District of Columbia · SOC 47-0000 · Annual, 2025
Construction and extraction occupations in the District of Columbia
Employment and average annual wage for SOC 47-0000 in the District of Columbia, 2004–2025, from DTG's OEWS-based estimates.
In 2025, about 12,700 people in the District of Columbia worked in construction and extraction occupations (SOC 47-0000), with an average annual wage of $88,310.
Employment in construction and extraction occupations in the District of Columbia declined 10.4% from 2020 to 2025. This occupation group is less concentrated in the District of Columbia than in the nation as a whole (location quotient 0.41). Quarterly values, full occupation detail and projections to 2036 for the District of Columbia are included with a free account. County-level detail is part of every paid plan, or one county free for seven days.
- 12,700Employment, 2025
- $88,310Mean annual wage
- 1.7%Share of District of Columbia jobs
- 0.41Location quotient
Employment, 2004 to 2025
Annual average · all ownerships
Annual employment, 2004–2025: 2004 12,900; 2005 13,100; 2006 13,100; 2007 13,200; 2008 13,300; 2009 12,500; 2010 12,100; 2011 13,100; 2012 13,900; 2013 14,300; 2014 14,400; 2015 14,700; 2016 15,400; 2017 15,200; 2018 15,100; 2019 14,500; 2020 14,100; 2021 13,900; 2022 13,700; 2023 13,600; 2024 13,200; 2025 12,700.
Last ten years
Annual · 10 years
| Year | Employment | Mean annual wage | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12,673 | $88,305 | 3.7% |
| 2024 | 13,159 | $84,201 | 2.9% |
| 2023 | 13,559 | $80,562 | 1.3% |
| 2022 | 13,734 | $76,644 | 1.1% |
| 2021 | 13,883 | $75,769 | 1.8% |
| 2020 | 14,142 | $73,324 | 2.3% |
| 2019 | 14,469 | $69,483 | 4.3% |
| 2018 | 15,122 | $67,222 | 0.5% |
| 2017 | 15,199 | $67,116 | 1.1% |
| 2016 | 15,365 | $63,115 | 4.2% |
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 District of Columbia, quarterly, at full depth
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