Natural resources, construction, & maintenance occupations

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2020 Workforce

12.4M

Average Age

Average Salary

$47,824

Average Male Salary

$48,575

Average Female Salary

$34,218

About

Natural resources, construction, & maintenance occupations are most often employed by the Construction industry. The average yearly wage for Natural resources, construction, & maintenance occupations was $47,824 in 2020.

The locations that employ the most Natural resources, construction, & maintenance occupations are Oxnard & Port Hueneme Cities PUMA, CA, Delano, Wasco & Shafter Cities PUMA, CA, and Salinas City PUMA, CA. The locations with a relatively high concentration of Natural resources, construction, & maintenance occupations are Selma, Kerman & Coalinga Cities PUMA, CA, Tulare County (Outside Visalia, Tulare & Porterville Cities) PUMA, CA, and Santa Maria City & Orcutt PUMA, CA.

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Employment

Employment and salary information for the Natural resources, construction, & maintenance occupations workforce. Natural resources, construction, & maintenance occupations workforce in 2020 was 12,432,871 people, of which 5.23% were women and 94.8% were men. Natural resources, construction, & maintenance occupations are paid most in Battery Park City, Greenwich Village & Soho PUMA, NY but are relatively concentrated in Selma, Kerman & Coalinga Cities PUMA, CA.

Employment Over Time

Metric

Grouping

11,782,500

Male Workforce

± 80.9k

650,371

Female Workforce

± 19.8k

The Natural resources, construction, & maintenance occupations workforce in 2020 was 12,432,871 people (5.23% women and 94.8% men). This implies an average annual growth of 7.42% between 2014 (11,573,943) and 2020 (12,432,871).

Employment by Location

Level

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This map shows the states in the United States shaded by average wage for Natural resources, construction, & maintenance occupations.

During 2020, the states that concentrated the best average annual wage were Alaska ($64,469), New Jersey ($58,260), and Wyoming ($57,543).

Yearly Wage Ranking

$47,824

AVERAGE WAGE

#3 in the ranking (2020)

$55,954

NATIONAL AVERAGE WAGE

For all occupations across the US

In 2020, Natural resources, construction, & maintenance occupations earned an average of $47,824, $8,130 less than the average national salary of $55,954

The graph shows the ranking of Natural resources, construction, & maintenance occupations in relation to all Major Occupation Group in 2020.

Wage Distribution

Gender

0.355

WAGE GINI

In 2020, Natural resources, construction, & maintenance occupations had a wage GINI coefficient of 0.355, which is lower than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed more evenly for Natural resources, construction, & maintenance occupations (shown in red) than for the overall labor force (shown in gray).

The graphic shows the distribution of average salaries by buckets for Natural resources, construction, & maintenance occupations compared to the entire workforce in the country.

Industry

Information on the industries that employ Natural resources, construction, & maintenance occupations and on wages for those in the field. Construction is the industry that employs the most Natural resources, construction, & maintenance occupations, both by share and by number, though the highest paid industry for Natural resources, construction, & maintenance occupations, by average wage, is Other information services, except libraries & archives, & internet publishing & broadcasting & web search portals ($174,307).

Occupations by Industries

Metric

Value

12.4M

2020 Workforce

± 82,859

−0.0406%

1 YEAR GROWTH

± 0.943%

This graphic shows the share of Natural resources, construction, & maintenance occupations employed by various industries. Construction employs the largest share of Natural resources, construction, & maintenance occupations at 83.7%, followed by Automotive repair & maintenance with 9.33% and Farming with 6.94%.

Diversity

Demographic information on Natural resources, construction, & maintenance occupations in the US. The workforce of Natural resources, construction, & maintenance occupations in 2020 was 12,432,871 people, with 5.23% woman, and 94.8% men. The average age of male Natural resources, construction, & maintenance occupations in the workforce is 41.1 and of female Natural resources, construction, & maintenance occupations is 40.2, and the most common race/ethnicity for Natural resources, construction, & maintenance occupations is White.

Gender and Age

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The workforce of Natural resources, construction, & maintenance occupations in 2020 was 12,432,871 people, with 5.23% woman, and 94.8% men.

The age ranges that concentrated the largest workforce were 30 to 34 years (1,507,509 people), 35 to 39 years (1,502,834 people), and 25 to 29 years (1,501,560 people). Among them they concentrated 36.3% of the total workforce.

Ethnicity

Gender

In 2020, 30% of Natural resources, construction, & maintenance occupations workers were Hispanic and 70% non-Hispanic.

The treemap shows the distribution of Hispanic workers according to their origin, highlighting Mexican (87.6%), Salvadoran (6.43)%, and Puerto Rican (6)%

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Races

In 2020, 75.3% of the Natural resources, construction, & maintenance occupations workforce were White, of which 4.78% were women and 95.2% men. Other races that concentrated a significant number of workers were Other (9.95%) and Black (6.94%).

Education & Skills

Data on higher education choices for Natural resources, construction, & maintenance occupations from The Department of Education and Census Bureau. The most common major for Natural resources, construction, & maintenance occupations is Business but the most specialized major according to RCA in 2020 were Mechanical Technologies.

Among the necessary skills for Natural resources, construction, & maintenance occupations, Critical Thinking stands, but the revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Natural resources, construction, & maintenance occupations need more than the average amount of Installation.

Majors

ACS PUMS data only shows the major for bachelor's degrees. However, we can filter the data based on highest degree obtained.

Type of Majors

Degree

The most common majors achieved by Natural resources, construction, & maintenance occupations in 2020 (counting all academic degrees) were Business (183,251 people), Engineering (137,368 people), and Social Sciences (49,476 people).

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Education Levels

Metric

The main educational levels achieved by the Natural resources, construction, & maintenance occupations workers were High School or Equivalent (5,112,369 people), Some college (2,879,141 people), and Secondary Education (1,566,212 people).

The graphic shows the Natural resources, construction, & maintenance occupations workforce by gender and educational level.

Skills

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Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for Natural resources, construction, & maintenance occupations from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Natural resources, construction, & maintenance occupations need many skills, but most especially Critical Thinking, Active Listening, Operation Monitoring.