This page contains key outcome data for the Construction Services Major, estimated using US Census data. See the methodology here. For more on the College Majors Data Dashboard click here.
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Overall Major Information
- Field: STEM
- Average Income: $69,000 (Rank: 21 of 173)
- 25% Make Less Than: $48,000
- Unemployment Rate: 2.40% (Rank: 24 of 171)
- Percent Female: 8.0%
- Percent Who Get a Masters Degree: 10.7%
- Percent Who Get a Professional Degree: 1.9%
- Percent Who Get a PhD: 0.5%
- Major Popularity Ranking: 72 of 173
- Major Difficulty (1-5): 2.93 (Rank: 54 of 118)
Careers Information
This list provides the 25 most common careers (occupations) among people in this major, and how much they earn within each occupation.
- Constructions Managers: 30.34% (Average Income: $80,000)
- Civil Engineers: 10.20% (Average Income: $73,000)
- Managers, (including Postmasters): 8.19% (Average Income: $73,000)
- Cost Estimators: 5.64% (Average Income: $66,000)
- First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers: 4.43% (Average Income: $64,000)
- Construction Laborers: 3.10% (Average Income: $48,000)
- Carpenters: 1.60% (Average Income: $42,000)
- First-Line Supervisors of Sales Workers: 1.10% (Average Income: $79,000)
- Customer Service Representatives: 1.02% (Average Income: $51,000)
- Unemployed, with No Work Experience in the Last 5 Years or Earlier or Never Worked: 0.95%
- Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing: 0.91% (Average Income: $70,000)
- Engineers, : 0.85% (Average Income: $57,000)
- Designers: 0.79% (Average Income: $52,000)
- Sales Representatives, Services, All Other: 0.79% (Average Income: $98,000)
- Athletes, Coaches, Umpires, and Related Workers: 0.78% (Average Income: $118,000)
- Inspectors, Testers, Sorters, Samplers, and Weighers: 0.71% (Average Income: $51,000)
- Construction and Building Inspectors: 0.64% (Average Income: $55,000)
- Retail Salespersons: 0.63% (Average Income: $63,000)
- Property, Real Estate, and Community Association Managers: 0.60% (Average Income: $70,000)
- Food Service and Lodging Managers: 0.58% (Average Income: $41,000)
- First-Line Supervisors of Office and Administrative Support Workers: 0.56% (Average Income: $53,000)
- Elementary and Middle School Teachers: 0.56% (Average Income: $46,000)
- Surveyors, Cartographers, and Photogrammetrists: 0.52% (Average Income: $53,000)
- Chief executives and legislators/public administration: 0.49% (Average Income: $125,000)
- General and Operations Managers: 0.48% (Average Income: $104,000)
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