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By Tiah Shepherd
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Construction workers in Louisiana are the nation's hardest working builders, according to a map showing the hours spent on site across America.
In Louisiana they have an average working week of 46.1 hours, according to October Bureau of Labor Statistics data. Builders in Texas followed closely behind, racking up 45 hours each week, this year.
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Among the 41 states for which data was provided, the top 10 states where construction workers spent the longest time working also included North Dakota, Alabama, Wyoming, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and South Carolina.
Several Southern states including Louisiana and Texas have seen an influx of construction activity in recent years, much of which is expected to continue on into 2025.
Newsweek contacted the Department of Labor and the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics for comment via email.
In a survey conducted by Engineering News-Record (ENR), specialty contractors working in the states of Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Mississippi and Oklahoma, reported being particularly busy in 2023 and said that they amassed high levels of revenue.
Among the 50 firms who took part in the survey, electrical contractors recorded huge gains, with more than $2.5 billion in collective revenue reported in 2023. This marked a 69 percent increased from the previous year.
For example, Rosendin Electric in Texas, one of the largest electrical contractors in the United States, employing more than 7,500 staff, reported $560.67 million in 2023 regional revenue. This was roughly an 8 percent gain from the year before.
On a national scale, the industry has experienced considerable growth in the wake of COVID-19 pandemic during which many experienced job losses. U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics show that the industry employed more people in May, 2023, (6.225 million) than it did pre-COVID in May, 2019, (6.194 million).
According to April 2024 employment data analysis conducted by the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC), 39 states recorded an increase in the number of construction worker jobs in the last year.
Out on the West Coast, builders worked 10 hours less per week than their counterparts in Louisiana, with those in California averaging a total of 36.6 hours. In New Jersey and Florida, construction workers across both states averaged slightly more, with a working week totaling 37 hours.
The top 10 states where construction workers had the lowest working week also included Connecticut, Rhode Island, Montana, Washington and Oregon.
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Yet, even construction workers among these states, worked longer than the average working American who is said to have a working week of approximately 34.3 hours, according to the latest data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics between August and October.
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