Hawaii · NAICS 23 · Annual, 2025

Construction in Hawaii

Employment, establishments and average pay for NAICS 23 in Hawaii, 2004–2025, from DTG's QCEW-based estimates.

In 2025, Construction (NAICS 23) employed about 40,500 people in Hawaii across roughly 4,503 establishments, with average annual pay of $96,370.

Employment in Construction in Hawaii grew 10.1% from 2020 to 2025. Average pay in the industry is 36.4% above the all-industries average in Hawaii. QCEW withheld part of this figure for Hawaii; DTG's estimate is shown, with a reliability score of 0.99. Quarterly values, full industry detail and projections to 2036 for Hawaii are included with a free account. County-level detail is part of every paid plan, or one county free for seven days.

  • 40,500Employment, 2025
  • 4,503Establishments
  • $96,370Avg. annual pay
  • 6.3%Share of Hawaii jobs
  • 1.16Location quotient

The 2025 figures above are a DTG estimate: Estimated · 0.99. † Not disclosed in QCEW; DTG estimate.

Employment, 2004 to 2025

Annual average · all ownerships

Employment in Construction in Hawaii, 2004–2025Line chart of annual employment from 2004 to 2025, from 30,100 to 40,500.020K40K60K20042010201520202025

Annual employment, 2004–2025: 2004 30,100; 2005 34,000; 2006 36,700; 2007 39,800; 2008 38,500; 2009 32,000; 2010 29,500; 2011 29,300; 2012 30,200; 2013 31,700; 2014 32,800; 2015 35,700; 2016 38,600; 2017 36,700; 2018 36,800; 2019 37,800; 2020 36,800; 2021 37,400; 2022 37,400; 2023 38,300; 2024 39,500; 2025 40,500.

Last ten years

Annual · 10 years

YearEmploymentEstab.Avg. annual payChangeSource
202540,5094,503$96,373 2.6%est. · 0.99
202439,4964,460$92,242 3.3%pub.
202338,2534,327$85,893 2.2%pub.
202237,4334,144$81,829 0.1%pub.
202137,3954,020$79,936 1.6%pub.
202036,8063,969$80,020 2.6%pub.
201937,8083,967$76,598 2.7%pub.
201836,8093,802$75,215 0.3%pub.
201736,6853,711$73,476 5.1%pub.
201638,6453,615$72,092 8.4%pub.

† Not disclosed in QCEW; DTG estimate.

The full history from 2004 and quarterly values are available with a free account.

By subsector, 2025

3-digit NAICS · 3 shown

CodeSubsectorEmploymentShare of constructionLQSource
236Construction of Buildings12,96432.0%1.68pub.
237Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction6,17115.2%1.09est. · 0.96
238Specialty Trade Contractors21,37452.8%0.99pub.

† Not disclosed in QCEW; DTG estimate.

Where these numbers come from

Reading these figures

The figures on this page come from one named vintage, stated below, and are annual values for all ownerships combined. Where QCEW withheld a value, the marked figure is an estimate that DTG produced under the constraints of the published record; suppression is a property of QCEW, not of DTG, and a withheld value is marked rather than silently omitted. Two things DTG itself holds back, and says so where it does: an estimate that cannot be given a reliability score is not shown, and average pay is not shown where fewer than three jobs are reported. The row is marked withheld, with the reason in a note beneath the table. The mark is on every row that carries a value: the headline, the yearly history, the subsectors and the other states. An estimated value that rounds below one is shown as less than one, not as zero. Quarterly figures, county figures and projected years are in the app.

How this figure was built

Employment is the average of the three monthly counts in each quarter, averaged across the year, and establishments are averaged across the year the same way. Average annual pay is the year’s total wages divided by that average employment. Each of these is DTG’s value: QCEW’s published figure where QCEW disclosed it, and DTG’s estimate, marked, where it did not. How withheld values are estimated, and what the reliability score beside a figure means, are described on the industry data and disclosure and provenance pages.

Estimated by Data Tactical Group from BLS QCEW, with CES/SAE and projection inputs described in the methodology. Method: Disclosure, Industry.

Notes

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Construction in Hawaii, quarterly, at full depth

This page shows annual figures for construction in Hawaii. A free account shows every detailed industry beneath it, quarterly, for every state, with projections to ten years. No card.

County figures, file export and the API are on paid plans.