• Overall employment in the State of Alabama decreased by 1.39% between 1997 and 2002, while employment within the construction industry rose by 3.50%, creating 3,337 new construction jobs in 5 years.

• While the average worker in Alabama brought home $28,823 in pay in 2002, the state’s construction workers made on average $30,366, an increase of 5.08% more than the average worker in Alabama. 

• Construction workers in Alabama saw a salary increase of 16.79% from 1997-2002, compared to the average salary increase construction workers across the United States, which increased by 14.97%. 

• According to Union Membership and Coverage Database, available at www.unionstats.com, in 2006, only 3.1 percent of Alabama’s private construction workforce belonged to a construction trade union.  That means that approximately 97 out of 100 Alabama’s private construction workers do not belong to a labor union.

Data are from the U.S. Bureau of the Census except where noted.

• Alabama does not have a state prevailing wage law