Labor Market Information Center
Construction Occupations
The occupations below are in the Construction career cluster.
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- For even more in-depth information on an occupation, follow the O*Net Link in the second column (by clicking on the occupational code).
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| Occupational Title |
O*Net Link |
| Architects, Except Landscape and Naval |
17-1011.00 |
| Architectural and Civil Drafters |
17-3011.00 |
| Architectural and Engineering Managers |
11-9041.00 |
| Boilermakers |
47-2011.00 |
| Brickmasons and Blockmasons |
47-2021.00 |
| Cabinetmakers and Bench Carpenters |
51-7011.00 |
| Carpenters 🔥 😎 |
47-2031.00 |
| Carpet Installers |
47-2041.00 |
| Cartographers and Photogrammetrists |
17-1021.00 |
| Cement Masons and Concrete Finishers 🔥 😎 |
47-2051.00 |
| Civil Engineering Technologists and Technicians |
17-3022.00 |
| Civil Engineers 🔥 |
17-2051.00 |
| Construction and Building Inspectors |
47-4011.00 |
| Construction and Related Workers, All Other |
47-4099.00 |
| Construction Laborers |
47-2061.00 |
| Construction Managers 🔥 |
11-9021.00 |
| Continuous Mining Machine Operators |
47-5041.00 |
| Control and Valve Installers and Repairers, Except Mechanical Door |
49-9012.00 |
| Cost Estimators |
13-1051.00 |
| Crane and Tower Operators |
53-7021.00 |
| Designers, All Other |
27-1029.00 |
| Dredge Operators |
53-7031.00 |
| Drywall and Ceiling Tile Installers |
47-2081.00 |
| Earth Drillers, Except Oil and Gas |
47-5023.00 |
| Electrical and Electronic Equipment Assemblers |
51-2022.00 |
| Electrical and Electronics Drafters |
17-3012.00 |
| Electrical and Electronics Repairers, Commercial and Industrial Equipment |
49-2094.00 |
| Electricians 🔥 😎 |
47-2111.00 |
| Electromechanical Equipment Assemblers |
51-2023.00 |
| Elevator and Escalator Installers and Repairers |
47-4021.00 |
| Engineering Technologists and Technicians, Except Drafters, All Other |
17-3029.00 |
| Engineers, All Other |
17-2199.00 |
| Excavating and Loading Machine and Dragline Operators, Surface Mining |
47-5022.00 |
| Explosives Workers, Ordnance Handling Experts, and Blasters |
47-5032.00 |
| Extraction Workers, All Other |
47-5099.00 |
| Fence Erectors |
47-4031.00 |
| First-Line Supervisors of Construction Trades and Extraction Workers 🔥 😎 |
47-1011.00 |
| First-Line Supervisors of Mechanics, Installers, and Repairers |
49-1011.00 |
| Floor Layers, Except Carpet, Wood, and Hard Tiles |
47-2042.00 |
| Floor Sanders and Finishers |
47-2043.00 |
| Furniture Finishers |
51-7021.00 |
| Glaziers |
47-2121.00 |
| Heating, Air Conditioning, and Refrigeration Mechanics and Installers 🔥 |
49-9021.00 |
| Helpers, Construction Trades, All Other |
47-3019.00 |
| Helpers--Brickmasons, Blockmasons, Stonemasons, and Tile and Marble Setters |
47-3011.00 |
| Helpers--Carpenters |
47-3012.00 |
| Helpers--Electricians |
47-3013.00 |
| Helpers--Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers |
49-9098.00 |
| Helpers--Painters, Paperhangers, Plasterers, and Stucco Masons |
47-3014.00 |
| Helpers--Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters |
47-3015.00 |
| Helpers--Roofers |
47-3016.00 |
| Highway Maintenance Workers |
47-4051.00 |
| Hoist and Winch Operators |
53-7041.00 |
| Home Appliance Repairers |
49-9031.00 |
| Installation, Maintenance, and Repair Workers, All Other |
49-9099.00 |
| Insulation Workers, Floor, Ceiling, and Wall |
47-2131.00 |
| Insulation Workers, Mechanical |
47-2132.00 |
| Landscape Architects |
17-1012.00 |
| Locksmiths and Safe Repairers |
49-9094.00 |
| Logging Equipment Operators |
45-4022.00 |
| Maintenance and Repair Workers, General 🔥 😎 |
49-9071.00 |
| Maintenance Workers, Machinery |
49-9043.00 |
| Mechanical Door Repairers |
49-9011.00 |
| Millwrights |
49-9044.00 |
| Mobile Heavy Equipment Mechanics, Except Engines |
49-3042.00 |
| Model Makers, Wood |
51-7031.00 |
| Operating Engineers and Other Construction Equipment Operators 🔥 😎 |
47-2073.00 |
| Painters, Construction and Maintenance 🔥 |
47-2141.00 |
| Painting, Coating, and Decorating Workers |
51-9123.00 |
| Paperhangers |
47-2142.00 |
| Patternmakers, Wood |
51-7032.00 |
| Paving, Surfacing, and Tamping Equipment Operators |
47-2071.00 |
| Pile Driver Operators |
47-2072.00 |
| Pipelayers |
47-2151.00 |
| Plasterers and Stucco Masons |
47-2161.00 |
| Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters 🔥 😎 |
47-2152.00 |
| Refractory Materials Repairers, Except Brickmasons |
49-9045.00 |
| Reinforcing Iron and Rebar Workers |
47-2171.00 |
| Roofers |
47-2181.00 |
| Security and Fire Alarm Systems Installers |
49-2098.00 |
| Segmental Pavers |
47-4091.00 |
| Sheet Metal Workers |
47-2211.00 |
| Solar Energy Systems Engineers |
17-2199.11 |
| Solar Photovoltaic Installers |
47-2231.00 |
| Stonemasons |
47-2022.00 |
| Structural Iron and Steel Workers |
47-2221.00 |
| Surveyors |
17-1022.00 |
| Tapers |
47-2082.00 |
| Terrazzo Workers and Finishers |
47-2053.00 |
| Tile and Stone Setters |
47-2044.00 |
| Tool and Die Makers |
51-4111.00 |
| Underground Mining Machine Operators, All Other |
47-5049.00 |
| Urban and Regional Planners |
19-3051.00 |
| Welders, Cutters, Solderers, and Brazers 🔥 😎 |
51-4121.00 |
| Welding, Soldering, and Brazing Machine Setters, Operators, and Tenders |
51-4122.00 |
| Wind Energy Engineers |
17-2199.10 |
| Woodworkers, All Other |
51-7099.00 |
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