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California Construction Employment Dashboard

Explore trends in construction employment in California

Interact with visualizations of data on employment, wages, worker characteristics and apprenticeship program participation.

Learn about key challenges for ramping up California construction employment to alleviate the housing crisis and rebuild after disasters.

Interact with the latest publicly available data

Our sources include: Census Bureau, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Bureau of Economic Analysis, California Economic Development Department and more.

INTERACTIVE FEATURES

Discover differences across local regions, trades, and sub-sectors

Filters allow you to select and compare data by:

  • Regions such as counties and Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSAs)
  • Sub-sectors such as residential contractors or HVAC specialists
  • Trades such as electricians or laborers

CONNECTING THE DOTS

Data that tells a story

Each visualization includes narrative context to help you understand what’s happening behind the numbers. Learn about trends such as:


✓ Differences in job quality between residential and nonresidential construction


✓ Occupations with faster or slower recovery


✓ Wage growth relative to other industries


✓ Regional differences in earnings and employment levels

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✓ Full access to all interactive visualizations


✓ Alerts when new public data is released


✓ Notifications when new analysis and reports are published