National Construction Industry

• Current employment estimates show total annual average construction employment rising from nearly 5.3 million jobs in 1995 to a high of more than 6.9 million, surpassing the previous high in 2001, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
• Employment projection data indicate that construction employment will increase 15.1 percent over the 2002-2012 period, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Construction is the only goods-producing sector in which employment is projected to grow. Total employment for all industry sectors is projected to increase 14.8 percent.

Arizona Construction Industry

• Arizona’s construction industry accounted for 8.5 percent of all private-sector jobs in 2000, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
• The average annual pay in Arizona’s private construction industry was $32,467 in 2000, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Women in the Construction Industry

• Between 1997 and 2004, privately held, 50-percent-or-more, women-owned businesses diversified into all industries, with the fastest growth in construction at 30 percent, according to the Center for Women’s Business Research.
• Among the top three fastest growing states – based on an average rank of 1997 to 2004 growth rates – for the number of privately held, 50-percent-or-more, women-owned firms, Arizona ranks second behind number one Utah.
• Women make up approximately 10 percent of the construction industry, according to the National Association of Women in Construction. In 2003, the industry employed 10.1 million workers, of which 975,000 were women and 9.1 million were men.

Arizona Registrar of Contractors

• The ROC issued 52,242 licenses in fiscal year 2005, with a monthly average of 700 new applicants and 1,800 renewals. That compares with 50,657 licenses in fiscal year 2004, with a monthly average of 600 new applicants and 1,400 renewals.