Nonemployer business receipts: construction

Receipts of businesses without paid employees in construction (NAICS 23), in millions of current US dollars, from the U.S. Census Bureau Nonemployer Statistics.

Nonemployer Statistics: businesses with no paid employees that are subject to federal income tax, mostly the self-employed, counted from tax records, with receipts above small minimum amounts. Census says some years are not comparable with earlier ones, and they are marked as series breaks: 2018 in every sector (businesses were reclassified from their descriptions, which moved many out of other services), 2022 in every sector (new receipts cutoffs) and 2017 in utilities (the same reclassification). Most nonemployers are sole proprietors whose business may be a side activity. Published about 18 months after the reference year. Receipts are published in thousands of dollars with noise added to protect individual businesses, and are not adjusted for inflation.

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Figures last updated on 2026-10-12.

Rankings

US states by nonemployer business receipts: construction, 2024

Top 15. Source: U.S. Census Bureau.

Texas: 34,496.1 USD millionTexas34,496.1Florida: 23,783.9 USD millionFlorida23,783.9California: 18,688.9 USD millionCalifornia18,688.9Georgia: 11,699.5 USD millionGeorgia11,699.5New York: 9,948.7 USD millionNew York9,948.7North Carolina: 9,811.9 USD millionNorth Carolina9,811.9Ohio: 8,483.4 USD millionOhio8,483.4Pennsylvania: 8,382.6 USD millionPennsylvania8,382.6Tennessee: 8,147.8 USD millionTennessee8,147.8Illinois: 7,819.6 USD millionIllinois7,819.6Michigan: 6,752.7 USD millionMichigan6,752.7Massachusetts: 6,701.5 USD millionMassachusetts6,701.5New Jersey: 6,652.9 USD millionNew Jersey6,652.9Colorado: 6,177 USD millionColorado6,177Virginia: 5,996.3 USD millionVirginia5,996.3
USD million. Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Nonemployer Statistics, state and US files: receipts (RCPTOT), construction (NAICS 23), all legal forms and receipts sizes. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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