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Field of degree: Construction

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Construction field of degree. Employment: 132,150. Median annual wage: $80,000.

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Table 1. Construction degree, 2018
Data	Construction	All fields
Employment	132,150	55,381,020
Median wage	$80,000	$59,000
Percent employed part time	5	15
Percent employed in occupations requiring at least a bachelor's degree	59	59
Percent with an advanced degree	10	37
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.

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Chart 1. Types of construction major, 2018
Construction major	Major share
Construction services	100%
Note: The sum of percents by major may not total 100 due to rounding. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.

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Chart 2. Employment distribution of workers with a construction degree, by occupational group, 2018
Occupational group	Occupational group share
Management occupations	46%
Construction and extraction occupations	11
Business and financial operations occupations	9
Sales and related occupations	6
Architecture and engineering occupations	6
Other	22
Note: The sum of percents by major may not total 100 due to rounding. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey.

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Table 2. Top-employing occupations for workers with a construction degree
Occupational Outlook Handbook profile	Percent growth, projected 2019–29	Typical entry-level education	Percent degree holders in this field, this occupation, 2018	Percent of this occupation with an advanced degree, 2018
Construction managers	8%	Bachelor's degree	26%	7%
Project management specialists and business operations specialists, all other	6	Bachelor's degree	4	28
General and operations managers	6	Bachelor's degree	2	12
First-line supervisors of construction trades and extraction workers	5	High school diploma or equivalent	4	2
Construction laborers	5	No formal educational credential	3	1
Civil engineers	2	Bachelor's degree	4	28
Carpenters		High school diploma or equivalent	2	1
Cost estimators	-1	Bachelor's degree	4	5
Personal service managers, all other; entertainment and recreation managers, except gambling; and managers, all other	-2	Bachelor's degree	8	21
Chief executives	-10	Bachelor's degree	4	30
Note: Occupational profiles may comprise multiple SOC occupations, which may have differing education categories. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections program (projected growth, entry-level education) and U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (degree holders, advanced degrees).

Suggested citation:

Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Outlook Handbook, Field of degree: Construction,
at https://www.bls.gov/ooh/field-of-degree/construction/construction-field-of-degree.htm (visited August 10, 2021).

Last Modified Date: Monday, November 30, 2020