15 Cities With the Most Ladies in Development

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Development has lengthy been a male-dominated subject. Based on just lately launched knowledge from the U.S. Census Bureau, solely 11.7% of payroll workers within the building trade are ladies. Nonetheless, 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 ladies’s participation in industries like building.

And with the development trade going through a large employee scarcity — estimated at 349,000 staff — recruiting ladies into building roles has grow to be a necessity for sustaining development and assembly demand.

Whereas ladies stay underrepresented within the workforce, the information reveals a gradual but constant upward development in feminine employment throughout the building sector.

Whereas the development trade stays male-dominated nationally, the underrepresentation of girls in building is much less pronounced in sure elements of the nation. This variation highlights regional variations in workforce dynamics, compensation ranges, and diversification efforts throughout the trade.

To seek out the cities with essentially the most feminine building employment, researchers at Development Protection analyzed knowledge from the U.S. Census Bureau. For extra data, seek advice from the methodology part on the finish.

Listed below are the cities the place essentially the most ladies work in building jobs.

15. Colorado Springs, CO

• Feminine employment share within the building trade: 13.6%
• Whole feminine employment within the building trade: 3,773
• Whole male employment within the building trade: 23,977
• Median earnings for full-time staff within the building trade: $62,033

14. Deltona-Daytona Seashore-Ormond Seashore, FL

• Feminine employment share within the building trade: 13.8%
• Whole feminine employment within the building trade: 3,587
• Whole male employment within the building trade: 22,357
• Median earnings for full-time staff within the building trade: $53,284

13. Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD

• Feminine employment share within the building trade: 13.9%
• Whole feminine employment within the building trade: 12,835
• Whole male employment within the building trade: 79,467
• Median earnings for full-time staff within the building trade: $70,414

12. Virginia Seashore-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC

• Feminine employment share within the building trade: 14.0%
• Whole feminine employment within the building trade: 7,160
• Whole male employment within the building trade: 44,161
• Median earnings for full-time staff within the building trade: $58,880

11. Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL

• Feminine employment share within the building trade: 14.0%
• Whole feminine employment within the building trade: 16,468
• Whole male employment within the building trade: 101,567
• Median earnings for full-time staff within the building trade: $52,682

10. New Orleans-Metairie, LA

• Feminine employment share within the building trade: 14.2%
• Whole feminine employment within the building trade: 5,147
• Whole male employment within the building trade: 31,059
• Median earnings for full-time staff within the building trade: $50,978

9. Charlotte-Harmony-Gastonia, NC-SC

• Feminine employment share within the building trade: 14.2%
• Whole feminine employment within the building trade: 15,338
• Whole male employment within the building trade: 92,351
• Median earnings for full-time staff within the building trade: $51,634

8. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA

• Feminine employment share within the building trade: 14.2%
• Whole feminine employment within the building trade: 20,029
• Whole male employment within the building trade: 121,124
• Median earnings for full-time staff within the building trade: $82,512

7. Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL

• Feminine employment share within the building trade: 14.5%
• Whole feminine employment within the building trade: 2,994
• Whole male employment within the building trade: 17,612
• Median earnings for full-time staff within the building trade: $51,318

6. North Port-Bradenton-Sarasota, FL

• Feminine employment share within the building trade: 14.5%
• Whole feminine employment within the building trade: 5,228
• Whole male employment within the building trade: 30,866
• Median earnings for full-time staff within the building trade: $56,608

5. Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC

• Feminine employment share within the building trade: 14.6%
• Whole feminine employment within the building trade: 4,597
• Whole male employment within the building trade: 26,799
• Median earnings for full-time staff within the building trade: $53,735

4. Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL

• Feminine employment share within the building trade: 14.6%
• Whole feminine employment within the building trade: 6,583
• Whole male employment within the building trade: 38,463
• Median earnings for full-time staff within the building trade: $50,569

3. Austin-Spherical Rock-San Marcos, TX

• Feminine employment share within the building trade: 14.9%
• Whole feminine employment within the building trade: 14,045
• Whole male employment within the building trade: 79,903
• Median earnings for full-time staff within the building trade: $59,836

2. Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL

• Feminine employment share within the building trade: 15.7%
• Whole feminine employment within the building trade: 16,565
• Whole male employment within the building trade: 89,255
• Median earnings for full-time staff within the building trade: $52,248

1. Jacksonville, FL

• Feminine employment share within the building trade: 17.4%
• Whole feminine employment within the building trade: 10,278
• Whole male employment within the building trade: 48,926
• Median earnings for full-time staff within the building trade: $57,576

Methodology

The info used on this evaluation is from the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2024 American Group Survey. On account of pattern dimension 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 areas with essentially the most ladies in building, researchers at Development Protection ranked areas by the share of workers within the building trade which might be feminine. Within the occasion of a tie, areas with the upper whole feminine employment within the building trade had been ranked larger.

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.