Construction Employment

NAICS 23 • BLS Current Employment Statistics (CES)

The Construction industry employed 8,330.0K workers as of Mar 2026 (seasonally adjusted), a change of +57K over 12 months. Source: BLS CES.

Monthly Employment (thousands, SA) — last 5 years

Show full history (1939–present, 1,083 months)
Monthly seasonally-adjusted employment (thousands) for Construction with month-over-month change, BLS CES.
Date Employment (K) MoM Change
Mar 2026 8,330.0 +26
Feb 2026 8,304.0 -13
Jan 2026 8,317.0 +45
Dec 2025 8,272.0 -7
Nov 2025 8,279.0 +36
Oct 2025 8,243.0 -12
Sep 2025 8,255.0 +16
Aug 2025 8,239.0 -22
Jul 2025 8,261.0 -6
Jun 2025 8,267.0 -2
May 2025 8,269.0 -2
Apr 2025 8,271.0 -2
Mar 2025 8,273.0 +6
Feb 2025 8,267.0 +3
Jan 2025 8,264.0 +6549.7
Dec 2024 1,714.3 -6561.7
Dec 2024 8,276.0 +9
Nov 2024 8,267.0 +6525
Nov 2024 1,742.0 +28.4
Oct 2024 1,713.6 -6548.4
Oct 2024 8,262.0 +6584.8
Sep 2024 1,677.2 -6576.8
Sep 2024 8,254.0 +18
Aug 2024 8,236.0 +6541.8
Aug 2024 1,694.2 -56
Jul 2024 1,750.2 -6457.8
Jul 2024 8,208.0 +12
Jun 2024 8,196.0 +6463.6
Jun 2024 1,732.4 -6443.6
May 2024 8,176.0 +6455
May 2024 1,721.0 -6449
Apr 2024 8,170.0 +6471.2
Apr 2024 1,698.8 -6465.2
Mar 2024 8,164.0 +6400.9
Mar 2024 1,763.1 +11.4
Feb 2024 1,751.7 -6380.3
Feb 2024 8,132.0 +9
Jan 2024 8,123.0 +6446.9
Jan 2024 1,676.1 -6423.9
Dec 2023 8,100.0 +6409.2
Dec 2023 1,690.8 -25.9
Nov 2023 1,716.7 -6371.3
Nov 2023 8,088.0 +6407.1
Oct 2023 1,680.9 -6399.1
Oct 2023 8,080.0 +27
Sep 2023 8,053.0 +6368.6
Sep 2023 1,684.4 -6357.6
Aug 2023 8,042.0 +6294.9
Aug 2023 1,747.1 +69.8
Jul 2023 1,677.3 -6338.7
Jul 2023 8,016.0 +10
Jun 2023 8,006.0 +6251.4
Jun 2023 1,754.6 +9.3
May 2023 1,745.3 -6219.7
May 2023 7,965.0 +6214.6
Apr 2023 1,750.4 -6204.6
Apr 2023 7,955.0 +29
Mar 2023 7,926.0 +6183.1
Mar 2023 1,742.9 -0.5
Feb 2023 1,743.4 —