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Building construction share of construction jobs: U.S. states ranked

Measure: Building construction 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: 21.2 (United States).

Washington: 24.8Idaho: 22.1Montana: 26.5North Dakota: 17.4Minnesota: 19.6Michigan: 24Ohio: 20.7Pennsylvania: 22.9New York: 26.1Vermont: 29New Hampshire: 20.3Maine: 23.6Arizona: 19.8California: 23.8New Mexico: 20.9Texas: 16.9Louisiana: 11.9Mississippi: 18.4Alabama: 23.3Florida: 19.9Georgia: 20.5South Carolina: 20.8North Carolina: 21.2Virginia: 21.6District of Columbia: 21.1Maryland: 20.7Delaware: 18.4New Jersey: 21.9Connecticut: 19.4Rhode Island: 26.9Massachusetts: 23.2Oregon: 25.5Utah: 20.6Wyoming: 24.6Nevada: 16.3Colorado: 21.1South Dakota: 23.6Nebraska: 18.8Kansas: 18Oklahoma: 16.7Iowa: 20.9Missouri: 22.1Wisconsin: 22.6Illinois: 20.1Kentucky: 19.4Arkansas: 18.4Tennessee: 20.1West Virginia: 22.2Indiana: 21.8Alaska: 34.1Hawaii: 28.8

Small states, hard to see on the map:

  • Lowest: 11.9 to 19.4 %
  • Group 2: 19.4 to 20.7 %
  • Group 3: 20.7 to 21.9 %
  • Group 4: 21.9 to 23.8 %
  • Highest: 23.8 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.

1Alaska34.1
2Vermont29
3Hawaii28.8
4Rhode Island26.9
5Montana26.5
6New York26.1
7Oregon25.5
8Washington24.8
9Wyoming24.6
10Michigan24
11California23.8
12Maine23.6
12South Dakota23.6
14Alabama23.3
15Massachusetts23.2
16Pennsylvania22.9
17Wisconsin22.6
18West Virginia22.2
19Idaho22.1
19Missouri22.1
21New Jersey21.9
22Indiana21.8
23Virginia21.6
24North Carolina21.2
25Colorado21.1
25District of Columbia21.1
27Iowa20.9
27New Mexico20.9
29South Carolina20.8
30Maryland20.7
30Ohio20.7
32Utah20.6
33Georgia20.5
34New Hampshire20.3
35Illinois20.1
35Tennessee20.1
37Florida19.9
38Arizona19.8
39Minnesota19.6
40Connecticut19.4
40Kentucky19.4
42Nebraska18.8
43Arkansas18.4
43Delaware18.4
43Mississippi18.4
46Kansas18
47North Dakota17.4
48Texas16.9
49Oklahoma16.7
50Nevada16.3
51Louisiana11.9

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 building construction 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-building-construction-share-of-construction-jobs/

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