The share of female employees in the construction in the United States increased slightly in 2024. The presence of women working in the sector that year was the highest in the timeline included here, with women only making up *** percent of construction workers in *** percent.

In 2023, the vast majority of construction workers in Hong Kong were male. Only around 14,000 out of 120,000 workers were female. In recent years the number of female construction workers had been declining until a bounce back in 2021.

Graph and download economic data for Consumer Unit Characteristics: Percent Men Reference Persons by Occupation: Wage and Salary Earners: Construction Workers and Mechanics (CXU980210LB1207M) from 1984 to 2023 about mechanics, consumer unit, occupation, males, salaries, workers, construction, wages, percent, personal, and USA.

There were approximately ****million men employed in construction in the UK as of the first quarter of 2025, compared with ********women.

Proportion of women and men employed in the National Occupational Classification (NOC) broad occupational categories, current year.

The dataset contains Year and State wise State-wise Average Daily Wage Rates in Rural India (Men - Construction Workers, General Agricultural Labourers, Horticulture Workers and Non-Agricultural Labourers)

Note: 1. Yearly average wage rates have been calculated from monthly average wage rates. 2. Missing observations represent either men are not engaged in those occupations because of their non-availability or the activity is connected with the occupation that was not undertaken in the State or the activity is out of season in the State or the number of quotations is less than five. 3. The average daily wages at all-India level are derived by dividing the sum total of wages by number of quotations of all the states taken together. 4. All India data for 2020-21 is the average of 11 months as data for April 2020 is not available. 5. State-wise data for 2020-21 is the average of 10 months as data for April and May 2020 are not available.

In 2023, around **** percent of construction and mining workers in Japan were men. That year, the labor force in Japan was estimated at **** million, with men accounting for approximately ** percent of the workforce.

In 2023, a total of 7.5 percent of the female wage workers in the United States were employed in sales or sales-related jobs. In that same year, only 1.1 percent of women worked in natural resources, construction, and maintenance occupations, compared to 16.2 percent of men. See the United States unemployment rate for further information.

Nepal National Salary & Wage Rate Index: Wage: Construction Labourer: Worker: Male data was reported at 500.900 2004-2005=100 in Jun 2018. This stayed constant from the previous number of 500.900 2004-2005=100 for May 2018. Nepal National Salary & Wage Rate Index: Wage: Construction Labourer: Worker: Male data is updated monthly, averaging 286.400 2004-2005=100 from Aug 2005 (Median) to Jun 2018, with 155 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 500.900 2004-2005=100 in Jun 2018 and a record low of 98.600 2004-2005=100 in Dec 2005. Nepal National Salary & Wage Rate Index: Wage: Construction Labourer: Worker: Male data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Nepal Rastra Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Nepal – Table NP.G018: Salary & Wage Rate Index.

The number of employees working in the construction industry in the United Kingdom has fluctuated significantly between 2019 and 2024. The most recent data shows that there were 2.06 million people working in the construction sector. Most employees in the UK construction industry are men, according to the same source.

In the third quarter of 2021, the hourly wage of a mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) foreman in Saudi Arabia amounted to ** U.S. dollars, the highest among the selected jobs in the construction industry in four listed Middle Eastern countries. Meanwhile, construction skilled laborers received far lower hourly wages, at only *** U.S. dollars in Qatar and *** U.S. dollars in Bahrain. Labor force of the construction industry The construction sector accounted for one of the largest shares of employees in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, along with the agriculture and trade sectors. As of 2020, the overwhelming majority of jobs in the region’s construction sector were occupied by male workers. In Saudi Arabia in 2019, the average monthly wage for a construction worker was ranked the lowest among its main industries. Labor participation in MENA In 2019, the labor participation rate of the MENA region stood below ** percent. Female participation in the labor force is much lower than male participation. The participation rate of the female population in MENA was also lower than the global average. Although the region has witnessed an increasing female enrollment ratio for tertiary education, improved education and employment opportunities among women seem to have not reflected in female participation in the workforce.

Top 20 detailed occupations ranked by mortality prevention index among workers ages 18–64 years, California, 2020.

Employment by industry and sex, UK, published quarterly, non-seasonally adjusted. Labour Force Survey. These are official statistics in development.

In 2024, approximately **** million construction and mining workers were employed in Japan. Construction and mining related work was carried out mainly by men, who accounted for around **** percent of the number of people employed during that year.

The most common line of work for victims of forced labor worldwide in 2021 was services excl. domestic work. More than ** percent of the forced labor victims worked in this industry. Manufacturing was the second most common line of work, followed by construction. However, there are significant gender differences; roughly ** percent of women worked in other industries which includes illicit activities such as prostitution, compared to ***** percent of men. Furthermore, nearly ** percent of women were deployed in domestic work, compared to only **** percent of men.

In 2023, more than 64 percent of female workers in Indonesia were in informal employment. In comparison, around 55.8 percent of male workers in Indonesia also did not have a working contract and job security. Informal employment in Indonesia is common in the construction and agricultural industries.

In 2025, there were estimated to be approximately 3.6 billion people employed worldwide, compared to 2.23 billion people in 1991 - an increase of around 1.4 billion people. There was a noticeable fall in global employment between 2019 and 2020, when the number of employed people fell from due to the sudden economic shock caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Formal vs. Informal employment globally Worldwide, there is a large gap between the informally and formally employed. Most informally employed workers reside in the Global South, especially Africa and Southeast Asia. Moreover, men are slightly more likely to be informally employed than women. The majority of informal work, nearly 90 percent, is within the agricultural sector, with domestic work and construction following behind. Women’s employment As the number of employees has risen globally, so has the number of employed women. Overall, care roles such as nursing and midwifery have the highest shares of female employees globally. Moreover, while the gender pay gap has shrunk over time, it still exists. As of 2024, the uncontrolled gender pay gap was 0.83, meaning women made, on average, 83 cents per every dollar earned by men.

In a survey conducted between July 2023 and June 2024, the distribution of employed men in the agriculture sector was the highest at over 36 percent. The share of male employees in agriculture has been increasing over the past two years. It was followed by the construction sector and services sub-sector of trade, hotels and restaurants. Mining and quarrying employed the least number of male population.

As per E-Shram portal registrations from November 2022, women in India held ** a percent share of domestic and household work as compared to around * percent of men in the sector. Men had a higher share within the informal agriculture and construction sectors. The E-Shram registrations are meant for registration of the unorganized and informal workers.

In 2021, in France, men working in combined services in the private sector earned almost 25 percent more than women in the same sector of activity. Men working in the business sector also earned more than their female counterparts, indeed the difference of salaries in the business sector was around 17.5 percent. Finally, the only sector where women workers received slightly more money than men was in the construction sector.