Construction jobs: who is hiring and what it pays
Contractors, homebuilders and the project, estimating and field leadership that deliver buildings and infrastructure. 7,544 open jobs at 1,030 employers, with a median stated pay of $135k. Every job on this page is in the United States, taken from the employer’s own career site or job system and checked to still be open.
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7,544
open construction jobs
1,030
employers hiring
$135k
median stated pay (636 jobs)
November 2026
first month tracked
All construction lists
Employers with the most open construction jobs
Sargent & Lundy, Turner Construction and Langan lead the construction employers on our board. The ten with the most openings post 44% of the 7,544 open construction jobs.
| # | Employer | Open jobs |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sargent & LundyIL · Median pay $126k | 556 open |
| 2 | Turner ConstructionTX · Median pay $170k | 383 open |
| 3 | LanganTX | 368 open |
| 4 | Black & VeatchKS · Median pay $174k | 359 open |
| 5 | EmcorCA | 359 open |
| 6 | DewberryVA | 317 open |
| 7 | MortensonMN | 275 open |
| 8 | MastecTX | 238 open |
| 9 | ArcadisCA · Median pay $143k | 217 open |
| 10 | HNTBFL · Median pay $148k | 210 open |
Highest-paying construction roles
Among construction jobs that state yearly pay, Architectural and Engineering Managers, Electrical Engineers and Cost Estimators pay the most at the median, against $135k for the segment as a whole.
| # | Role | Median pay |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Architectural and Engineering Managers134 open · With pay 8 | $183k |
| 2 | Electrical Engineers420 open · With pay 14 | $139k |
| 3 | Cost Estimators89 open · With pay 22 | $136k |
| 4 | Construction Managers1,662 open · With pay 372 | $134k |
| 5 | Transportation Engineers109 open · With pay 15 | $126k |
| 6 | Engineers, All Other243 open · With pay 14 | $116k |
| 7 | Civil Engineers587 open · With pay 31 | $111k |
Skills employers ask for
project management, procurement and excel are the skills most often named in construction job postings, read from each posting's own text.
Where the construction jobs are
TX, CA and VA have the most open construction jobs.
| # | State | Open jobs |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | TexasMedian pay $147k | 861 open |
| 2 | CaliforniaMedian pay $147k | 670 open |
| 3 | VirginiaMedian pay $131k | 469 open |
| 4 | FloridaMedian pay $135k | 428 open |
| 5 | New YorkMedian pay $133k | 408 open |
| 6 | IllinoisMedian pay $130k | 331 open |
| 7 | North CarolinaMedian pay $118k | 319 open |
| 8 | OhioMedian pay $117k | 292 open |
New construction jobs this week
25 construction jobs were posted in the last seven days.
- Director, Business Operations
Quanta Services · Houston, TX
Nov 2
- Junior Estimator
baker construction · Burlington, NC
Nov 2
- Data Center Construction Manager
Oracle · NM
Nov 2
- HR Human Resources Generalist
Turner Construction · Chelsea, MA
$84k–$105k · Nov 2
- Project Manager Superintendent
Belfor · Mt. Clemens, MI
Nov 1
- Vice President, Structural Engineering
WSP Global · Lawrenceville, NJ
$174k–$259k · Nov 1
- Senior Director, Management Consultancy
WSP Global · New York, NY
$205k–$367k · Nov 1
- Senior Technical Director, Electrical Engineering - Power Generation
WSP Global · Houston, TX
Nov 1
Laid off in construction? Start here
- A plan for the weeks after a layoff
- Unemployment benefits and how to file, by state
- Severance calculator
- Layoff tracker: who is cutting and where
Then look at the employers above that are hiring now.
More industries
- US manufacturing34,328
- Defense and aerospace30,328
- Financial services28,982
- Healthcare26,927
- Education14,346
- Nonprofits13,697
- Biotech and pharma12,574
- AI8,364
- Transportation and logistics5,669
- Space5,418
- Automotive and EV4,186
- Semiconductors3,683
- Retail3,289
- Robotics and automation3,148
- Consumer packaged goods2,663
- Data centers2,554
- Utilities and power2,405
- Clean energy and nuclear2,303
- Telecom1,689
- Real estate1,655
- Tourism and hospitality1,437
- Oil and gas1,102
- Steel, aluminum and metals1,022
- Restaurants953
- TV and streaming941
- Mining and natural resources884
- Airlines and aviation811
- Music663
- Shipbuilding and maritime474
- Casino and gaming441
- Sports235
- Movies and film63
How these lists are made
- Every job on this page is in the United States, taken from the employer’s own career site or job system and checked to still be open.
- A job is counted in construction when its employer is on our list of construction employers, or its title names construction work. A job can sit in more than one segment.
- Pay figures use only jobs that state a yearly salary range in dollars; the figure is the middle of the range, and the median is across jobs. A pay list is shown only when enough jobs state pay.
- The same employer under different spellings is counted once. A city where one employer posts half the openings is not ranked.
- Lists are rebuilt weekly from our job board and kept by month. Professional and management roles; hourly roles are not on our board.
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