• While overall employment in the State of North Dakota increased 6.17% between 1997 and 2002, employment within the construction industry rose by 6.86%, creating 1,082 new construction jobs in 5 years.

• While the average worker in North Dakota brought home $25,465 in pay in 2002, the state’s construction workers made on average $30,645, an increase of 16.90% more than the average worker in North Dakota. 

• Construction workers in North Dakota saw a salary increase of 18.41% 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 5.4 percent of North Dakota’s private construction workforce belonged to a construction trade union.  That means that approximately 95 out of 100 North Dakota’s private construction workers do not belong to a labor union.

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

• North Dakota does not have a State Prevailing Wage law.