Editor’s Observe: This story initially appeared on Building Protection.
Building has lengthy been a male-dominated discipline. In response to just lately launched knowledge from the U.S. Census Bureau, solely 11.7% of payroll staff within the development business are girls. Nevertheless, a shift is underway.
Lately, the Division of Labor’s Ladies in Apprenticeship and Nontraditional Occupations (WANTO) grant program has allotted thousands and thousands of {dollars} to bolster girls’s participation in industries like development.
And with the development business going through a huge employee scarcity — estimated at 349,000 employees — recruiting girls into development roles has grow to be a necessity for sustaining progress and assembly demand.
Whereas girls stay underrepresented within the workforce, the information reveals a gradual but constant upward pattern in feminine employment throughout the development sector.
Whereas the development business stays male-dominated nationally, the underrepresentation of ladies in development 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 search out the cities with probably the most feminine development employment, researchers at Building Protection analyzed knowledge from the U.S. Census Bureau. For extra info, check with the methodology part on the finish.
Listed here are the cities the place probably the most girls work in development jobs.
15. Colorado Springs, CO
- Feminine employment share within the development business: 13.6%
- Whole feminine employment within the development business: 3,773
- Whole male employment within the development business: 23,977
- Median earnings for full-time employees within the development business: $62,033
14. Deltona-Daytona Seashore-Ormond Seashore, FL
- Feminine employment share within the development business: 13.8%
- Whole feminine employment within the development business: 3,587
- Whole male employment within the development business: 22,357
- Median earnings for full-time employees within the development business: $53,284
13. Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD
- Feminine employment share within the development business: 13.9%
- Whole feminine employment within the development business: 12,835
- Whole male employment within the development business: 79,467
- Median earnings for full-time employees within the development business: $70,414
12. Virginia Seashore-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC
- Feminine employment share within the development business: 14.0%
- Whole feminine employment within the development business: 7,160
- Whole male employment within the development business: 44,161
- Median earnings for full-time employees within the development business: $58,880
11. Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL
- Feminine employment share within the development business: 14.0%
- Whole feminine employment within the development business: 16,468
- Whole male employment within the development business: 101,567
- Median earnings for full-time employees within the development business: $52,682
10. New Orleans-Metairie, LA
- Feminine employment share within the development business: 14.2%
- Whole feminine employment within the development business: 5,147
- Whole male employment within the development business: 31,059
- Median earnings for full-time employees within the development business: $50,978
9. Charlotte-Harmony-Gastonia, NC-SC
- Feminine employment share within the development business: 14.2%
- Whole feminine employment within the development business: 15,338
- Whole male employment within the development business: 92,351
- Median earnings for full-time employees within the development business: $51,634
8. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA
- Feminine employment share within the development business: 14.2%
- Whole feminine employment within the development business: 20,029
- Whole male employment within the development business: 121,124
- Median earnings for full-time employees within the development business: $82,512
7. Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL
- Feminine employment share within the development business: 14.5%
- Whole feminine employment within the development business: 2,994
- Whole male employment within the development business: 17,612
- Median earnings for full-time employees within the development business: $51,318
6. North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL
- Feminine employment share within the development business: 14.5%
- Whole feminine employment within the development business: 5,228
- Whole male employment within the development business: 30,866
- Median earnings for full-time employees within the development business: $56,608
5. Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC
- Feminine employment share within the development business: 14.6%
- Whole feminine employment within the development business: 4,597
- Whole male employment within the development business: 26,799
- Median earnings for full-time employees within the development business: $53,735
4. Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL
- Feminine employment share within the development business: 14.6%
- Whole feminine employment within the development business: 6,583
- Whole male employment within the development business: 38,463
- Median earnings for full-time employees within the development business: $50,569
3. Austin-Spherical Rock-San Marcos, TX
- Feminine employment share within the development business: 14.9%
- Whole feminine employment within the development business: 14,045
- Whole male employment within the development business: 79,903
- Median earnings for full-time employees within the development business: $59,836
2. Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL
- Feminine employment share within the development business: 15.7%
- Whole feminine employment within the development business: 16,565
- Whole male employment within the development business: 89,255
- Median earnings for full-time employees within the development business: $52,248
1. Jacksonville, FL
- Feminine employment share within the development business: 17.4%
- Whole feminine employment within the development business: 10,278
- Whole male employment within the development business: 48,926
- Median earnings for full-time employees within the development business: $57,576
Methodology
The information used on this evaluation is from the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2024 American Neighborhood Survey. Resulting from 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 places with probably the most girls in development, researchers at Building Protection ranked places by the proportion of staff within the development business which can be feminine. Within the occasion of a tie, places with the upper whole feminine employment within the development business had been ranked increased.
Moreover, because of statistical significance limitations of the dataset, solely the highest 100 metropolitan areas by inhabitants with full knowledge had been included within the evaluation.
