US EditionKentucky Ranks 9th Worst for Women in Construction Pay
North Carolina ranks 10th lowest for women’s construction wages amid a sector-wide labor shortage with full-time female workers earning a median $54,044 nationwide, researchers said.
- Researchers at Construction Coverage analyzed U.S. Census Bureau and U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis data to rank states by adjusted median wages for full-time women in construction.
- Between 2020 and 2022, private construction spending rose amid a 2020–22 housing surge, while the Associated Builders and Contractors estimated a 439,000-worker shortfall and the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported 306,000 openings as of July 2025.
- Nationally, full-time female workers in construction earn $54,044 annually, the gender wage gap is 4.9% versus 18.9% overall, and female construction-sector lawyers earn median $170,000.
- Since around 2016, women in construction have steadily risen to 14.4% of all workers and 10.7% of full-time workers as of July 2025, more than doubling since the 1960s baseline.
- Today, however, the outlook is less certain amid economic headwinds including a softening labor market, tariffs, and high interest rates, even as public-sector construction spending rose with the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and April 2022 housing starts peaked before declining.
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