US Construction Wages Jump 12.9% for Job-Switchers as Median Pay Tops $59,000
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Updated · USA TODAY · Aug 7
US Construction Wages Jump 12.9% for Job-Switchers as Median Pay Tops $59,000
1 articles · Updated · USA TODAY · Aug 7
Summary
June ADP data showed workers switching into construction got a 12.9% pay increase from a year earlier, the strongest gain of any sector.
Median gross pay for those job-switchers topped $59,000, versus about $43,000 across all industries, underscoring how aggressively builders are paying to hire.
Demand is being driven by large projects including CHIPS Act-linked semiconductor plants in upstate New York and AI data centers such as OpenAI's Project Camilla in Georgia.
Worker shortages and a wave of retirements are tightening labor supply further, helping make construction one of the clearest examples of a widening split in US wage growth.