Women in the Workforce
Statistics of Women in Construction
1,173,000 Women now work in construction and make up 9.9 percent of the construction industry in the United States.
Women working in construction numbered 10.9 percent of the entire U.S. workforce in 2022. Source: https://www.bls.gov/cps/cpsaat18.htm
Women in the U.S. earn on average 82.9 percent of what men make. The gender pay gap is significantly smaller in construction occupations, with women earning on average 95.5 percent of what men make. Source: https://www.bls.gov/opub/reports/womens-databook/2021/home.htm, Table 19
