47-2061 - BLS OEWS 2024
Construction laborers wages in Ohio
The BLS reported a $23.86 median hourly wage for construction laborers in Ohio 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
$23.86
BLS OEWS 2024
10th-90th percentile
$17.58-$37.87
Hourly worker wage range.
Employment
30,820
State employment estimate.
Median-wage rank
#15
of 51 jurisdictions with this trade.
What is unique in this BLS cell
State premium
Ohio's median is +$1.41 per hour above the median state record for construction laborers ($22.45).
Labor-market size
This state ranks #8 by BLS employment among generated construction laborers records, with 30,820 workers reported.
Trend
Median hourly pay moved from $20.04 in 2019 to $23.86 in 2024, a +19% change.
2019-2024 median wage trend
| Year | Median hourly wage |
|---|---|
| 2019 | $20.04 |
| 2020 | $20.67 |
| 2021 | $22.22 |
| 2022 | $22.86 |
| 2023 | $23.40 |
| 2024 | $23.86 |
Same trade, large BLS labor markets
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 Ohio. It does not estimate missing cells, interpolate suppressed values, or convert worker wages into contractor quotes.