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- While overall employment in the State of Wisconsin increased 3.03% between 1997 and 2002, employment within the construction industry rose by 23.16%, creating 26,742 new construction jobs as well as 1,231 new construction establishments in 5 years.
- According to the U.S. Census Bureau, there were 115,488 individuals employed in the construction industry in Wisconsin in 1997 and 142,230 in 2002, an increase of 23.16% in 5 years.
- While the average worker in Wisconsin brought home $26,352 in pay in 1997, the state’s construction workers made on average $33,457, an increase of 21.24% more than the average worker in Wisconsin.
- While the average worker in Wisconsin brought home $32,268 in pay in 2002, the state’s construction workers made on average $36,944, an increase of 12.66% more than the average worker in Wisconsin.
- Construction employees in Wisconsin made $36,944 on average in 2002, compared to $35,352, the national average salary in 2002 for construction workers across the United States.
- The number of businesses in Wisconsin grew from 109,409 in 1997 to 112,630 in 2002, an increase of 2.94%. Construction establishments in Wisconsin however, increased by 8.22% from 14,976 in 1997 to 16,207 in 2002.
- Of the 3,221 new businesses established between 1997 and 2002 in Wisconsin, 1,231 or 38.22% of those establishments were in the construction industry.
- According to Union Membership and Coverage Database, available at www.unionstats.com, in 2006, only 28.9 percent of Wisconsin’s private construction workforce belonged to a construction trade union. That means that approximately 71out of 100 Wisconsin’s private construction workers do not belong to a labor union.
Data are from the U.S. Bureau of the Census except where noted.
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