44South Carolina18.4
45Illinois18.2
46Michigan18.1
47Kentucky18
48Connecticut17
49West Virginia15.4
50District of Columbia15.1
51Mississippi14.9

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns 2023 (API dataset 2023/cbp), NAICS 2017 codes 23, 236, 237, 238 and 00 (all sectors)
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Population Estimates Program, July 1, 2023 resident population (denominator). Reference period: 2023.

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U.S. states ranked by construction jobs per 1,000 residents (derived) (2023). Data: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, County Business Patterns 2023 (API dataset 2023/cbp), NAICS 2017 sector 23 (construction) and subsectors 236, 237, 238; rank derived by Quadranac. Data last updated 2026-11-10. https://quadranac.com/rankings/us-states-by-construction-jobs-per-1000-residents/

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