How much do construction laborers make an hour?

Construction laborers in the United States are paid a median of $22.66 an hour as of May 2025, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Half earn more and half earn less.

What is the average salary for construction laborers?

The median annual pay for construction laborers is $47,120 (May 2025). That is the median rather than the average: the pay of the person in the middle, working full time all year.

What do the highest-paid construction laborers make?

The best-paid quarter of construction laborers earn more than $28.72 an hour. The lowest-paid quarter earn less than $18.57.

How does pay for construction laborers compare with other jobs?

Median hourly pay for construction laborers is −7.5% against the median for all occupations, which is $24.51 an hour.

How many construction laborers are there in the United States?

About 1,096,780 people were employed as construction laborers as of May 2025. The count covers employees and leaves out people who work for themselves.

Typical Pay for Construction Laborers

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What most are paid
Compared with other jobs
What this figure is
Common questions
Source

Construction Laborers in the United States are typically paid $22.66 an hour, or $47,120 a year. Half earn more than that and half earn less. The figure is for May 2025, the latest published.

This is what construction laborers are paid, not what a customer is charged. A bill for their work also covers materials, travel, insurance and the business's other costs.

Median hourly pay

$22.66

an hour, May 2025

Median annual pay

$47,120

a year, working full time all year

Against all occupations

−7.5%

BelowAll jobs $24.51

What most construction laborers are paid

The middle half of construction laborers earn between these two figures. A quarter earn less than the lower one and a quarter earn more than the higher one.

Lower quarter ends at

$18.57an hour

Median

$22.66an hour

Upper quarter starts at

$28.72an hour

About 1,096,780 people work in this occupation nationwide.

Where construction laborers sit among other jobs

Each tick is the median hourly pay of one of the 39 occupations tracked on this site. Construction Laborers are the 28th highest paid of them.

What this figure is

It comes from a survey of employers by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, which classes this work as “Construction Laborers” (code 47-2061). It counts wages and salaries paid to employees. People who work for themselves are not included, and neither are tips reported separately, overtime premiums or benefits.

The figure is national. Pay varies a great deal from one area and one employer to another, so an offer or a wage where you live can sit well above or below it.

Common questions

How much do construction laborers make an hour?: Construction laborers in the United States are paid a median of $22.66 an hour as of May 2025, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Half earn more and half earn less.
What is the average salary for construction laborers?: The median annual pay for construction laborers is $47,120 (May 2025). That is the median rather than the average: the pay of the person in the middle, working full time all year.
What do the highest-paid construction laborers make?: The best-paid quarter of construction laborers earn more than $28.72 an hour. The lowest-paid quarter earn less than $18.57.
How does pay for construction laborers compare with other jobs?: Median hourly pay for construction laborers is −7.5% against the median for all occupations, which is $24.51 an hour.
How many construction laborers are there in the United States?: About 1,096,780 people were employed as construction laborers as of May 2025. The count covers employees and leaves out people who work for themselves.

Source

U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics

National estimates for May 2025. Retrieved on October 6, 2026.

About the wage survey

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, retrieved through the BLS Public Data API. BLS.gov cannot vouch for the data or analyses derived from these data after the data have been retrieved from BLS.gov.

Pay in other occupations

Median hourly pay. The percentage compares each with all occupations.