California · SOC 47-0000 · Annual, 2025
Construction and extraction occupations in California
Employment and average annual wage for SOC 47-0000 in California, 2004–2025, from DTG's OEWS-based estimates.
In 2025, about 669,100 people in California worked in construction and extraction occupations (SOC 47-0000), with an average annual wage of $93,480.
Employment in construction and extraction occupations in California was essentially flat from 2004 to 2025 (+1.7%). Employment fell 35.8% from 2006 to 2010 and has since recovered 82.3% of that loss. Quarterly values, full occupation detail and projections to 2036 for California are included with a free account. County-level detail is part of every paid plan, or one county free for seven days.
- 669,100Employment, 2025
- $93,480Mean annual wage
- 3.7%Share of California jobs
- 0.89Location quotient
Employment, 2004 to 2025
Annual average · all ownerships
Annual employment, 2004–2025: 2004 658,000; 2005 694,900; 2006 714,400; 2007 685,600; 2008 615,200; 2009 501,100; 2010 458,800; 2011 460,100; 2012 479,300; 2013 511,700; 2014 537,900; 2015 574,700; 2016 600,400; 2017 615,500; 2018 649,300; 2019 673,700; 2020 659,700; 2021 679,100; 2022 691,900; 2023 682,100; 2024 684,000; 2025 669,100.
Last ten years
Annual · 10 years
| Year | Employment | Mean annual wage | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 669,072 | $93,482 | 2.2% |
| 2024 | 683,996 | $89,592 | 0.3% |
| 2023 | 682,073 | $84,787 | 1.4% |
| 2022 | 691,879 | $83,035 | 1.9% |
| 2021 | 679,106 | $80,259 | 2.9% |
| 2020 | 659,689 | $77,891 | 2.1% |
| 2019 | 673,685 | $72,828 | 3.8% |
| 2018 | 649,315 | $69,490 | 5.5% |
| 2017 | 615,504 | $66,820 | 2.5% |
| 2016 | 600,401 | $63,664 | 4.5% |
The full history from 2004 and quarterly values are available with a free account.
Where these numbers come from
Reading these figures
The figures on this page come from one named vintage, stated below, and are annual values for all ownerships combined. Every occupation value is a DTG estimate: there is no published county or state census of occupations to report, so no value here is marked as published or estimated, and none carries a reliability score. Quarterly figures, county figures, detailed occupations and projected years are in the app.
How these figures are built
DTG’s industry employment fixes how many jobs there are in each industry in the state. The Bureau of Labor Statistics’ national industry-occupation matrix says how each industry is staffed, and the Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey says how many people work in each occupation in the area and what they earn. DTG makes the three agree, so occupation employment sums to the same totals as industry employment. Employment is the annual average; the mean annual wage is the year’s total occupation wages divided by that average employment. The construction is described in full on the occupation data page.
Notes
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Construction and extraction occupations in California, quarterly, at full depth
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