Official pay data
Construction salary guide
Annual pay is $38,620–$59,740, with a median of $47,120, based on BLS May 2025 data for the United States. The figures cover Construction laborers, the mapped occupation used for Construction.
Updated August 18, 2026
Salary guide
What construction roles pay
Official annual estimates for the whole country, mapped to the closest published occupation.
United States · annual wage estimate
25th percentile
$38,620
Median
$47,120
75th percentile
$59,740
BLS covers wage and salary employees, including part-time workers, but excludes self-employed workers and owners or partners in unincorporated firms. Wages include commissions and production bonuses, but exclude overtime premiums, employer benefits, and non-production bonuses; this is not a base-pay-only or total-compensation measure. Annual wage estimates generally convert hourly rates using a full-time, year-round schedule of 2,080 hours. Actual annual earnings on a shorter schedule can be lower.
This is a country-level occupation benchmark, not a local offer estimate. Pay can differ by location, employer, duties, and working pattern.
Source: BLS, 2025-05-01. Mapped to Construction laborers; the occupation is broader than the page role. Figures are estimates, not advertised salaries.
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Three points, one pay distribution
25th percentile
One quarter of reported salaries fall below this figure.
Median
Half of reported salaries fall below this figure and half above it.
75th percentile
One quarter of reported salaries rise above this figure.
These figures describe broad occupations, not individual vacancies. Seniority, location, employer, and working pattern can move an offer outside the published range.
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