47-2061 - BLS OEWS 2024
Construction laborers wages in Illinois
The BLS reported a $31.20 median hourly wage for construction laborers in Illinois in 2024. 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. This page is pending YMYL review and is not eligible for indexing yet.
Median hourly wage
$31.20
BLS OEWS 2024
10th-90th percentile
$18.65-$50.35
Hourly worker wage range.
Employment
31,960
State employment estimate.
Median-wage rank
#2
of 51 jurisdictions with this trade.
What is unique in this BLS cell
State premium
Illinois's median is +$8.75 per hour above the median state record for construction laborers ($22.45).
Labor-market size
This state ranks #7 by BLS employment among generated construction laborers records, with 31,960 workers reported.
Trend
Median hourly pay moved from $27.34 in 2019 to $31.20 in 2024, a +14% change.
2019-2024 median wage trend
| Year | Median hourly wage |
|---|---|
| 2019 | $27.34 |
| 2020 | $26.76 |
| 2021 | $28.15 |
| 2022 | $29.87 |
| 2023 | $29.50 |
| 2024 | $31.20 |
Same trade, large BLS labor markets
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Source and limitation
Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment & Wage Statistics (OEWS), OEWS 2019-2024. This page uses only the published BLS row for Construction laborers in Illinois. It does not estimate missing cells, interpolate suppressed values, or convert worker wages into contractor quotes.