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Construction Laborers
Perform tasks involving physical labor at construction sites. May operate hand and power tools of all types: air hammers, earth tampers, cement mixers, small mechanical hoists, surveying and measuring equipment, and a variety of other equipment and instruments. May clean and prepare sites, dig trenches, set braces to support the sides of excavations, erect scaffolding, and clean up rubble, debris, and other waste materials. May assist other craft workers.
What a construction laborer does
Become a construction laborer
If you enjoy doing these activities, you might make a good construction laborer
- Talking to others.
- Listening to others, not interrupting, and asking good questions.
- Noticing a problem and figuring out the best way to solve it.
Discover what you could earn in Washington
- Average hourly rate is $27 per hour with an average salary of $56,600 per year.
- Half of workers earn between $21 and $31 per hour.
- Half of workers earn an annual salary between $44,300 and $64,600 per year.
Construction Laborer job outlook
- There are 29,887 workers in this occupation in Washington.
- There are 7,678 openings per year in this occupation in Washington.