Texas · SOC 47-0000 · Annual, 2025
Construction and extraction occupations in Texas
Employment and average annual wage for SOC 47-0000 in Texas, 2004–2025, from DTG's OEWS-based estimates.
In 2025, about 683,100 people in Texas worked in construction and extraction occupations (SOC 47-0000), with an average annual wage of $66,530.
Employment in construction and extraction occupations in Texas grew 14.2% from 2020 to 2025. Employment reached its 2004–2025 peak in 2025, at about 683,100. Quarterly values, full occupation detail and projections to 2036 for Texas are included with a free account. County-level detail is part of every paid plan, or one county free for seven days.
- 683,100Employment, 2025
- $66,530Mean annual wage
- 4.8%Share of Texas jobs
- 1.17Location quotient
Employment, 2004 to 2025
Annual average · all ownerships
Annual employment, 2004–2025: 2004 456,900; 2005 477,900; 2006 512,800; 2007 547,800; 2008 573,500; 2009 509,300; 2010 490,900; 2011 505,100; 2012 533,700; 2013 559,600; 2014 592,500; 2015 596,000; 2016 583,100; 2017 592,800; 2018 622,700; 2019 647,100; 2020 598,000; 2021 588,700; 2022 617,800; 2023 643,900; 2024 660,900; 2025 683,100.
Last ten years
Annual · 10 years
| Year | Employment | Mean annual wage | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 683,074 | $66,534 | 3.4% |
| 2024 | 660,883 | $64,233 | 2.6% |
| 2023 | 643,930 | $62,133 | 4.2% |
| 2022 | 617,767 | $60,952 | 4.9% |
| 2021 | 588,667 | $57,900 | 1.6% |
| 2020 | 597,971 | $57,089 | 7.6% |
| 2019 | 647,068 | $56,053 | 3.9% |
| 2018 | 622,693 | $54,144 | 5.1% |
| 2017 | 592,776 | $51,724 | 1.7% |
| 2016 | 583,140 | $50,318 | 2.2% |
The full history from 2004 and quarterly values are available with a free account.
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. Every occupation value is a DTG estimate: there is no published county or state census of occupations to report, so no value here is marked as published or estimated, and none carries a reliability score. Quarterly figures, county figures, detailed occupations and projected years are in the app.
How these figures are built
DTG’s industry employment fixes how many jobs there are in each industry in the state. The Bureau of Labor Statistics’ national industry-occupation matrix says how each industry is staffed, and the Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey says how many people work in each occupation in the area and what they earn. DTG makes the three agree, so occupation employment sums to the same totals as industry employment. Employment is the annual average; the mean annual wage is the year’s total occupation wages divided by that average employment. The construction is described in full on the occupation data page.
Notes
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Construction and extraction occupations in Texas, quarterly, at full depth
This page shows annual figures for construction and extraction occupations in Texas. A free account shows every detailed occupation in the group, quarterly, for every state, with projections to ten years. No card.
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