Share of Women In Construction At An All Time High

Between 2017 and 2018, the number of women working in construction trades increased 17.6%, according to a data analysis by the Institute for Women's Policy Research (IWPR). The number of women in the trades rose to over a quarter of a million (276,000) in 2018, according to the analysis. The job growth for women in construction is nearly five times faster than the overall job growth for the sector of 3.7%.
The share of women working in construction trades in 2018 is the highest in twenty years, but women remain strongly underrepresented in the trades: fewer than one in twenty (3.4%) of construction trades workers in 2018 were women. The only other time since 1999 when the share was above 3.0% was in 2006, also a period of high demand for workers in the industry. In the Great Recession of 2007 to 2009 and recovery that followed, tradeswomen disproportionately lost jobs in the industry, compared with men.
Women’s share of jobs in construction is slightly higher in construction management than in the trades: one in thirteen (7.7%) construction managers were women in 2018. Even when administrative and back office staff working in construction are included, women were fewer than one in ten (9.9%) workers employed in the sector.
Women saw significant employment growth—a 67% increase within the last year —as construction and building inspectors, bringing their share of workers in this occupation to 14% (up from 10.2% in 2017). Laborers, Painters, and Pipelayers, Plumbers, Pipefitters, and Steamfitters also saw strong job growth and increases in women’s share of jobs. Women’s employment as electricians declined by 0.6%, despite employment growth of electricians overall.

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