Table 1. Women Working in Construction, 2025 and 2024
Sources: IWPR calculations based on US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Current Population Survey (CPS) Annual Averages, Tables 11 and 18, https://www.bls.gov/cps/tables.htm; Current Employment Statistics Series CES2000000010 and
CES2000000001, accessed April 3, 2026; and Apprenticeship USA (2026) “Data and Statistics: Apprentices by State,” accessed April 3, 2026, https://www.apprenticeship.gov/data-and-statistics/apprentices-by-state-dashboard.
Notes: *Year-to-year comparisons are imprecise for occupations with fewer than 50,000 women because of the comparatively small sample size of the CPS.
**Data are for fiscal years. Active construction industry apprentices only; trade apprentices in education industry and utilities are not included. DC, MD, MA, NY, OR, WA, and WI are excluded because of missing/incomplete data in either year in RAPIDS. For a comprehensive methodology for estimating trade apprentices by state, see Cihan Bilginsoy and Russell Ormiston, The State of Registered Apprenticeship Training in the Construction Trades (Institute for Construction Employment Research, 2024).
Notes: *Year-to-year comparisons are imprecise for occupations with fewer than 50,000 women because of the comparatively small sample size of the CPS.
**Data are for fiscal years. Active construction industry apprentices only; trade apprentices in education industry and utilities are not included. DC, MD, MA, NY, OR, WA, and WI are excluded because of missing/incomplete data in either year in RAPIDS. For a comprehensive methodology for estimating trade apprentices by state, see Cihan Bilginsoy and Russell Ormiston, The State of Registered Apprenticeship Training in the Construction Trades (Institute for Construction Employment Research, 2024).