15 Cities With the Most Women in Construction

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Development has lengthy been a male-dominated subject. In accordance with lately launched knowledge from the U.S. Census Bureau, solely 11.7% of payroll staff within the building business are girls. Nonetheless, a shift is underway.

In recent times, the Division of Labor’s Ladies in Apprenticeship and Nontraditional Occupations (WANTO) grant program has allotted tens of millions of {dollars} to bolster girls’s participation in industries like building.

And with the development business dealing with a massive worker shortage — estimated at 349,000 employees — recruiting girls into building roles has turn into a necessity for sustaining development and assembly demand.

Whereas girls stay underrepresented within the workforce, the information reveals a gradual but constant upward pattern in feminine employment throughout the building sector.

Whereas the development business stays male-dominated nationally, the underrepresentation of girls in building is much less pronounced in sure components of the nation. This variation highlights regional variations in workforce dynamics, compensation ranges, and diversification efforts throughout the business.

To seek out the cities with probably the most feminine building employment, researchers at Development Protection analyzed knowledge from the U.S. Census Bureau. For extra data, consult with the methodology part on the finish.

Listed here are the cities the place probably the most girls work in building jobs.

15. Colorado Springs, CO

• Feminine employment share within the building business: 13.6%
• Whole feminine employment within the building business: 3,773
• Whole male employment within the building business: 23,977
• Median earnings for full-time employees within the building business: $62,033

14. Deltona-Daytona Seaside-Ormond Seaside, FL

• Feminine employment share within the building business: 13.8%
• Whole feminine employment within the building business: 3,587
• Whole male employment within the building business: 22,357
• Median earnings for full-time employees within the building business: $53,284

13. Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD

• Feminine employment share within the building business: 13.9%
• Whole feminine employment within the building business: 12,835
• Whole male employment within the building business: 79,467
• Median earnings for full-time employees within the building business: $70,414

12. Virginia Seaside-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC

• Feminine employment share within the building business: 14.0%
• Whole feminine employment within the building business: 7,160
• Whole male employment within the building business: 44,161
• Median earnings for full-time employees within the building business: $58,880

11. Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL

• Feminine employment share within the building business: 14.0%
• Whole feminine employment within the building business: 16,468
• Whole male employment within the building business: 101,567
• Median earnings for full-time employees within the building business: $52,682

10. New Orleans-Metairie, LA

• Feminine employment share within the building business: 14.2%
• Whole feminine employment within the building business: 5,147
• Whole male employment within the building business: 31,059
• Median earnings for full-time employees within the building business: $50,978

9. Charlotte-Harmony-Gastonia, NC-SC

• Feminine employment share within the building business: 14.2%
• Whole feminine employment within the building business: 15,338
• Whole male employment within the building business: 92,351
• Median earnings for full-time employees within the building business: $51,634

8. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA

• Feminine employment share within the building business: 14.2%
• Whole feminine employment within the building business: 20,029
• Whole male employment within the building business: 121,124
• Median earnings for full-time employees within the building business: $82,512

7. Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL

• Feminine employment share within the building business: 14.5%
• Whole feminine employment within the building business: 2,994
• Whole male employment within the building business: 17,612
• Median earnings for full-time employees within the building business: $51,318

6. North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL

• Feminine employment share within the building business: 14.5%
• Whole feminine employment within the building business: 5,228
• Whole male employment within the building business: 30,866
• Median earnings for full-time employees within the building business: $56,608

5. Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC

• Feminine employment share within the building business: 14.6%
• Whole feminine employment within the building business: 4,597
• Whole male employment within the building business: 26,799
• Median earnings for full-time employees within the building business: $53,735

4. Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL

• Feminine employment share within the building business: 14.6%
• Whole feminine employment within the building business: 6,583
• Whole male employment within the building business: 38,463
• Median earnings for full-time employees within the building business: $50,569

3. Austin-Spherical Rock-San Marcos, TX

• Feminine employment share within the building business: 14.9%
• Whole feminine employment within the building business: 14,045
• Whole male employment within the building business: 79,903
• Median earnings for full-time employees within the building business: $59,836

2. Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL

• Feminine employment share within the building business: 15.7%
• Whole feminine employment within the building business: 16,565
• Whole male employment within the building business: 89,255
• Median earnings for full-time employees within the building business: $52,248

1. Jacksonville, FL

• Feminine employment share within the building business: 17.4%
• Whole feminine employment within the building business: 10,278
• Whole male employment within the building business: 48,926
• Median earnings for full-time employees within the building business: $57,576

Methodology

The info used on this evaluation is from the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2024 American Community Survey. As a consequence of pattern measurement constraints, one-year estimates had been used for nationwide statistics, whereas five-year estimates had been used for state and MSA statistics.

To find out the areas with probably the most girls in building, researchers at Development Protection ranked areas by the share of staff within the building business which might be feminine. Within the occasion of a tie, areas with the upper whole feminine employment within the building business had been ranked increased.

Moreover, as a consequence of statistical significance limitations of the dataset, solely the highest 100 metropolitan areas by inhabitants with full knowledge had been included within the evaluation.