# Construction payroll employment

Number of jobs on construction payrolls in the month, seasonally adjusted, from the Current Employment Statistics (CES) survey of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The supersector covers construction of buildings, heavy and civil engineering construction, and specialty trade contractors.

## Key facts

- Construction payroll employment in the United States was 8,364,000 jobs in September 2026, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
- Texas had the highest construction payroll employment of 48 states in August 2026, at 924,900 jobs, and Vermont the lowest, at 16,500 jobs. Source: the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
- Published for 49 places, with figures from January 1939 to September 2026.
- Figures last updated on 2026-10-12.

- Indicator id: `payroll_employment_construction`
- Unit: jobs
- Note: One of the eleven CES supersectors that make up nonfarm_payroll_employment. BLS publishes no separate statewide figure for Delaware, the District of Columbia and Hawaii. Counts jobs on nonfarm payrolls, not people: someone with two jobs counts twice. It covers full-time and part-time employees paid for any part of the pay period that includes the 12th of the month, and excludes the self-employed, farm workers, private household workers and unpaid family workers.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/construction-jobs
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/indicators/payroll_employment_construction

## Latest figures

| Place | Period | jobs | Source |
|---|---|---:|---|
| United States | 2026-09 | 8,364,000 | U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Current Employment Statistics: all employees, construction, seasonally adjusted (CES2000000001). https://download.bls.gov/pub/time.series/ce/ce.data.20a.Construction.Employment. Retrieved 2026-10-12. |

## Rankings

- [US states](https://invokely.ai/rankings/construction-jobs/us-states.md) (48 places)