NAHB evaluation of the newest 2021 American Neighborhood Survey (ACS) knowledge reveals that the median age of development employees is 42, one 12 months older than a typical employee within the nationwide labor pressure. Attracting expert labor remains to be the first long-term objective for development, although a slowing housing market has eased some stress on present tight labor market circumstances.
The median age of development workforce varies throughout states. The colour coding within the map above tracks the median age of individuals working within the development trade. States with the oldest median age of development employees (47 years outdated) are Maine and Vermont, adopted by New Hampshire and Rhode Island (46 years outdated) and Alaska, Hawaii, New Hampshire and New York, the place the median age of development employees is 44. Development employees are youthful on common within the central a part of the nation. Half of all development employees in South Dakota and Utah are below 38.
The second knowledge sequence mapped above is the distinction between the median age of development workforce in every state and the median age of the general workforce. These estimates are reported because the numbers printed on every state. A optimistic quantity signifies that on common, development employees are older than a typical employee within the state labor pressure. Rhode Island and Alaska are the states the place the median age of development employees is 5 years larger than the general median, adopted by Vermont (+4). In the meantime, a destructive quantity signifies development employees are, normally, youthful than the state labor pressure. In South Dakota, the median age of development employees is 2 years youthful than the general median.
The ACS knowledge additionally enable analyzing median age by occupations. Development occupations with youthful employees embrace helpers, development trades, photo voltaic photovoltaic installs. Older employees are concentrated in managerial positions equivalent to inspectors, development supervisors and development managers.
