47-2061 - BLS OEWS 2025
Construction laborers wages in Florida
The BLS reported a $21.17 median hourly wage for construction laborers in Florida in 2025. This page is generated only because that exact state-and-trade cell exists in the official OEWS data.
Important: These are worker wages, not contractor billing rates - a contractor's quote adds overhead, insurance, equipment, and margin.
Median hourly wage
$21.17
BLS OEWS 2025
10th-90th percentile
$16.00-$28.32
Hourly worker wage range.
Employment
87,040
State employment estimate.
Median-wage rank
#40
of 51 jurisdictions with this trade.
What is unique in this BLS cell
State premium
Florida's median is -$1.86 per hour below the median state record for construction laborers ($23.03).
Labor-market size
This state ranks #3 by BLS employment among generated construction laborers records, with 87,040 workers reported.
Trend
Median hourly pay moved from $15.13 in 2019 to $21.17 in 2025, a +40% change.
2019-2025 median wage trend
| Year | Median hourly wage |
|---|---|
| 2019 | $15.13 |
| 2020 | $15.58 |
| 2021 | $17.34 |
| 2022 | $17.60 |
| 2023 | $18.38 |
| 2024 | $19.63 |
| 2025 | $21.17 |
Same trade, large BLS labor markets
Source and limitation
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment & Wage Statistics (OEWS), OEWS 2019-2025. This page uses only the published BLS row for Construction laborers in Florida. It does not estimate missing cells, interpolate suppressed values, or convert worker wages into contractor quotes.