DETAILED OCCUPATION DATA

47-2061 Construction Laborers

Occupational Description:
Perform tasks involving physical labor at construction sites. May operate hand and power tools of all types: air hammers, earth tampers, cement mixers, small mechanical hoists, surveying and measuring equipment, and a variety of other equipment and instruments. May clean and prepare sites, dig trenches, set braces to support the sides of excavations, erect scaffolding, and clean up rubble, debris, and other waste materials. May assist other craft workers. Construction laborers who primarily assist a particular craft worker are classified under ?Helpers, Construction Trades? (47-3010). Excludes ?Hazardous Materials Removal Workers? (47-4041).

Occupational Employment Statistics(OES) Wage Data
Wages Updated to First Quarter, 2020
 Percentiles
GeographyEmploymentEmp SE*MeanMean SE*10th25thMedian75th90th
Northwest Minnesota 1,010270$17.33/hr$0.48/hr$12.00/hr$13.87/hr$16.64/hr$19.17/hr$24.96/hr
Minnesota 12,400645$24.99/hr$0.55/hr$14.52/hr$17.12/hr$22.94/hr$32.30/hr$38.22/hr
U S 1,020,3507,142$20.35/hr$0.06/hr$12.14/hr$14.49/hr$17.98/hr$23.98/hr$33.13/hr
*SE = Standard error, a measure of the statistical reliability of the estimate.


Leading Industries for Construction Laborers
IndustryOES EmploymentOES Median Wage
Construction840$16.70/hr
Manufacturing100$15.59/hr
Public Administration40$18.80/hr
Other Regional Data For Construction Laborers
Geography (click title for details)OESProjections
EmploymentMedian Wage% Change 2020 - 2030
Seven County Mpls-St Paul, MN 6,920 $28.77/hr 7.1%
Central Minnesota 1,890 $19.58/hr 6.6%
Northwest Minnesota 1,010 $16.64/hr 9.6%
Northeast Minnesota 910 $20.07/hr 9.0%
Southeast Minnesota 900 $22.51/hr 6.9%
Southwest Minnesota 850 $17.90/hr 9.2%
Related Occupations
Occupation
(click title for details)
OESProjections
EmploymentMedian Wage% Change 2020 - 2030
Highway Maintenance Workers1,060$24.12/hr2.0%
Structural Metal Fabricators and Fitters130$17.93/hr-10.7%
Helpers--Brickmasons, Blockmasons, Stonemasons, and Tile and Marble SettersN/A$17.34/hrN/A
Roustabouts, Oil and GasN/AN/AN/A
Tasks for Construction Laborers