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Specialty trades share of construction jobs: U.S. states ranked (2023)

Measure: Specialty trade contractors share of construction jobs (%, 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: 65.1 (United States).

Washington: 65Idaho: 69.3Montana: 60.5North Dakota: 66.5Minnesota: 60.9Michigan: 65.3Ohio: 67.6Pennsylvania: 64New York: 65.8Vermont: 62New Hampshire: 70.1Maine: 65.3Arizona: 68.3California: 66.9New Mexico: 62.1Texas: 60.6Louisiana: 47.8Mississippi: 53.5Alabama: 60.5Florida: 68.8Georgia: 65.1South Carolina: 63.8North Carolina: 62.9Virginia: 64.6District of Columbia: 60.3Maryland: 70.8Delaware: 69.2New Jersey: 65.2Connecticut: 71.6Rhode Island: 66.4Massachusetts: 68.8Oregon: 67.4Utah: 69.5Wyoming: 60.4Nevada: 76Colorado: 59.6South Dakota: 61.4Nebraska: 68.6Kansas: 63.8Oklahoma: 62.4Iowa: 70.3Missouri: 64.1Wisconsin: 65.3Illinois: 67Kentucky: 65.6Arkansas: 69.6Tennessee: 67.6West Virginia: 57.5Indiana: 66Alaska: 47.8Hawaii: 62.2

Small states, hard to see on the map:

  • Lowest: 47.8 to 60.9 %
  • Group 2: 60.9 to 64.1 %
  • Group 3: 64.1 to 66 %
  • Group 4: 66 to 68.8 %
  • Highest: 68.8 to 76 %
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.

1Nevada76
2Connecticut71.6
3Maryland70.8
4Iowa70.3
5New Hampshire70.1
6Arkansas69.6
7Utah69.5
8Idaho69.3
9Delaware69.2
10Florida68.8
10Massachusetts68.8
12Nebraska68.6
13Arizona68.3
14Ohio67.6
14Tennessee67.6
16Oregon67.4
17Illinois67
18California66.9
19North Dakota66.5
20Rhode Island66.4
21Indiana66
22New York65.8
23Kentucky65.6
24Maine65.3
24Michigan65.3
24Wisconsin65.3
27New Jersey65.2
28Georgia65.1
29Washington65
30Virginia64.6
31Missouri64.1
32Pennsylvania64
33Kansas63.8
33South Carolina63.8
35North Carolina62.9
36Oklahoma62.4
37Hawaii62.2
38New Mexico62.1
39Vermont62
40South Dakota61.4
41Minnesota60.9
42Texas60.6
43Alabama60.5
43Montana60.5
45Wyoming60.4
46District of Columbia60.3
47Colorado59.6
48West Virginia57.5
49Mississippi53.5
50Alaska47.8
50Louisiana47.8

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 specialty trade contractors share of construction jobs (%, 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-specialty-trade-contractors-share-of-construction-jobs/

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