Statistics of Women in Construction
Women working in construction numbered 1.3 percent of the entire U.S. workforce in 2015.
Source: https://www.bls.gov/opub/reports/womens-databook/2016/pdf/home.pdf, Table 13
Women in the U.S. earn on average 81.1 percent of what men make. The gender pay gap is much narrower in the construction industry. In construction, women earn on average 95.7 percent of what men make.
Source: https://www.bls.gov/opub/reports/womens-databook/2016/pdf/home.pdf, Table 19
Breakdown of Women in Construction
As of Dec. 31, 2016, approximately 939,000 women were employed in various occupation sectors of the construction industry. Women now make up 9.1 percent of the construction industry in the United States. The following is a breakdown of women by occupation sector in the construction industry:
| Occupation Sector | Number of Women | Percentage |
| Sales & Office | 423,000 | 45% |
| Professional & Management | 293,000 | 31% |
| Natural Resources, Construction & Maintenance | 196,000 | 21% |
| Service Occupations | 14,000 | 1.5% |
| Production, Transportation & Material Moving | 13,000 | 1.4% |
Numbers of Women in the Construction Industry Sector
2005.........................................1,079,000
2006.........................................1,131,000
2007.........................................1,119,000
2008.........................................1,069,000
2009............................................970,200
2010............................................807,000
2011............................................828,000
2012............................................802,000
2013............................................840,000
2013............................................872,000
2015............................................929,000
2016............................................939,000
2016 General Construction Statistics
Total Workers in Construction ..................................... 10,328,000
Men in Construction .......................................................9,389,000
Women in Construction ................................................... 939,000
Source: Bureau of Labor Statistics — Current Population Survey at http://stats.bls.gov. This is an annual average based on monthly surveys of 60,000 households, equaling 150,000 people. Numbers are rounded off to the nearest thousandth.
