Construction & Real Estate: jobs, conferences and layoffs

Builders, developers, brokerages and property managers. Construction & Real Estate has about 6,900 verified open jobs on NextChapter right now, with a typical posted salary of $110,000 a year. About 27% of openings are entry or early-career level. Payroll employment in the closest BLS sector is up 1.3% over the past year (September 2026). 71 WARN layoff notices were filed in the last 12 months. 130 conferences are tagged to it, 97 with dates announced.

Construction & Real Estate market snapshot

Every figure names its source and period. Estimates are labeled as estimates.

Verified open jobs
about 6,900

Source: NextChapter job data, jobs verified live in the last 7 days.

Typical posted salary
$110,000 a year (middle half $83,000 to $150,000)

Source: NextChapter job data: salary ranges employers posted, midpoint of each range, 1,372 of the newest 5,000 verified open jobs.

Entry or early-career level
27% of openings

Source: NextChapter job data: level read from the full posting, newest 5,000 verified open jobs.

Ask for AI skills
4% of openings

Source: NextChapter job data: AI-skill tagger on the posting text, newest 5,000 verified open jobs.

Remote
4% of openings

Source: NextChapter job data, newest 5,000 verified open jobs.

Employment, year over year
+1.3% in construction, the closest BLS sector

Source: BLS Current Employment Statistics, seasonally adjusted payroll employment, September 2026.

WARN layoff notices, Construction & Real Estate
71 notices naming 2,737 workers

Source: State WARN filings collected by NextChapter, last 12 months.

States with the most notices
CA (29), NY (8), MD (5)

Source: State WARN filings collected by NextChapter, last 12 months.

Most recent notice
Sep 24, 2026

Source: State WARN filings collected by NextChapter.

Conferences in the catalog for Construction & Real Estate
130, 97 with dates announced

Source: NextChapter conference catalog, checked against each event’s own site.

Next conference
ACEC Fall Conference, Oct 25, 2026

Source: NextChapter conference catalog.

Median published ticket price
$750

Source: NextChapter conference catalog, lowest published price, 30 conferences with a price.

Open calls for speakers
14 conferences

Source: NextChapter conference catalog.

Skills most often named in openings

  1. 1. excel8%
  2. 2. yardi6%
  3. 3. project management4%
  4. 4. logistics3%
  5. 5. budgeting3%
  6. 6. onboarding3%
  7. 7. procurement2%
  8. 8. audit2%

States with the most openings

  1. 1. CA13%
  2. 2. TX13%
  3. 3. NY9%
  4. 4. FL7%
  5. 5. IL4%

Open Construction & Real Estate jobs

Verified against the employer’s own career site within the last week.

Showing the newest 15 of about 6,900 verified open jobs here. Search all jobs

Functions hiring in this industry

Employers hiring

Construction & Real Estate conferences

Dates, costs, calls for speakers and who runs each one.

Showing 60 of 130 conferences, 97 with dates announced.

Industry associations and organizers

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